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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/EGY/1/Add.25

Notification No.

Notification Type

Notifying Member

Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

The Egyptian Standards ES 718,612 for "Blended Tobacco For Cigarettes" (8 pages in Arabic) (partial amendment).

Objective

Product Covered

Food products

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ICSCODE

65.160 - Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment

Keywords

Human health; Food standards

Specific Regions

Description

Products covered: Tobacco, tobacco products and related equipment (ICS code:  65.160)This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 143 /2024 (1 page, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standards ES 718,612 for "Blended Tobacco For Cigarettes" (8 pages in Arabic) (partial amendment in 1 page, in Arabic).It should be noted that the Ministerial Decree No.130/2005 (11 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/1 dated 14 December 2005 and the Ministerial Decree No. 1001/2017 (2 pages, in Arabic) which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/1/Add.3 dated 10 January 2018 mandated among others the earlier versions of this Standard.Worth mentioning is that these standards have been partially modified in the following items:- item (3) Definitions - Adding a new definition” Tobacco moisture: The percentage by weight of the volatile fraction of tobacco when dried for 16 hours at a temperature of 100°C”). - item(5) Packaging and Labelling - change item (5/2) to be  “The trade name on the package”- item (5) – adding new item (5/8) “The trade name is written on the cigarette in Arabic or any other foreign language”. Worth mentioning is that this standard has been formulated according to National Studies.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: 22 April 2024Date of entry into force: 22 May 2024Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:National Enquiry Point_x000D_
Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality_x000D_
16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo - Egypt_x000D_
E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg_x000D_
Website: http://www.eos.org.eg_x000D_
Tel: + (202) 22845528_x000D_
Fax: + (202) 22845504

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