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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MAR/16
21 December 2001
(01-6447)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  French
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MOROCCO
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Forests -
Livestock Department.
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Live bovine animals, bovine embryos, bovine meat and offal, products
obtained from bovine animals, irrespective of their proportion or destination, including
products from countries free from BSE which have undergone processing in countries
where cases of BSE have been declared, products of the bovine animal by-product industry
intended for medical, cosmetic or pharmaceutical use, flours and meals of meat, blood or
bones of mammals.  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Ban on  live bovine animals applicable to all countries, that on the rest of the
products applicable to countries where cases have officially been declared by the OIE.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministry of Agriculture, Rural
Development, Water and Forests Order N o. 1674-01 of 7 September 2001 Amending Order
No. 738-96 of 18 April 1996 Banning the Entry into Morocco of Live Bovine Animals,
Animal Feeding Stuffs, Animal Products a nd Animal Reproduction Products from Bovine
Animals Originating in or Coming from Specified Countries (2 pages).
5. Description of content:  Ban on the importation of the products specified in point 3 from
all countries as far as live bovine animals are concerned and from countries where cases
have officially been declared by the OIE for the rest of the products.
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests  Measures taken  in response to the deterioration in the
epizootiological situation of BSE in certain countries.
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Emergency measures taken  with a view to protecting
the health of the country's livestock population, preventing the entry into Morocco of the
BSE agent and reassuring the consumer.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The OIE International Animal Health Code and
European directives.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in French.G/SPS/N/MAR/16
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10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Date of publication in the
Official Bulletin (20 September 2001).
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[ X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Forests
Livestock DepartmentTel.:  (212) 776-5077
Fax:  (212) 776-4404
E-mail:  demamv@mtds.com