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8 January 2020  
(20-0109) 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 ind icated 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):  Poultry 
and eggs (ICS 67.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree No.1096/2019 (1 page, in Arabic) mandating the Egyptian Standard ES 1651 
"Chilled poultry and rabbits" (13 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministerial Decree No.1096/2019 gives the producers and 
importers a six -month  transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 1651 
which specifies the essential requirements and quality criteria for chilled poultry, rabbits 
and their parts with or without spices.  
Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to scientific 
references and National studies.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection and safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Ministerial Decree No.1096/2019  
• Thai agriculture standard –TAS 6700 -2005 
• ICMSF(1978)Rev.1(1988),Rev.2(2011)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  29 November 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  17 December 2019  G/TBT/N/EGY/240  
 
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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  
 