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On June 6th,1999 the Egyptian Ministry of Supply and
Commerce issued the decision number 250/99
which states that all food stuffs and animal fodder from
EEC are rejected to enter the country due to the suspicion
of presence of poisonous substances in these items. It is
recommended that members avoid loading such cargoes to
Egypt until further advice to avoid delay, demurrage, port
dues ...etc or contact their F.D & D club managers
first.
The latest developments surrounding this subject:
The
Minister of Trade and Supply has approved on 31.07.99 the
recommendations of the joint committee holding at the
Headquarters of the Ministry of Trade and Supply, Ministry
of Agriculture and Ministry of Health, where the cargos
subject to Decree 250/1999, found at the Egyptian ports or
to be shipped or their letter of credit has been opened
before the issuance of such Decree, are to be treated as
follows:
1)
The cargos accompanied with a certificate issued from an
internationally-approved laboratory, are to be released if
they meet the control and import rules (there is a list of
21 internationally-approved laboratories). The word
"accompanied" means that the certificate has
been dispatched after the arrival of the cargo shall not
be considered.
2)
In case, the cargo is not accompanied with the said
certificate, the agencies competent with control from the
Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Agriculture, upon
the request of the concerned person, may take
representative sample to be sent by control agency at the
expense of the concerned person, to one of the
internationally-approved laboratories and the final
release will not be effected unless the analysis results
arrive.
Transportation
is allowed, under reservation, and the supervision of the
Supply Police and Water Planes Police, until the arrival
of the analysis results, provided the cargo meet all the
control and import conditions.
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