G/SPS/N/EGY/81  
 
4 January 2018  
(18-0030) 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  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Crude vegetable oils  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent rel evant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Ministerial Decree No. 999/2017 on Crude Vegetable 
Oils. Language(s): Arabic.  Number of pages: 2 
6. Description of content: This decree  has cancelled the follo wing standards related to 
Crude Vegetable Oils:  
 3798/2008 "Crude Sunflower Oil"  
 3799/2008 "Crude Soybean Oil"  
 3800/2008 "Crude Coconut Oil"  
 3801/2008 "Crude Corn Kernel Oil"  
 3751/2008 "Crude Palm Kernel Oil"  
 3752/2008 "Crude Cotton Seed Oil"  
 3753/2008 "Crude Palm Oil"  
 3599/2008 "Crude Stearin Palm Oil"  
Furthermore, this decree stipulates examining crude vegetable oils according to ta bles 1, 
2, 3, and 4, and items N o. 3/8, 3/11, 3/12, 3/13, 3/14, 3/15, 3/16,  3/17, 3/18, 3/19  and 
3/21 in Egyptian Standard N o. 7985/2015 "Edible Vegetables Oils" . 
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 standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Standard 210 adopted in 1999. Revisions in 
2001, 2003  and 2009. Amendment s in 2005, 2011, 2013 and 2015 "Codex 
Standard For Named Vegetable Oils"  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/EGY/81  
 
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  [ ] 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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 13 July 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 August 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publi cation , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 2 August 2107  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 March 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  
1 Nadi El Saïd St., D okki, 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 Notification Authority, [  ] 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  
1 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