Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Trade and Industry General Organization for Export and Import Control

The General Organization for Export and Import control (GOEIC) has created a record for the Factories and Companies (Trade Mark owners) eligible to export products to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

These imported products shall not be released for the purpose of trading, unless they are produced in the registered factories, or imported by the companies the owner of Trade Mark, or its distribution centers registered in this record. Registering or deleting from this record shall be issued by a decision of the minister concerned with Foreign Trade, and he may exempt from any or all of the registration conditions in the cases he decides.

Ministerial Decree of the Minister of Trade No. 195 of 2022 amending Ministerial Resolution No. 43 of 2016.

1.  A registration is carried out in the register as soon as the required documents are submitted, provided that the person concerned submits the evidence of registration within a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of application.
2. Satisfaction of the required documents and in cases of doubts concerning the validity of the information provided, registration in the register shall not take place until verifying its authenticity. It is permissible, based on the request of the registration applicant, to inspect the company or factory to ensure the authenticity of the documents, after the approval of the competent  Minister of foreign trade.
3. Documents for registration may be submitted through the embassies and consulates of the governments of the countries concerned.
4. Documents that have a validity date are renewed within a period not exceeding thirty days from the date of expiry.
5. What is recorded or crossed out on a monthly basis is published in the Egyptian Gazette and on the website of the General Organization for Export and Import Control.
6. Delisting from the register shall be effected by a reasoned decision issued by the head of the General Organization for Export and Import Control in cases of missing any of the registration conditions. The decision to cancel may be appealed to the Grievance Committee within sixty days from the date of notifying the person concerned.
7. A committee shall be established by a decision of the Minister of Foreign Trade to consider complaints of non-registration or removal from the register. The application for grievance is submitted to the Agreements and Foreign Trade Sector to be presented to the grievance Committee, provided that the grievance is resolved within a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of its submission. The complainant shall be notified of the reasons for non-registration. The registration or write-off and the corrective actions that must be taken by him in order for the registration to be re-registered.

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