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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/23 
16 November 2006 
 (06-5531) 
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):  Live animals (cattle, sheep). 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Moldova, Ukraine, New Zealand, Australia, Hungary and Romania. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   
Allowing importation of live animals (cattle , sheep) (Available in Arabic, 1 page – 
Description of content considered as unofficial translation). 
6. Description of content:   
GOVS decided allowing importation of live anim als (cattle, sheep) as the following (a) (b) 
(c) – with conditions, that the animals will be  quarantined:in governmental quarantine and 
implementation of GOVS conditions: 
(a) Allowing importation of live  cattle (males) for rapid sla ughter from Moldova, Ukraine, 
New Zealand, Australia, Hungary and Romania,  according to the current health status 
on these countries. 
(b) Allowing importation of live sheep for rapid slaughter from Moldova, Ukraine, New 
Zealand and Australia according to the cu rrent health status in these countries. 
(c) Allowing importation of live animals for breeding (males) from the countries and 
zones free from any contagious and infec tious diseases according to the OIE Code.  
The animal must originate from farms with no record of Brucellosis, Leucosis and BVD. 
 The imported animals must be vaccinated wh en arrived to Egypt for all the obligatory 
vaccines and the importer will cover the expenses. 
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 
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  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:   
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Effective since 
20 September 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: