G/SPS/N/EGY/70  
 
15 October 2015  
(15-5403)  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-Motadarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt 
Tel: +(202) 228 45 528, +(202) 228 45 522, +(202) 228 45 224  Fax: +(202) 228 45 504 
E-mail: eos@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): Vegetables and fruits 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: Ministerial Decree No. 536 for the year 2015 
concerning the modified the Egyptian Standard ES 132-1/2015 for "Preserved Tomato 
Products - Part 1 Tomato Concentrates" that supersedes its last edition in 2005 that has 
already been mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005  Language(s): Arabic   
Number of pages: 11 
6. Description of content: This Ministerial Decree provides producers and  
importers a transitional period of six months to comply with the modified Egyptian 
standard ES 132-1/2015 "Preserved tomato Products - Part 1 Tomato Concentrates" 
which  supersedes its last edition in 2005 that has been already mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005. 
This standard complies with Codex Standard No. 57/2007 for Tomato Concentrates. 
It specifies the essential requirements and descriptive criteria  that applies to the tomato 
concentrates (processed and natural preserved tomato concentrates) as defined in clause 2 of this standard, and offered for direct consumption, including for catering 
purposes or for repacking if required. This Standard also applies to the product when 
indicated as being intended for further processing. 
The Standard does not include products that contain seeds and skins such as "pizza 
toppings" and other "homestyle" products as well as products commonly known as 
tomato sauce, chilli sauce, and ketchup, or similar products which are highly seasoned products of varying concentrations containing  characterising ingredients such as pepper, 
onions, vinegar, etc., in quantity that materially alter the flavour, aroma and taste of the 
tomato component. 
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.   G/SPS/N/EGY/70 
 
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  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 Standard No. 57/2007 for Tomato 
Concentrates 
[ ] 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:  
 Ministerial Decree No. 536/2015 
 Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005 
 Codex Standard No. 57/2007 for Tomato Concentrates 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 21 July 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 11 August 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 12 August 2015 
[ ] 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 December 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 
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