{"id":550690,"date":"2022-04-17T13:04:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/04\/17\/this-evening-non-compliance-with-registration-rules-behind-suspension-from-importers-registry-more-violence-in-al-aqsa-mosque-omicrons-sub-variants-are-still-spreading\/"},"modified":"2022-04-17T13:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:04:33","slug":"this-evening-non-compliance-with-registration-rules-behind-suspension-from-importers-registry-more-violence-in-al-aqsa-mosque-omicrons-sub-variants-are-still-spreading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/04\/17\/this-evening-non-compliance-with-registration-rules-behind-suspension-from-importers-registry-more-violence-in-al-aqsa-mosque-omicrons-sub-variants-are-still-spreading\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS EVENING: Non-compliance with registration rules behind suspension from importer\u2019s registry + More violence in Al Aqsa Mosque + Omicron\u2019s sub-variants are still spreading"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and happy Palm Sunday, Western Easter, and<\/strong> Passover<\/strong> to all those observing \u2014 which is a sizable bunch, if the volume of out of office replies we\u2019ve received today is any indication.<\/p>\n

SO, WHEN DO WE EAT?<\/strong> You\u2019ll be breaking your fast at 6:23pm CLT this evening in the capital city, and fajr prayers are at 3:55am.<\/p>\n

<\/a> THE BIG STORY TODAY-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Non-compliance with registration rules behind suspension from importer\u2019s registry<\/strong>:<\/strong> The decision to temporarily suspend some international companies from the list of companies approved to export to Egypt was due to their failure to comply with factory registration requirements, the Trade Ministry said in a statement<\/a>. The ministry\u2019s General Organization for Export and Import Control (better known by its acronym, GOEIC) regularly reviews documents including quality certificates and trademarks, the ministry said, and companies whose documents have expired are given a two-week warning ahead of suspension decisions, the ministry said. Some 122 companies have already submitted their updated documents since the beginning of the year, and are no longer suspended, according to the statement, while other companies manufacture their products in local factories and no longer need to export products to Egypt.<\/p>\n

ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY- The first direct flight between Tel Aviv and Sharm El Sheikh took off today<\/strong> under an agreement made between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in March<\/a>, according to Arab News<\/a> and Al Arabiya<\/a>. The flight was operated by Israel\u2019s El Al airlines and landed in Sharm earlier this morning. EgyptAir has been operating a direct route between Cairo and Tel Aviv since last October<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a> THE BIG STORY ABROAD-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aside from updates on Russia and Ukraine gearing up for more fighting on the ground,<\/strong> violence in Jerusalem is getting ink<\/strong> in the global press this afternoon. Israeli police forces entered Al Aqsa in Jerusalem again today, following a similar incident over the weekend in which Israeli forces entered the mosque while Palestinians were praying, the Associated Press<\/a> reports. Today\u2019s violence left 17 Palestinians injured, according to the newswire. Reuters<\/a> also has the story.<\/p>\n

COVID WATCH- Remember omicron? Its sub-variants are still spreading: <\/strong>The World Health Organization (WHO) is tracking<\/a> the spread of new omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 in Southern Africa and Europe, reports CNBC<\/a>. The two strains don\u2019t appear to be more contagious or deadly than previous omicron sub-variants, but this could change as they continue to circulate, WHO\u2019s technical lead on covid-19 Maria Van Kerkhove said in remarks to the press. Another omicron subvariant, XE, is also still spreading in many countries, with initial data from the UK showing that it might be more contagious than others. Meanwhile, the BA.2 subvariant \u2014 which was first discovered in South Africa \u2014 has now become the predominant strain spreading across the world.<\/p>\n

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