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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/43 
5 January 2011 
 (11-0005) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Central Administration of Plant Quarantine - Ministry of Agriculture 
and Land Reclamation 
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):  All 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:  New Models of Phytosanitary Certificate for Export and 
Certificate for Re-export  Language:  Arabic and English  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  New models of phytosanitary certificate for export and certificate 
of re-export shall be issued by the Centra l Administration of Plant Quarantine for each 
consignment of plants, plant products and othe r regulated articles being subject to plant 
quarantine. 
The previous models of certificates shall s till be valid for a temporary period in parallel 
with partial implementation of the new models of certificates for evaluation purposes.  Both 
old and new models shall be valid until full implementation of the new models. 
An addendum to this notification shall be publis hed with the date of full implementation of 
the new models and ending the use of old models. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
 Annex of International Plant Protection Convention  
 ISPM No. 12 - Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates 
[ ] 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) :  1 November 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  The date of full implementation shall be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  6 March 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] 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:  +(202) 376 281 95 
Fax:  +(202) 376 281 95 E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 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:  +(202) 376 281 95 
Fax:  +(202) 376 281 95 E-mail:  enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com