G/SPS/N/EGY/65  
 
13 August 2015  
(15-4142)  Page: 1/3  
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  
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt 
Tel: +(202) 228 45 528/522/224  
Fax: +(202) 228 45 504 
E-mail: moi@idsc.net.eg/tbteos@eos.org.eg  Website: http://www.eos.org.eg/  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Edible fats and oil 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Egyptian Standard for Edible Named Vegetable 
Oils superseding the relevant Egyptian Standards already mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 130 for the year 2005   Language(s): Arabic  Number of pages: 26  
6. Description of content: The Draft of Egyptian Standard for Edible Named Vegetable 
Oils complies with CODEX STAN. 210. Adopted 1999. Revisions 2001, 2003, 2009. 
Amendment 2005, 2011, 2013 and supersedes the following Egyptian standards: 
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" 
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" G/SPS/N/EGY/65 
 
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  This standard specifies the essential requirements for vegetable oils described in 
Section 2.1 of this Standard which is concerned with the definition and presented in a 
state for human consumption. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) CODEX STAN. 210. Adopted 1999. Revisions 2001, 
2003, 2009. Amendment 2005, 2011, 2013 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
- CODEX STAN. 210. Adopted 1999. Revisions 2001, 2003, 2009. Amendment 2005, 
2011, 2013. 
- Ministerial Decree No. 130 for the year 2005.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 October 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] 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., Dokki, Giza, Egypt 
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589 
 +(202) 374 90 805 Fax: +(202) 374 90 805 
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com G/SPS/N/EGY/65 
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation 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., Dokki, Giza, Egypt Tel: +(202) 333 76 589 
 +(202) 374 90 805 
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805 E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com