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6 September 2022  
(22-6640) 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  
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 notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  General 
methods of tests and analysis for food products (ICS code(s): 67.050)  
5. Title, number of  pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministerial 
Decree No. 394/2022 (1 page, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 8517/2022 
for "General Guidelines on Food Sampling"; (85 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministe rial Decree No. 394 /2022 mandates the Egyptian 
standard ES 8517 which specifies the sampling methods that have been developed to 
ensure that fair and valid sampling procedures are used when food is being tested for 
compliance with a particular standard.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical to CAC/GL 50 -2004 "General 
Guidelines On Sampling".  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents :  
• Ministerial Decree No. 394 /2022  
• CAC/GL 50 -2004 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4 July 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 August 2022  G/TBT/N/EGY/329  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
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  
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg  / eos.tbt@eos.org.eg  
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg  
Tel: + (202) 22845528  
Fax: + (202) 22845504  
 