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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EGY/32 
8 April 2008  
 (08-1559) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  EGYPT
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation – Gene ral Organization 
for Veterinary Services (GOVS) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Pregnant heifers 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
United States 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Allowing importation of 
pregnant heifers from the United  States under GOVS conditions (ava ilable in Arabic, 1 page – 
Description of content, mentioned in this notification, is considered unofficial translation of the content of the decree) 
6. Description of content:  GOVS approved the importation of  the pregnant heifers from the 
United States under the following conditions:  
1. The pregnant heifer must be born and reared in the United States. 
2. The age of the animals does not exceed 27 months at the time of import and the 
pregnancy period is from 4 to 7 months. 
3. The animals are derived from regions and farms free from any infectious and 
contagious diseases, especially the production diseases. 
4. The animals are from a herd free from Leucosis disease.  The two serological tests 
should be applied in the United States w ith a period of 21 days between them by 
ELIZA and the second should be  applied 30 days prior to importation;  a third 
serological test should be applie d when animals come to Egypt. 
5. The animals are derived from regions and farms where BSE had never been recorded 
during the seven successive years before the export. 
6. The animals must be from mothers that were  born after the decision of feed ban on 
animal protein part and seven years n eed to have passed since that birth. 
7. The United States must notify the Egyptian vet. Authority for any cases of BSE that 
appear in the herds that have been imported to Egypt. 
8. Make 4 ear tags as a spare for every animal that is exported to Egypt. G/SPS/N/EGY/32 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. 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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   GOVS decree at 
4 December 2007 (available in Arabic) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  4 December 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   4 December 2007  
12. Final date for comments:   
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) 3337 6589 
Fax: +(20 2) 3335 2937  + (20 2) 333 74195 E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: