G/SPS/N/EGY/88  
 
30 January 2019  
(19-0524) 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): Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS Code: 67.200.10)  
4. Regions or countries like ly to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft of Egyptian Standard ES 6374 for "Fat Spreads 
and Blended Spreads" . Language(s): Arabic.  Number of pages: 10 
6. Description of content: The Draft of Egyptian Standard ES 6374 for fat "Fat Spreads 
and Blended Spreads" applies to fat products, containing not less than 10% and not more 
than 90% fat, intended primarily for use as spreads. However , this Standard does not 
apply to fat spreads derived exclusively from milk and/or milk products to which only 
other substances necessary for their manufacture have been added. It only includes 
margarine and products used for similar purposes and excludes products with a fat 
content of less than 2/3 of the dry matter (excluding salt). Butter and dairy spreads are 
not covered by this Standard.  
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 256/2007 for Fat Spreads and 
Blended Spreads, adopted in 1999. Revised in 2007, 2009. Amended in 2017.  
[ ] 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:  G/SPS/N/EGY/88  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
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 dat e of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[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) : 31 March 2019  
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., Dokki, 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: en q_egy_sps@yahoo.com