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30 March 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  29 March 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Title: The Egyptian Standard ES 1007 -3 "Hard Chees e Part 3: Emmental Cheese" (11 Pages, In 
Arabic).  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[X] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Products covered: ICS: 67.100.30 (Cheese)  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 608/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) 
that gives the producers and importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian 
Standard ES 1007 -3 "Hard Chees e Part 3: Emmental Cheese" (11 Pages, In Arabic).  
It should be noted that the draft of this Egyptian standard was formerly notified in 
G/TBT/N/EG Y/2/Add.11 dated 6 February 2020.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with CXS 269 -1967 Formerly CODEX 
STAN C 9 -1967 – Standard for Emmentaler Adopted in 1967. Revised in 2007. Amended in 2008, 
2010, 2013, 2018, 2019.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through 
the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/EGY/2/Add.20  
 
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  Proposed date of adoption: 4 December 2020.  
Proposed date of entry into force: 15 January 2021  
Agency or au thority designated to handle comments and text available from:  
National Enquiry Point  
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net .eg/tbteos@eos.org.eg   
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg   
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
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