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G/SPS/N/EGY/48 
4 April 2012 
 (12-1758) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  Ministry of Agriculture and Land 
Reclamation 
2. Agency responsible:  General Organisation for Veterinary Services (GOVS) 
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):  Live animals and animal products 
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:  According to the Scientific  Committee decision held on 
5 March 2012 for the discussion of Schmallenbe rg virus implications according to the 
recommendation of the OIE  Language(s):  Arabic and English  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  According to the Scientific Committee decision held on 
5 March 2012 for the discussion of Schmalle nberg virus implications, the committee 
decided the following: 
- It is allowed to import milk and milk pr oducts from Europe, to be accompanied with 
veterinary health certificate from the exporting countries attesting that these products are from herds and farms free from the Schmallenbe rg virus, and that those products are 
sufficiently heat treated sufficiently. 
- It is allowed to import de-boned meat from Europe, to be accompanied with veterinary 
health certificate from the exporting countries denoting that the source of meat is from animals and farms free from the Schmallenberg virus. 
- It is not allowed to import live animals fo r purpose of immediate slaughter, rearing, or 
pregnant heifers, originating from countries recording the infection with Schmallenberg 
virus. 
- It is not allowed to import semen from Eu ropean countries affected by Schmallenberg 
virus.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] 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/48 
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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)    
[ ] 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:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  5 March 2012.  Effective since 5 March 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  5 March 2012.  Effective since 5 March 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    
[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) :  3 June 2012 
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) 2 3337 65 89 Fax:  +(20) 2 33374195 E-mail:  Enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: