Egypt – Importer has to comply with Egyptian standard ES 1725/2016 for Salted fish within six-month transitional period

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality has issued Ministerial Decree No. 256/2016 gives producers and importers a six-month transitional period to comply with Egyptian standard ES 1725/2016 "Salted fish" which supersedes ES No. 1725/2005 that has already been mandated by the Ministerial Decree No. 130/2005.

Proposed date of adoption : 26 March 2016

Proposed date of publication : 20 April 2016

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or : 21 April 2016

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or : 10 October 2016.

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures before 20 February 2016, so that these can be taken up suitably.