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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/16 
13 July 2006 
 (06-3390) 
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):  One-day old turkey chicks 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   
1. Allowing importation of one-day old turkey  chicks (Available in Arabic, 1 page); 
2. Annex - GOVS conditions for importing one-day old turkey chick (Available in 
Arabic, 1 page). 
6. Description of content:  Ministerial Decree no. 640/2006 for: 
1. Allowing importation of one-day old turkey  chicks under the following conditions: 
(a) Applying of GOVS conditions for importation of one-day old turkey 
chicks. 
(b) The importation must be from countries free from any contagious and 
infectious diseases including avian infl uenza according to the current health 
status pronounced by the responsible international organizations. 
(c) The imported birds must not be vaccinated against avian influenza and have 
no antibodies for this disease. 
(d) The imported birds will not enter the country in case of alteration of the 
health status of country of origin at the time of arriving of the consignment to Egyptian ports: 
- Immediately after arriving of ch icks consignment (one-day old 
grandparent chicks - broiler a nd layers chicks), it will be 
quarantined under observation of GOVS and samples should be collected for laboratory tests which will be done in the Animal Health Research Institute accordi ng to the international approved 
laboratory tests.  The releasing of the consignment will be done 
after negativity of the sample results. G/SPS/N/EGY/16 
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  2. Annex including the GOVS conditions for importation of allowing importation of 
one-day old turkey chicks. 
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 
protect the domestic livestock industry and human health. 
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 
19 June 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 
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: