Products covered: Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS: 67.200.10)
This addendum concerns the notification of the draft of the Egyptian Standard ES 49-2 “olive oils and olive pomace oils)" (20 pages, in Arabic).
This part of this standard cancels and supersedes its last version ES 49-2/2016.
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, The Ministerial Decree No. 256/2016 which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/2/Add.1 dated 15 August 2016 , mandated among others the earlier versions of this Egyptian Standard.
Worth mentioning is that this draft standard is technically identical with Codex Standard for Olive Oils and Olive-Pomace Oils CXS 33-1981 Adopted in 1981. Revised in 1989, 2003, 2015, 2017 and 2024. Amended in 2009, 2013 and 2021.
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: To be determined.
Date of entry into force: To be determined.
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