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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/39 
2 July 2010 
 (10-3612) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 
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):  Wheat 
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:  ES 1601-1/2010:  Essential requirements for wheat 
(triticum aestivum)  Language:  Arabic  Number of pages:  59   
6. Description of content:  This decree states that compliance with the following Egyptian 
standard is mandatory ES 1601-1/2010:  Essential requirements for wheat (triticum 
aestivum).  This standard specifies the minimu m requirements and methods of analysis and 
testing for wheat (triticum aestivum) that is used for human consumption. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Codex199-ISO7970-EC 1881/2006 
[ ] 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:  -   G/SPS/N/EGY/39 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  3 March 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  3 September 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) :  31 August 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  Central Department of WTO Ministry of Trade & Industry 
Extension of Ramsis St. 
Ministry of Finance Building, Tower 5, 7
th Floor 
Nasr City, Cairo - Egypt Tel:  +(202) 3422 476  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt E-mail:  moi@idsc.net.eg Website:  http://www.eos.org.eg
 
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  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality 
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt E-mail:  moi@idsc.net.eg Website:  http://www.eos.org.eg