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21 February  2023 
(23-1242) 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.: 0222845528  
Fax: 0222845504  
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):  Fertilizers 
(ICS code(s): 65.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  The draft of the 
Egyptian standard ES 6620 for "Bio fertilizers"; (39 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This draft of Egyptian standard specifies the requirements of Bio 
fertilizers, Sampling and test methods.  
Worth mentioning is that this draft standard complies with the following:  
- practical hand book on agriculture microbiology  
- International Journal o f Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN:  2319-7706 
Volume 9 Number 10 (2020)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Safety requirements; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
- practical hand book on agriculture microbiology  
- International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319 -7706 
Volume 9 Number 10 (2020)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  G/TBT/N/EGY/345  
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  Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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  
 