National legislation

The Authority, chaired by the Prime Minister, has a Board of Directors with political powers, together with management and coordination functions. ...

This resolution, regarding the pricing and storing of corn maize, is composed of 7 articles. Article one states that the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is the relevant authority for the supply of locally produced corn maize of the season 2012/2013. Article 2 specifies that...

This Decree amends paragraph 2 of the first agenda item in the requirements annexed to the Ministerial Decree No. 1114 of 2006 which defines requirements and conditions for poultry and birds slaughterhouses. It provides for the restrictions the location of slaughterhouses have to abide by whether...

This Decree is composed of 2 articles. It amends article 4 of the ministerial Resolution No. 63 of 2002 on the examination of structures operating in the field of fish exportation to the European Union as follows:''The license or the renewal of a license of a...

This Resolution states that penalties are applied by stopping the export of peanuts to the European Union for some companies due to the high proportion of Aflatoxin in the peanuts compared to the level allowed by the European Union in the season 2010/2011. ...

The aim of this Resolution is to develop and increase the production and industry of dairy. It is composed of 7 articles. Article 1 deals with the establishment and formation of the Committee for Increase and Development of Dairy Production and Industry. Article 2 defines competencies...

This Resolution is composed of 4 articles. Article 1 decrees that the General Egyptian Authority for Standards and Quality is the unique authority entrusted to issue safety marks for commodities, goods and products in order to protect consumers. Article 2 gives industries 6 months to regulate...

The aim of this Resolution is to unify the Egyptian standards for the issuance of quality marks and certificates in order to repress and fight deceit and fraud. It is composed of 4 articles. Articles 1 and 2 prohibit the issuance of certificates for high quality...

This resolution is composed of 5 articles. Articles 1 and 2 impose on producers and importers of foodstuffs to abide by expiry periods provided for in the Egyptian Standardization and Metrology. Article 3 imposes on producers and importers of foodstuffs to write production dates on labels....

This Resolution is composed of 5 articles. Article 1 compels industries producers of bottled natural water to apply and respect food safety systems HACCP in accordance with the International Codex Alimentarius. Article 2 gives the aforementioned industries 12 months to regulate their positions. Article 3 entrusts...

The aim of this Resolution is to regulate the exportation of orange. It is consists of 3 articles. Article 1 limits and restricts sorting, division, graduation, preparation and loading of orange intended to exportation only to adopted and registered centres by competent authorities. Article 2 defines...

The aim of this Resolution is to regulate the production, preparation, examination and exportation of potatoes to the European Community. It is composed of 9 articles and the Regulation. The production, preparation, examination and exportation of potatoes to the European Community shall be carried out in...

The aim of this Resolution is to regulate the establishment of poultry and birds slaughterhouses in order to protect the public health and environment. It is composed of 6 articles. Article 1 decrees the ban on slaughtering of poultry and birds outside the authorized slaughterhouses, which...

This Resolution states that the importation of frozen meat and poultry shall be subject to Egyptian Standardization and Metrology standard No. 1090 of 2005, amended in 2006, concerning domestic birds and frozen rabbits, or to Gulf Standardization and Metrology standard No. 986 of 1998 concerning ...

This Resolution is composed of 6 articles. Article 1 prohibits reusing, handling and storing packages already used for packing food, beverages, medicines, perfumes, oils and cosmetics. Packages that comply with the Egyptian Standardization and Metrology standards authorized by the Ministry of External Trade and Industry shall...

This Resolution provides for the conditions of importing frozen beef from the EU countries, and It is composed of 8 articles. The imported meat should be from male cattle older than thirty months. The meat should be free from diseases especially brain sponge BSE (mad cow...

This Resolution is composed of 3 articles. Article 1 lists competencies, acts, operations and works to be carried out only by agricultural engineers members of the Agricultural Trade-Union, including: (1) agricultural consultation; (2) technical control on the agricultural production; (3) agricultural crops research; (4) participation in...

This Resolution amends Resolution No. 220 of 2004 issuing the Regulation for the production, preparation, examination and exportation of potatoes to the European Union as follows: (a) addition to clause 1 of the paragraph “the list of the exporter companies of potatoes shall be adopted annually...

This Resolution is composed of 7 articles and the Regulation. Article 1 establishes that the production, preparation, examination and exportation of potatoes to the European Union shall comply with the attached Regulation. The Ministry of External Trade and Industry shall have the right to limit the...

This Resolution is composed of 4 articles and the Regulation. This Resolution implements the Regulation for the examination and control of exported and imported commodities (art. 1). Resolutions concerning importers respecting the rules for the exterior examination of imported consignments of non-foodstuffs are in force (art....