G/SPS/N/MAR/69  
31 August  2020 
(20-5923) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MOROCCO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Office national de sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires , 
ONSSA (National Food Safety Office)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Fruit jams, jellies and marmalades  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Projet de décret relatif à la qualité et la sécurité 
sanitaire des confitures, gelées et marmelades de fruits et autres produits  similaires 
commercialisés  (Draft Decree on the quality and safety of fruit jams, jellies and 
marmalades and other marketed like products) Language(s) : French Number of 
pages : 6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/MAR/20_5201_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The main objectives of this draft Decree are as follows:  
− Update the regulatory framework for fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and lay down 
the definitions of fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and other like products, such as 
chestnut or prune creams;  
− Set the minimum levels of fruit, pulp and/or purée for the production of fruit jams, 
jellies and marmalades and other like products, taking into account international 
requirements;  
− Define the ways and means of labelling and marketing fruit jams, jellies and 
marmalades and other like products.  
7. Objective and rat ionale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[X] None  G/SPS/N/MAR/69  
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : One year from the date of publication in the Official Journal.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/ mm/yy) : 30 October 2 020 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produi ts Alimentaires  (ONSSA)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Department of Standardization and 
SPS Matters)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui , Agdal , Rabat , Morocco  
Tel.: (+212) 537 676 510/13  
Fax: (+212) 537 682 049  
Email: ma.sps.enquirypoint@onssa.gov.ma  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  (ONSSA)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Division de la Normalisatio n et des Questions SPS  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui , Agdal , Rabat , Morocco  
Tel.: (+212) 537 676 510/13  
Fax: (+212) 537 682 049  
Email: ma.sps.enquirypoint@onssa.gov.ma