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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/24 
31 January 2007 
 (07-0434) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EGYPT
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS) 
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):  One-day old ducklings 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   
1. - Ministerial Decree No. 1409/2006 
Allowing importation of one-day old ducklings  under certain conditions (Available in 
Arabic, 1 page – Description of content consider ed as unofficial translation for the content 
of the Decree). 
2. – Annex – GOVS conditions for importation of one-day old duck lings (Available in 
Arabic, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
1. - Ministerial Decree No. 1409/2006 
(a) Allowing importation of one-day old du cklings under the following conditions: 
 (i) Applying of GOVS conditions for importation of one-day old ducklings; 
 (ii) The importation must be from countries free from any contagious and 
infectious diseases including avian infl uenza according to the current health 
status pronounced by the responsible international organizations; 
 (iii) The imported ducklings must not be  vaccinated against avian influenza and 
have no antibodies for this disease; 
 (iv) The imported ducklings will not enter the country in case of alteration of 
the health status of the country of origin at the time of arrival of the consignment to Egyptian ports.  G/SPS/N/EGY/24 
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   (b) Immediately after arrival and before vaccination against avian influenza, the 
consignment of ducklings (one-day old duckli ngs) will be quarantined under observation of 
GOVS and samples should be collected for laboratory tests which will be done in the Animal Health Research Institute according to th e internationally approved laboratory tests.  
The consignment will be released after negativ ity has been proved by the test results.   
2. Annex including the GOVS conditions fo r allowing importation of one-day old 
ducklings. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests       
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  This measure is to 
protect human health. 
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not specified. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Effective since 
29 November 2006 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or 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:  +(20) 2 337 65 89 
 Fax:  +(20) 2 335 29 37  E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: