G/TBT/N/EGY/88  
 
21 August 2015  
(15-4233)  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.: + (202) 22845528 
Fax: + (202) 22845504 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Edible fats and oil 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Egyptian 
Standard for Edible Named Vegetable Oils (26 pages, in Arabic) superseding the relevant 
Egyptian Standards already mandated by Ministerial Decree no. 130 for the year 2005. 
6. Description of content: The Draft Egyptian Standard for Edible Named Vegetable Oils 
complies with CODEX STAN. 210 adopted in 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: Sunflower Seed Oil" 
6. E.S no. 49-8/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils Part 8: Cotton Seed 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 "Safflower Seed Oil" 
10. E.S no. 2100/2005 "Mustard Seed 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" G/TBT/N/EGY/88 
 
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  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" 
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, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Health and consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:  
 CODEX STAN. 210 Adopted in1999. Revisions 2001, 2003, 2009. Amendment 
2005, 2011, 2013 
 Ministerial Decree no. 130 for the year 2005 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the date of the notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
Address: 16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya Cairo – Egypt Tel: (+202) 22845528 
Fax: (+202) 22845504  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg /tbt@eos.org.eg   
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg