G/SG/N/6/MAR/10/Suppl.1  
G/SG/N/14/MAR/3  
 
1 April 2022  
(22-2648) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Safeguards  Original: French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UPON INITIATION OF A REVIEW PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7.2  
REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF A SAFEGUARD MEASURE  
MOROCCO  
Coated wood board  
The following communication, dated and received on 31 March 2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Morocco.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 7.2 of the Agreement on Safeguards, Morocco hereby notifies the initiation of a 
review investigation regarding extension of the current safeguard measure on imports of coated 
wood board.  
1  DATE OF INITIATION OF THE INVESTIGATION  
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (hereinafter "the Ministry ") has decided to initiate a review 
investigation on extension of the safeguard measure applied to imports of coated wood board, as 
from 24 March 2022.  
Public notice concerning  the initiation of the investigation has been given on the Ministry's website 
(https://www.mcinet.gov.ma/fr/avis -sauvegarde ) and in two newspapers auth orized to publish legal 
announcements, namely: LE MATIN ( Issue No. 17443) and LES INSPIRATIONS ECO 
(Issue No. 3063), both published on 23 March 2022.  
2  DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED  
The product under consideration and subject to the review investigati on is board made from pieces 
of wood agglomerated with a binding substance, other than oriented strand board (OSB) and 
waferboard, which is surface -covered with melamine decor paper or decorative laminates of plastic , 
hereinafter referred to as " coated woo d board".  
The product under consideration is imported under the following Moroccan Harmonized System 
customs headings: 4410.11.20.90 , 4410.11.30.90 , 4410.19.92.90 , and 4410.19.93.90.  
The review concerns all the products subject to the existing measure.  
3  REFERENCE TO THE WTO DOCUMENT CONTAINING THE MOST RECENT ARTICLE 12.1(C) 
NOTIFICATION  
The WTO documents containing the most recent Article 12.1 notification are document 
G/SG/N/8/MAR/6 -G/SG/N/10/MAR/6 -G/SG/N/11/MAR/6 , published  on 11 July 2019 , and its 
corrigendum G/SG/N/8/MAR/6/Corr. 1-G/SG/N/10/MAR/6/Corr.1 -G/SG/N/11/MAR/6/Corr.1 , 
published on 25 July 2019 . G/SG/N/6/MAR/10/Suppl.1 • G/SG/N/14/MAR/3  
 
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  4  REASONS FOR THE INITIATION OF THE REVIEW  
The review investigation concerning  extension of the safeguard measure applied to imports of coated 
wood board was initiated by the Ministry following a petition submitted by Cema -Bois de l'Atlas, 
which constitutes the domestic industry for th is product.  
The review was initiated for the following reasons:  
• The injury caused to the domestic industry has not yet been remedied and the measure 
continues to be necessary to remedy and prevent such injury;  
• The domestic industry is in the process of introducing adjustments so as to improve its 
competitiveness; and  
• Without a safeguard measure, the domestic market would be inundated with diverted exports 
given the new factors and circumstances such as the continued decline in domestic 
consumption of the product in the ma in exporting countries and the increase in the p roduction 
capacity of the main foreign producers  of wood board . 
5  DEADLINE(S) FOR EXPORTERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO SUBMIT 
COMMENTS IN  WRITING  
The Ministry will send questionnaires to the exporters identified in the petition. Other concerned 
parties wishing to receive a questionnaire and participate in the investigation should request the 
questionnaire within 15 days of the date of initiation of the investigation.  
Replies to the investigation questionnaires must reach the Ministry within the time -limits laid down 
in the questionnaires, and any party requesting an extension of these time -limits must show good 
cause.  
Parties that consider that the investigation concerns them have a period of 30 days from the date 
of initiation of the investigation to mak e themselves known as interested parties.  
In addition to their questionnaire replies, concerned parties may send their views and comments on 
the initiation of the investigation, in writing, within 30 days of the date of initiation.  
To submit replies and comments or to request information about the investigation procedure, parties 
should contact the Ministry at:  
Ministère de l'Industrie et du Commerce  
Direction Générale du Commerce  
Direction de la Défense et de la Réglementation Commerciale s 
Parcelle 14, Business center, aile Nord bd Riad,  
Hay Riad. BP 610, Rabat Chellah, Morocco  
Tel.: ( +212) 537.70.18.46 
Fax: ( +212) 537.72.71.50 
Email  : ddc-svg-pbr@mcinet.gov.ma  
 
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