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Notifying Member: EGYPT

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Chocolate (ICS code: 67.190)

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X] All trading partners

[ ] Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Ministerial Decree No. 447/2024. Language(s): Arabic. Number of pages: 2

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Description of content: Ministerial Decree No. 447/2024 (2 pages in Arabic) gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 465-3 "cocoa and its products part: 3 chocolate" (partial amendment in 1 page in Arabic).

Worth mentioning that this standard (partial amendment in 1 page in Arabic) includes the cancellation of item No. 5/2/3.

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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text): CODEX STAN 87 - 1981 standard for chocolate and chocolate products. Adopted in 1981. Revision in 2003. Amendment in 2016.

[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):

[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):

[ ] None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 7 September 2024

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 2 October 2024

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 3 October 2024

[ ] Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 24 December 2024

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations

Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

1 Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Tel: +(202) 3337 3616

 +(202) 3760 3155

Fax: +(202) 3337 4195

E-mail: [email protected]

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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Central Administration for Foreign Agricultural Relations

Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

1 Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Tel: +(202) 3337 3616

 +(202) 3760 3155

Fax: +(202) 3337 4195

E-mail: [email protected]