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9 November 2021  
(21-8468) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EGYPT   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality (EOS)  
16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo -Egypt  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  / eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel.: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the not ification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Coffee and 
coffee substitutes (ICS 67.140.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree No. 219/2021 (1 page, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 8448 
"instant coffee" (9 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No. 219/2021 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 8448  
This standard is concerned with the basic requi rements and descriptive criteria for the 
following coffee products: Instant coffee, Decaffeinated instant coffee.  
It does not apply to both concentrated liquid coffee extract, and coffee -based products 
(such as cappuccino, etc.).  
It should be noted that this standard cancels and replaces the requirements for instant 
coffee contained in Egyptian Standard ES No. 517, 1474 -1/2005 "Updated 2014"  
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with:  
ISO 3509/2005(confirmed in  2018), ISO 10470/2004(confirm ed in 2017)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Human health and consumer protection, Quality requirements; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 3509/2005(confirmed in 2018), ISO 10470/200 (confirmed in 
2017)   219/2021 (1 page, in Arabic)   G/TBT/N/EGY/304  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 May 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  14 June 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  N/A 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality  
Address: 16 Tadreeb El -Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 2284 5504  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  /eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
 