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G/SPS/N/EGY/50 
17 October 2012  
 (12-5634) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation - Central 
Administration of Plant Quarantine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Potato seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Currently approved origins for exporting potato 
seeds to Egypt  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Phytosanitary Requirements of Potato Seeds 
Language(s):  Arabic  Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  Ministerial Decree No. 1448 for the year 2012 stating the import 
phytosanitary requirements and specifications of potato seeds for the growing year 2013. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] 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:    G/SPS/N/EGY/50 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  English 
unofficial translation is available. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  8 October 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  8 October 2012 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  16 December 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Department of Foreign Agricultural Relations 
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Tel:  +(202) 376 281 95 Fax:  +(202) 376 281 95 
E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Department of Foreign Agricultural Relations  
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt Tel:  +(202) 376 281 95 
Fax:  +(202) 376 281 95 
E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com