Products covered: ICS 67.060 (Cereals, pulses and derived products)
This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 247 /2025 (2 pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 1601-2 "wheat - part 2: General principles for Wheat (Triticum Durum Desf.)" (22 pages, in Arabic).
Egyptian Standard ES 1601-2 "wheat - part 2: General principles for Wheat (Triticum Durum Desf.)" cancels and supersedes its last version ES 1601/2005.
It should be noted that the 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 standard and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/2/Add.30 dated 17 January 2025.
Worth mentioning is that this standard complies with the following:
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: 11 August 2025.
Proposed date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.
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