G/SPS/N/EGY/72  
 
15 October 2015  
(15-5406)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: EGYPT 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
16 Tadreeb El-Motadarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt 
Tel: +(202) 228 45 528, +(202) 228 45 522, +(202) 228 45 224  Fax: +(202) 228 45 504 
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/tbteos@eos.org.eg 
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Food grade salt 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Ministerial Decree No. 536 for the year 2015 
concerning the modified Egyptian Standard ES 273-1/2015 "Sodium Chloride Part 1: 
Food salt" that supersedes its last edition in 2005 that has already been mandated by 
Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005  Language(s): Arabic  Number of pages: 9 
6. Description of content: This Ministerial Decree provides producers and  
importers a transitional period of six months to comply with the modified Egyptian 
Standard ES 273-1/2015 "Sodium Chloride part 1: Food salt" that supersedes 
ES No. 273-1/2005 "Sodium Chloride part 1: Food salt" that has already been mandated 
by Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005. 
This standard complies with Codex Standard No.150/1985 for food grade salt and 
B.S No. 998/1990 Amend 2006 "Specification for Vacuum Salt for food use". 
This standard specifies the essential requirements and descriptive criteria for food grade 
salt fortified with Iodine. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) Codex Standard No. 150/1985 for food grade salt 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/EGY/72 
 
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  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
 Codex Stand. No. 150 - 1985 (Rev.1 - 1997, Amend 1 - 1999, Amend 2 - 2001) for 
food grade salt 
 BS No. 998 /1990 Amend 2006 Specification for Vacuum salt for food use 
 Ministerial Decree No. 536/2015  
 Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 21 July 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 August 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 12 August 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 December 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations 
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt 
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589 
 +(202) 374 90 805 Fax: +(202) 374 90 805 
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt 
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589 
 +(202) 374 90 805 Fax: +(202) 374 90 805 
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com