G/SPS/N/EGY/52  
 
29 January 2013  
(13-0529)  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  
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):  Wheat and other grains 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Latin and South America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Additional declaration for imported wheat and other 
grains consignments  Language(s):  Arabic  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  All shipments of wheat and other grains shall be accompanied 
with phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that "the consignment was tested against wheat blast disease and the results confirmed its freedom from Pyricularia grisea ". 
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.    
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)  ISPM #12 
Phytosanitary Certificates  
[ ] 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:  -   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  2 May 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2 May 2012 G/SPS/N/EGY/52 
 
- 2 - 
 
  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  2 May 2012 
[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) :  30 March 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