Products covered: (ICS code: 65.080 ) Fertilizers
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 502 /2023 ( 4 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 6620 for "Bio fertilizers “ (37 page(s), in Arabic).
It should be noted that the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/345 dated 21 February 2023.
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with the following:
- Practical hand book on agriculture microbiology
-International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319‑7706 Volume 9 Number 10 (2020)
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption: 18 December 2023.
Proposed date of entry into force: 5 January 2024
Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:
National Enquiry Point
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
Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080)
