. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/33 
16 March 2009  
 (09-1276) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Imported one-day old parent broiler ch icks and one-day old broiler chicks 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Imported One-day Old Parent Broiler Chicks and One-
day Old Broiler Chicks  Language:  Arabic  Number of pages:  1   
6. Description of content:  Ministerial Decree No. 1102/2008 for imported one-day old 
parent broiler chicks and one-day old broiler chicks: 
− allowances of imported one-day old parent  broiler chicks and one-day old broiler 
chicks; 
− the importation must be from countries fre e from any contagious and infectious 
diseases including avian influenza accord ing to the current health status 
pronounced by the responsible international organization.  The imported birds must not be vaccinated against avian influenza and have no antibodies for these diseases. 
The imported birds will not enter into the country in case of alteration of the health 
status of the country of origin  at the time of the arrival of the consignment to Egyptian ports; 
− immediately after arrival of chicks consignment (one-day old parent broiler chicks 
and one-day old broiler chicks), it will  be quarantined under observation of the 
GOVS and samples should be collected for laboratory tests which will be done in 
the Animal Health Research Institute according to the international approved 
laboratory tests.  The release of the c onsignment will be done after negative 
samples results. 
− the exclusions mentioned in this decree are implemented since December 2008. 
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.    G/SPS/N/EGY/33 
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  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)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   Article 10.4.8  
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] 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) :       
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 December 2008    
[ X ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] 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:  +(20) 3 76 28 195 Fax:  +(20) 3 76 03153 E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] 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:  +(20) 3 76 28 195 Fax:  +(20) 3 76 03153 E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com