G/TBT/N/EGY/30/Rev.1  
 
21 February 2013  
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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 governme nt involved (Articles 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 /mailto:tbteos@eos.org.eg  
Website:  http://www.eos.org.eg/  
Tel.:  0222845528    
Fax:  0222845504 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, e-mail 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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):    
Products covered are divided into two sections as follows:   
Section 1: Shoes, Leather bags, Apparels, Ready Made Garments, Home Textiles, Carpets 
and Floor coverings. 
Section 2: Natural leather, Artificial leather, Footwear parts, Textiles and Dyed and 
Coloured yarns. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No.961 /2012 (2 pages, in Arabic) G/TBT/N/EGY/30/Rev.1 
 
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6. Description of content:  Terms concerning section 1: 
Except for what  is imported for private and  personal use, clearance of  shipments of final 
products ( shoes, leather bags, apparels and readymade garments, home textiles, carpets, 
and floor coverings) are subject to the following alternatives. 
Alternative 1: The producer is registered in  the Egyptian organization for Export and 
Import  control (GOEIC) according to Article 94 of  Ministerial Decree no. 770 for year 
2005 and its amendments  issuing the Executiv e Regulation to Implement the Import and 
Export Law. Producers may register in GOEIC provided they duly meet the following 
requirements: 
 Application for registration by the commercial agent of the producer, or his 
representative or the importer. 
 Application of the legal identity of  the producer. 
 Application indicating the varieties produced and their production sites in 
different countries.  
 The producer maintains a quality control system regarding his products or his 
licensed production.  
 Production is  carried out according to one of the approved standards of the 
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control. 
Alternative 2:  The shipment is accompanied by documented and accredited inspection and 
review certificate containing  the shipment data and the required inspection and testing 
results stipulating the conformity of the shipment with the relevant accredited Egyptian standards. This certificate should be issued by accredited inspection companies accredited 
by one of the accredited bodies from th e International Laboratory Accreditation 
Cooperation ILAC. 
Alternative 3: The inspection and review certificate can also be issued by an Egyptian or 
foreign agency approved by the Minister of Foreign Trade and has accredited  and 
specialized laboratories in the tests required for each product. 
Shipments shall  be subject to random inspection by GOEIC. 
Terms concerning section 2: 
Clearance of Intermediate products ( natural leather, artificial leather, footwear parts, 
textiles and dyed and colored yarns) is conditioned upon the fulfillment of the control requirements set out in part 2 of  Ministerial Decree 770 for year 2005 and its 
amendments  issuing the Executive Regulation  to Implement the Import and Export Law, 
and the payment of the  relevant testing fees. 
This decree (Ministerial Decree No.961 /2012) replaces Ministerial Decree No. 660/2011 
notified under G/TBT/N/EGY/30. 
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Inspection 
8. Relevant documents:   
 ES 1585/2005 - Ministerial Decree No.423/2005 
 ES 3571/2006 - Ministerial Decree No.423/2005 
 ES 3572/2006 - Ministerial Decree No.423/2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
4 December 2012   G/TBT/N/EGY/30/Rev.1 
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of the notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry po int [ X ], or address, telephone or fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site address,  if available of the other body:    
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
Address:  16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo Egypt 
E-mail:  mailto:moi@idsc.net.eg    
Website:  http://www.eos.org.eg/