G/SPS/N/MAR/85  
10 June 2022 
(22-4371) Page: 1/3 
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  
(National Office for Food Safety)  
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) : Plants, plant products and other items covered by  Law No. 76-17 
on plant protection (supports, packaging, containers , means of transport and any other 
item or material, including agricultural material, capable of harbouring or spreading 
pests).  
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 fixant les modalités de surveillance et 
de contrôle phytosanitaires des végétaux, produits végétaux et autres objets (Draft 
Decree establishing phytosa nitary surveillance and control measures for plants, plant 
products and other items)  Language(s) : French Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachme nts/2022/SPS/MAR/22_4017_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : Law No. 76-17 on plant protection established, on the basis of 
the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), signed in Rome on 6 December 1 951 
and enacted by Dahir No. 1-73-439 of 14 Hija 1393 ( 8 January 1 974), the Moroccan legal 
framework that enables the St ate to monitor and control pests with a view to ensuring 
the phytosanitary protection of plants throughout national territory.  
The notified draft Decree establishes a number of specific provisions concerning the 
National Office for Food Safety (ONSSA), whi ch, pursuant to Article 2 of Law No. 25-08 
creating ONSSA, performs functions, on behalf of the State, relating to the protection of 
plant health and phytosanitary inspection.  
Accordingly, the notified draft Decree sets out:  
(1) The framework within which phytosanitary surveillance is conducted in Morocco by 
the relevant ONSSA departments.  
(2) The phytosanitary control measures appli cable to plants, plant products and other 
items upon importation, during transit and upon exportation, and the phytosanitary 
control measures applicable  during the production, planting and circulation of 
propagation material and plants.  
The notified Decree, which is based primarily on the provisions of the IPPC's International 
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures, will enable Morocco  to ensure that its regulations 
are consistent with international standards as regards  phytosanitary surveillance  in the 
event of the emergence of new plant diseases, and will help the country  prevent any 
quarantine pests from entering.  G/SPS/N/MAR/85  
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  7. Objective and r ationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X]  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) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : ISPM Nos. 
1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27, 34 and others.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Ye s [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever pos sible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Law No. 76-
17 on plant protection, enacted by Dahir No. 1-21-66 of 3 Hija 1442 (1 4 July 2 021).  
http://www.onssa.gov.ma/images/reglementation/reglementation -sectorielle/vegetaux -
et-produits -dorigine -vegetaux/Sante -vegetale/Phytosanitaire/LOI.76 -17.FR.pdf  
(available in French)  
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) : To be determined  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 August 2 022 
Agency or auth ority 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 Produits Alimentaires  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat, Morocco  
Tel.: (+212) 5 37 67 65 11/13  
GSM: (+212) 6 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 5 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma  G/SPS/N/MAR/85  
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  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 Al imentaires  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat, Morocco  
Tel.: (+212) 5 37 67 65 11/13  
GSM: (+212) 6 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 5 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma