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Notifying Member: Egypt

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

16 Tadreeb El-Motadarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt

Tel: +(202) 228 45 528, +(202) 228 45 522, +(202) 228 45 224

Fax: +(202) 228 45 504

E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/tbteos@eos.org.eg

Website: http://www.eos.org.eg

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): Vegetables and fruits 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: Ministerial Decree No. 536 for the year 2015 concerning the modified Egyptian Standard 132-3/2005 "Preserved Tomato Products Part 3: Ketchup" that supersedes its last edition in 2005 that has already been mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005  Language(s): Arabic  Number of pages: 8

6.

Description of content: This Ministerial Decree provides producers and importers a transitional period of six months to comply with the modified Egyptian standard ES 132-3 /2015 for "Tomato products part 3: Ketchup" that supersedes its last edition in 2005 that has been already mandated by Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005,This standard specifies the essential requirements and descriptive for ketchup.

7.

Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.  

8.

Is there a relevant international standard? 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)  

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[X]      None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[ ] 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:

-         Ministerial Decree No. 536/2015

-         Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 21 July 2015

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 11 August 2015

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 12 August 2015

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 14 December 2015

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations

Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

Nadi El Sa?d St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Tel:  +(202) 333 76 589

        +(202) 374 90 805

Fax: +(202) 374 90 805

E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com

13.

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations

Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

Nadi El Sa?d St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Tel:  +(202) 333 76 589

        +(202) 374 90 805

Fax: +(202) 374 90 805

E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com