Products covered: ICS 67.120.30 (Fish and fishery products)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.447 /2024 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 889-2 for " frozen fish part: 2 - frozen fish fillets “(15 pages, in Arabic).
It should be noted that Ministerial Decree No. 515 /2005 (10 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/2 dated 14 December 2005, mandated among others the earlier version of this Egyptian Standard.
Worth mentioning is that this standard is technical identical with CODEX STAN 190 -1995 Adopted in 1995. Amended in 2011, 2013, 2014 Revised in 2017 .
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standards through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Date of adoption: 7 September 2024
Date of entry into force: 3 October 2024
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