The application of export controls of fresh agricultural crops between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates begin to implement new requirements for the application of the agricultural export trade mechanism for fruits and vegetables between the two countries, while limiting residues Pesticides and heavy metals in agricultural products After the meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture in the presence of Mr Ezzeddin Abusett, Minister of Agriculture and Land Rehabilitation, in the presence of l & # 39; Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Cairo, the two sides agreed to set up a mechanism for the import and export of fruits and vegetables. Ahmed Al-Attar, head of the Central Quarantine Department, and Sultan Abdullah Alwan Al Habsi representing the United Arab Emirates, with ten checks for the export and import of these products between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates

. The UAE undertook to promptly notify the official Egyptian quarantine contact point and provide it with the required documentation to facilitate and streamline trade between the two parties for both exports and imports. Plants and the result of accompanying laboratory analysis) to send as soon as the corresponding results that do not match.

The commitment of the Egyptian side to the request of the United Arab Emirates to respect the standards approved by the United Arab Emirates and the commitment of the UAE to provide Egyptian agricultural quarantine with the specifications approved by the UAE and a copy of Ministerial Decree No. 36 of 2018 on Prohibited and Restricted Pesticides The United Arab Emirates and the commitment of the Egyptian side to provide the UAE with the criteria and requirements of Egyptian quarantine.

The agreement included confirmation by the United Arab Emirates that if a shipment was refused, the offending exporter and the Egyptian agrarian notification would be notified by the official point of contact and provided with the documents required for the certificate. phytosanitary and laboratory analysis. The Egyptian side shall take all necessary measures to prevent the offender from exporting the counterfeit product from the date of notification and for the same period and inform the UAE of what has been done and excludes what was shipped before the notification date.

The joint agreement between Egypt and the UAE stresses that the product which is contrary to its source must be returned at the expense of the exporter and that the exporter refuses to. to bear the costs for six months. The product that has been proven to be in violation, and in case of repeated violation of the same source for more than one crop, will be banned from export to the UAE for all other crops during six months.

This mechanism applies only to shipments of fresh fruits and vegetables directly exported from the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Arab Emirates, as of the day following its signature on July 18, at the time of shipment. exclusion of the suspension of the offending exporters. As of November 2018.

This mechanism also applies to fresh fruit and vegetable shipments from the United Arab Emirates to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

According to the agreement, the UAE authorities demanded that the export formalities of the shipping and export documents by the Egyptian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates be lifted for United Arab Emirates exports to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Ministry of Foreign Affairs or other relevant ministries.