G/TBT/N/EGY/60  
 
6 May 2014  
(14-2766)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
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  
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St ., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt 
E-mail:  moi@idsc.net.eg /tbteos@eos.org.eg   
Website:  http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel.:  0222845528    
Fax:  0222845504 
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 applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fruit and 
vegetables products. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No. 135/2014 mandating Egyptian Standard ES 7650/ 2013 "General standard for 
fruit juices, concentrated and nectars" (3 pages, in Arabic). 
6. Description of content:  This decree mandates that the producers and importers of 
fruit juices, concentrates and nectars must comply with ES 7650/ 2013 which states the  essential requirements and descriptive criteria and related inspection and testing methods for juices, concentrated juices and nectar fruits. ES 7650/2013 is identical to 
Codex Standard 247/2008 for General Fruit Juices & Nectars. 
This standard supersedes the following Egyptian standards: 1. ES 686-1 /2005 "Natural orange juice". 
2. ES 686-2 /2005 "Concentrated orange juice" 
3. ES 1029 /2005 "Natural Grab fruit juice". 4. ES 1578-1 "Natural grab juice". 
5. ES 1578-2/2005 "Concentrated grab juice". 
6. ES 1580-1/2005 "Natural pineapple juice". 7. ES 1580-2/2005 "Concentrated pineapple juice". 8. ES 1581-1/2005 "Natural apple juice" 
9. ES 1581-2/2005 "Concentrated pineapple juice" 
10. ES 1558-1/2005 "Natural peachjuice" 11. ES 1558-2/2005 "Concentrated peachjuice". 
12. ES 1550-1/2005 "Natural mandarin juice". 
13. ES 1550-2/2005 "Concentrated mandarin juice" 14. ES 1579-1/2005 "Natural Strawberry juice". G/TBT/N/EGY/60 
 
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  15.  ES 1579-1/2005 "Concentrated Strawberry juice". 
16. ES 1012-1/2005 "Natural apricot juice". 17. ES 1012-2/2005 "Concentrated apricot juice" 
18. ES 687-1/2005 "Natural guava juice". 
19. ES 685/2005 "Natural mango juice". 20. ES 1602-1/2005 "Flavored non-carbonated beverages - Part 1: Nectar fruit". 
21. ES 129-1 /2005 "Preserved fruit products - General juices". 
22. ES 132-5 /2005 "Natural tomato juice" 
23. ES 2220 /2006 "Lemon juice preserved by natural means” 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Health and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Ministerial Decree  No. 135/2014; 
- Codex Standard No. 247/2008 for General Fruit Juices & Nectars. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    24 February 2014 Six months from date  of adoption   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
Address : 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo- Egypt 
E-mail:  eos@idsc.net.eg / tbteos@eos.org.eg     
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg