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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/40 
20 August 2010 
 (10-4399) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation - Egyptian Plant 
Quarantine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Potato tubers (seed potatoes - ware potato) 
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:  Suspending the activation of the Ministerial Decree 
No. 503 of 2010 and extending the validity of the Ministerial Decree No. 1146 of 2009 
during the next season 2010/2011  Language:  Arabic  Number of pages:  1   
6. Description of content:  This Ministerial Decree No. 1156 of 2010 is suspending the 
activation of the Ministerial Decree No. 503 of 2010 concerning the phytosanitary import requirements specified for the importation of po tato tubers (potato seeds - ware potato) to 
Egypt, and extending the validity of the Ministerial Decree No. 1146 of 2009 during the next season 2010/2011. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] 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 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)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/EGY/40 
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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:  English 
unofficial translation   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  14 August 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  19 October 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e 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 Notification 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