Products covered: ICS: 67.100.30 (Cheese)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 608/2020 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1007-3 "Hard Cheese Part 3: Emmental Cheese” (11 Pages, In Arabic).
It should be noted that the draft of this Egyptian standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/2/Add.11 dated 6 February 2020.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with CXS 269-1967 Formerly CODEX STAN C 9-1967 – Standard for Emmentaler Adopted in 1967. Revised in 2007. Amended in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018, 2019.
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: 4 December 2020.
Proposed date of entry into force: 15 January 2021
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