G/TBT/N/EGY/88/Rev.1  
 
4 December 2015  
(15-6430)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member: EGYPT 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: 
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
Address: 16 Tadreeb El-Motadarrebeen St., Ameriya Cairo – Egypt 
Tel.: + (202) 22845528 
Fax: + (202) 22845504 E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  /tbteos@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other: 
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Edible fats and oil 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Ministerial Decree 
No. 693 for the year 2015 mand ating the application of Egyp tian Standard ES 7985/2013 
"Edible Vegetable Oils" (20 pages, in Arabic) 
6. Description of content: The Ministerial Decree mandates that the producers and 
importers must comply with the Egyptian Standard ES 7985/2013 "Edible Vegetable Oils". Producers and importers are given a transition a l  p e r i o d  o f  s i x  m o n t h s  t o  a b i d e  b y  t h e  
standard. This standard supersedes ES No:  
1. E.S no. 49-1/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils Part 1: Sesame Seed Oil" 
2. E.S no. 49-3/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils – Part 3: Maize Oil" 
3. E.S no. 49-5/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils – Part 5: Arachis Oil" 
4. E.S no. 49-6/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils – Part 6: Soya Bean Oil" 
5. E.S no. 49-7/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils – Part 7: Sunflowerseed Oil" 
6. E.S no. 49-8/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils Part 8: Cottonseed Oil" 
7. E.S no. 5108/2006 "Safflower seed oil-high oleic acid" 
8. E.S no. 1685/2005 "Refined Edible Low Erucic Acid Rapeseed Oil" 
9. E.S no. 2099/2005 "Safflowerseed Oil" 
10. E.S no. 2100/2005 "Mustardseed Oil" 
11. E.S no. 2249/2005 "Edible Palm Stearin" 
12. E.S no. 1706/2005 "Edible Palm Olein" 
13. E.S no. 1520/2005 "Edible Palm Oil" 
14. E.S no. 1615/2015 "Edible Coconut Oil" 
15. E.S no. 1632/2015 "Edible Palm Kernel Oil" G/TBT/N/EGY/88/Rev.1 
 
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  16. E.S no. 1672/2007 "Cottonseed Oil Second Grade" 
17. E.S no. 2098/2006 "Edible Grape Seed Oil" 
18. E.S no. 2101/2006 "Edible Babassu Oil" 
19. E.S no. 5107/2006 "Sunflower Seed Oil-High Oleic" 
20. E.S no. 5109/2006 "Edible Palm Superolein" 
21. E.S no. 4141/2008 "Flavoured Liquid Vegetable Oil" 
E.S numbers: 49-1, 49-3, 49-5, 49-6,. 49-7, 49-8, 2249 , 1520 , 1615 and 1632 has been 
already mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005. 
E.S number 1685 has been already mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005. 
E.S numbers: 2100, 2099, 1706, 1672, 2098, 2101, 5107, 5108, 5109 and 4141 are 
voluntary. 
This standard specifies the essential requirements for vegetable oils described in 
Section 2.1 of this Standard which concerned with the definition and presented in a state 
for human consumption. 
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with Codex Standard 210 Adopted 1999. 
Revisions 2001, 2003, 2009. Amendment 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015 – CODEX Standard for 
Named Vegetable oils. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Health and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Codex Standard 210 Adopted 1999. Revisions 2001, 2003, 2009. Amendment 2005, 
2011, 2013, 2015 – CODEX Standard for Named Vegetable Oils 
 Ministerial Decree No. 693/2015 
 Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005 
 Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 15 September 2015 
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 November 2016 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of the notification  
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
Address: 16 Tadreeb El-Motadarrebeen St., Ameriya 
Cairo – Egypt Tel.: + (202) 22845528 
Fax: + (202) 22845504 
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  /tbteos@eos.org.eg   
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg