This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No. 173/2020 that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian Standard ES 559-1 for Tea and Methods of Analysis and Testing, Part 1: Tea.
An earlier version of this draft Standard was formerly notified in G/SPS/N/EGY/95 dated 22 October 2019.
Worth mentioning that this standard is technically identical with modification with the following:
- ISO 3720: 2011 Black tea - Definition and basic requirements;
- ISO 11287:2011 Green tea - Definition and basic requirements;
- ISO/TR 12591:2013 White tea - Definition.
Producers and importers are kept informed of any amendments in the Egyptian standard through the publication of administrative orders in the official gazette.
Proposed date of adoption:10 March 2020
Proposed date of entry into force: 10 April 2020