G/TBT/N/MUS/14  
12 October 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  MAURITIUS   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Permanent Secretary  
Ministry of Blue Economy, Marine Resources, Fisheries and Shipping  
4th Floor, LIC Centre,  
President John Kennedy Street,  
Port Louis  
Email: fishadmin@govmu.org  or blueconomy@govmu.org  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from abo ve:  
TBT National Notification Authority  
International Trade Division  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade  
Fax: +230 210 8145  
E-mail: motas@intnet.mu ; vidan_2@yahoo.com   
 
National Enquiry Point  
Mr K. Ramsarrun  
Mauritius Standards Bureau  
Villa Road, Moka 80805  
Republic of Mauritius  
Tel:+230 4333648  
Fax: +230 4335051  
Email: msb@intnet.mu ; Kramsarrun@msb.mu  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  All 
products covered under Chapter 3 and Chapter 16 of the HS Classification System; FISH 
AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES (HS 03); 
PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER 
AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES (HS 16)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  (i) Fisheries and 
Marine Resources (Import of Fish and Fish Products) Regulations 2012; and (ii) Fisheries 
and Marine Resources (Import of Fish and Fish products) (Amendment) Regulation 2016. 
(35 page(s), in English; 36 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The regulation is a technical regulation which comprises 
amongst others - registration of importers, payment of an annual import fee, p roduct G/TBT/N/MUS/14  
 
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  compliance with requirements laid down in the schedules and the applicable codex food 
safety requirements, health attestation/certification of products by the competent 
authority of the producing/exporting country, inspection of fish and fishery pro ducts at 
the point of entry, collection of samples and laboratory analysis, products that are 
considered unfit for human consumption, release of fish and fish products by the 
authorised officer at the point of entry, seizure and destruction of fish and fis h products 
by an authorised officer and the fines for non -compliance to these regulations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The regulation was made to control import of fish and fish products into 
Mauri tius with a view to ensuring that the products have been produced, caught, handled, 
processed, packaged, labelled stored, and transported under sanitary and hygienic 
standards as spelt out in the schedules to these regulations and in the Codex Alimentarius  
that guarantee wholesomeness and fitness for human consumption.; Consumer 
information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
https://blueconomy.govmu.org/Documents/The%20Fisheries%20and%20Marine%20Re
sources%20(I mport%20of%20Fish%20and%20Fish%20Products)%20Regulations%202
012v1.pdf  
https://blueconomy.govmu.org/Documents/No%20%20034_Fisheries%20and%20Marin
e%20Resources% 20(Import%20of%20Fish%20and%20Fish%20Products).pdf?csf=1&e
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 February 2016  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2016  
10. Final date for comments:  N/A 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Mauritius Standards Bureau (MSB)  
Villa Road, Moka  
Mauritius  
Tel: +(230) 433 3648  
msb@intnet.mu ; kramsarrun@msb.intnet.mu  
http://msb.intnet.mu/English/Pages/default.aspx  
https://blueconomy.govmu.org/Documents/The%20Fisheries%20and%20Marine%20Re
sources%20(Import%20of%20Fish%20and%20Fish%20Products)%20Regulations%202
012v1.pdf  
https://blueconomy.govmu.org/Documents/No%20%20034_Fisheries%20and%20Marin
e%20Resources %20(Import%20of%20Fish%20and%20Fish%20Products).pdf?csf=1&e
=l5utxl