Arab Finance: Engineer Hassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, received Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment; Investment opportunities in various environmental sectors were discussed and presented, including the waste sector, eco-tourism, and climate investment plans, which are promising and attractive sectors for investment, and ways to promote them were discussed.
The two ministers witnessed the signing of a cooperation protocol between the General Authority for Export and Import Control and the Waste Management Regulatory Authority regarding cooperation in the field of applying the green label for plastic products, as this protocol contributes to supporting and enhancing the transition to a green economy, which reflects on the reputation of Egyptian exports and increases their competitiveness in global markets. The protocol was signed by Engineer Issam Al-Najjar, Chairman of the General Authority for Export and Import Control, and Mr. Yasser Abdullah, CEO of the Waste Management Regulatory Authority.
According to the terms of the protocol, the General Authority for Export and Import Control is responsible for receiving samples from the waste agency or its affiliated companies and factories and coding them after ensuring that the data written on the package matches and reviewing it with the data of the request received with it. The Authority’s laboratories, in its various branches, conduct laboratory tests and send a copy of the test report electronically and in paper upon completion, in addition to participating in providing services, transferring expertise and technical consultations, and holding seminars and training in the field of examination and analysis. The Authority also designs and implements verification plans and programs. Improve the efficiency of its laboratories by distributing verification samples.
With the aim of verifying its efficiency and accuracy of its results for evaluation by the Waste Authority, the Authority also conducts scientific studies to assess the risks of various pollutants, while providing technical advisory support to find solutions to those risks in partnership with the Waste Authority. The Waste Management Regulatory Authority is committed to sending samples to the General Authority for Export and Import Control. To analyze and evaluate the results of the analysis according to a specific timetable for each analysis separately, and the laboratories of the Control Authority are provided with modern analytical methods to apply them, and the necessary studies are conducted to use them in the analysis after Adopting it.
The protocol also stipulates that the Waste Regulatory Authority holds periodic or emergency follow-up meetings with specialists from the contracting authority’s laboratories with the aim of conducting work, discussing technical inquiries, evaluating performance, and development goals, in addition to providing services, transferring expertise and technical consultations, and holding seminars and training in the field of examination and analysis for the authority. Controlling exports and imports according to available capabilities. The Waste Management Regulatory Authority also participates with the Export and Import Control Authority in projects to supply the latest laboratory equipment to conduct Tests for granting companies the green mark.
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