. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/21 
16 November 2006 
 (06-5526) 
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 parent ducklings 
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 pa rent ducklings under certain conditions 
(Available in Arabic, 1 page – Description of content considered as unofficial translation 
for the content of the Decree). 
2. Annex – GOVS conditions for importation of  one-day parent ducklings (Available in 
Arabic, 2 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
1. Ministerial Decree No. 1128/2006 for: 
(a) Allowing importation of one-day parent ducklings under the following conditions: 
 (i) Applying of GOVS conditions for impor tation of one-day old parent ducklings. 
 (ii) The importation must be from countries free from any contagious and infectious 
diseases including avian influenza according to  the current health status pronounced 
by the responsible international organizations. 
 (iii) The imported birds must not be vacci nated against avian influenza and have no 
antibodies for this disease. 
 (iv) The imported birds will not enter the country in case of alteration of the health 
status of the country of origin at the time  of arriving of the consignment to Egyptian 
ports. 
(b)  Immediately after arriving, the ducklings  consignment (one-day old parent ducklings) 
will be quarantined under observation of GOVS and samples should be collected for 
laboratory tests which will be done in the Anim al Health Research Institute according to 
the internationally approved laboratory tests.   The consignment will be released after 
negativity has been proved by the test results. 
2. Annex including the GOVS conditions for importation of allowing importation of one-
day old parent ducklings. G/SPS/N/EGY/21 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [   ] 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 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 
27 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: