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3 July 2019  
(19-4445) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 July 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Egypt . 
 
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Cereals, pulses and derived products  
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 275/2019 (1 page, in Arabic) 
which extends the transitional period for twelve months starting from 3 April 2019 for the entry into 
force of clause No. 4/3/1 on "Percentage of the moisture content shall be not more than 13.5% (by 
weight)" in the Egyptian Standard ES 1601 -1/2010.  
It should be noted that the Egyptian standard 1601 -1/2010: Essential requirements for  wheat 
(triticum aestivum ) was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/39 dated 2 July 2010.  
Producers and importers are kept informed of any am endments in the Egyptian standard through the 
publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.  
Proposed date of adoption: 22 March 2019.  
Proposed date of entry into force: 12 April 2019.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption , publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addend um to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  G/SPS/N/EGY/39/Add.2  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  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  
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
Text(s) available from: [X ] 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  
Nadi El Saïd St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt  
Tel: +(202) 333 76 589  
 +(202) 374 90 805  
Fax: +(202) 374 90 805  
E-mail: enq_egy_sps@yahoo.com  
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