G/SPS/N/EGY/66  
 
13 August 2015  
(15-4146)  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  
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): Milk 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: Draft of the  Egyptian Standard for Semi – Hard 
Cheese Part 2: Mould Ripened – Blue Cheese  supersedes E.S. No. 1183-2/2005 "Semi - 
Hard Cheese Part 2: Mould Ripened – Blue Cheese" that has been already mandated by 
Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005    Language(s): Arabic  Number of pages: 9  
6. Description of content: Draft Egyptian Standard for Semi - Hard Cheese Part 2: Mould 
ripened – blue cheese specifies the essential requirements and descriptive criteria for Semi – Hard Cheese Part 2: Mould ripened – blue cheese.  
It complies with CFR – Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 Subchapter B – Food for 
human consumption Part 133 – cheese and related cheese products Sec.133.106 Blue cheese. 
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 stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/EGY/66 
 
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  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:  
- CFR – Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Subchapter B – Food for human 
consumption Part 133 – cheese and related cheese products, Sec.133.106 Blue 
cheese. 
- Ministerial Decree No. 515/2005.   
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 
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 
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