G/SPS/N/EGY/53  
 
13 February 2013  
(13-0804)  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:  Central Administration of Plant Quarantine (CAPQ) - Ministry of 
Agriculture and Land Reclamation 
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):  Plants and plant products 
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:  Pest Risk Analysis (PRA)  Language(s):  English   
Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  In order to export plants/plant products to Egypt from a new 
area of origin, the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of the exporting country shall submit an official request to Central Administration of Plant Quarantine 
accompanied by the complete technical file. This technical file shall be based on the PRA 
questionnaire developed by CAPQ in order that the PRA is conducted according to the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures. Starting from 15 April 2013, 
consignments that are exported before the conclusion of a PRA, from the new country of 
origin for the first time, shall be rejected. 
Requests and technical files should be sent to: 
Central Administration of Plant Quarantine,  
Ministry of Agriculture And Land Reclamation, Egypt 1 Nadi El-Said st., Dokki, Giza, Egypt - PO Box 12618 Tel: +(202) 376 085 75 
Fax: +(202) 376 085 74 
E-mail: capqoffice@gmail.com  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/EGY/53 
 
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8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al 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)  
ISPMs N° 2 and 11  
[ ] 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:  
Not available 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  31 January 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  31 January 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  31 January 2013 
[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) :  14 April 2013 
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:   
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 Notifi cation 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