G/SPS/N/MAR/96  
24 April 2023 
(23-2901) 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 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) : Argan seedlings  
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 d'arrêté du ministre de l'agriculture, de la pêche 
maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts portant homologation du 
règlement technique relatif à la production, au contrôle, au conditionnement et à la 
certification des plants d'arganier  (Draft Order of the Minister for Agriculture, Marine 
Fisheries, Rural Development, Water Resources and Forestry approvi ng the technical 
regulation for the production, control, packaging and certification of argan seedlings) . 
Language(s) : French Number of pages : 12 
https://membe rs.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/MAR/23_9022_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : Dahir No. 1-69-169 of 2 5 July 1 969 regulating the production 
and marketing of seeds and seedlings, as amended and supplemented by the Dahir 
promulgating Law No. 1-76-472 of 1 9 September 1 977, and in particular Articles 1, 2 and 
5 thereof, provides that technical regulations defining the  conditions of production, 
control, packaging and certification of seeds and seedlings shall be approved by an order 
of the Minister in charge of agriculture.  
Following the entry of argan varieties in the official catalogue, and to support the new 
programm e contract for the argan sector as part of the "Generation Green 2020 -2030" 
strategy, there is a need to amend the technical regulation on the production and control 
of standard argan seedlings as provided for by Order No. 2940-13 of 2 3 October 2 013. 
This draft introduces amendments concerning the production of certified argan seedlings 
rather than standard ones.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  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) : G/SPS/N/MAR/96  
- 2 - 
  [ ] World Organisa tion 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  
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. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date o f 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) : 23 June 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if availa ble) of other body:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Office National de Sécurité  Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (212) 5 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : (212) 6 73 99 78 17  
Fax: (212) 5 37 68 20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.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:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Direc torate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (212) 5 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : (212) 6 73 99 78 17  
Fax: (212) 5 37 68 20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma