NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 25 March 2026, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Egypt.

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Title: The Egyptian standard ES 49 for "Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils"

Description: Products covered: Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS: 67.200.10).

This addendum concerns the notification of the Ministerial Decree No.57/2026 (2 Pages, in Arabic) that gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 49 for "Olive Oils and Olive Pomace Oils" (19 pages, in Arabic).

This standard cancels and supersedes ES 49-2/2016 for "Vegetable edible oils part: 2 Olive oils and olive pomace oils".

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, and Ministerial Decree No. 256/2016 which was formerly notified in G/TBT/N/EGY/2/Add.1 dated 15 August 2016 mandated among others the earlier versions of this standard, and the draft of this standard was formerly notified in G/TBT/EGY/2/Add.31 dated 5 June 2025.

Worth mentioning is that this standard is technically identical with Codex Standard CXS 33 "Olive Oils and Olive-Pomace Oils" adopted in 1981, revised in 1989, 2003, 2015, 2017 and 2024, amended in 2009, 2013 and 2021.

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 February 2026.

Date of entry into force: The day following the date of publication in the official gazette.

Agency or authority designated to handle comments and text available from:

National Enquiry Point

Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality

16 Tadreeb El-Modarrebeen St., Ameriya, Cairo – Egypt

E-mail: eos@idsc.net.eg/eos.tbt@eos.org.eg

Website: http://www.eos.org.eg

Tel: + (202) 22845528

Fax: + (202) 22845504

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