G/SPS/N/MAR/99  
17 May 2023 
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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) : All food products intended for human consumption  
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 fo rêts No. 466-23 relatif à 
l'enregistrement des établissements exportateurs de produits alimentaires vers le Maroc  
(Draft Order of the Minister for Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water 
Resources and Forestry No. 466-23 on the registration  of establishments exporting food 
products to Morocco) Language(s) : French Number of pages : 6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/MAR/23_09678_00_ f.pdf 
6. Description of content : The notified draft Order contributes to the implementation of 
Decree No. 2-10-473 of 7 chaoual 1432 ( 6 September 2 011) implementing certain 
provisions of Law No. 28-07 on food safety, including Articles 48 and 75.  
Article 48 specifies that, in order to guarantee that a primary product, food product or 
animal feed imported for sale in Morocco presents no risk to human or animal life or 
health, pursuant to Article 4 of Law No. 28-07, the importer of these products mus t, prior 
to their importation, ensure that they : (1) are from a country, zone or region not subject 
to sanitary or phytosanitary restrictions ; (2) meet the hygiene and health requirements 
laid down in the above -mentioned Decree and other regulations specif ically concerning the 
product or food product ; (3) come from an establishment or company that has an HACCP 
self-control or equivalent system in place ; and (4) are accompanied by documents or other 
certificates required by the regulations specifically conce rning the product or food product 
and issued by the competent authority in the country of export, certify ing that the 
products comply with existing laws and entail no risk for human or animal life or health.  
In order to ensure that importers are able to fu lfil the above -mentioned obligations, the 
notified draft Order provides for the creation of an ONSSA electronic platform for the 
registration of establishments that produce, process and store food products to be 
exported for sale on the Moroccan market.  
The draft Order specifies the conditions and procedures for the registration of foreign 
establishments by the ONSSA so that they may export food products to Morocco, with a 
view to streamlining conformity  control procedures upon importation to better protect  
human health, improve information for Moroccan consumers and food traceability, prevent 
food fraud and ensure that the products concerned come from establishments that have G/SPS/N/MAR/99  
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  been registered based on their fulfilment of criteria to ensur e food security, in line with the 
relevant regulatory provisions.  
Accordingly, the notified draft Order lays down:  
• The procedures for registering establishments that export food products to Morocco 
and that fall under section III of the annex to the notified draft Order . The registration 
of these establishments must be approved by the competent authority responsible for 
food safety in the country in which they are based.  
• The procedures for registering establishments that export food products to Morocco, 
other than those tha t fall under section III of the annex to the notified draft Order . The 
registration of these companies does not need to be approved by the competent 
authority in the country in which they are based.  
• The conditions for withdrawing registration.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CAC/RCP 20 -1979 - CAC/GL 20 -1995 - CAC/GL 26 -
1997 - CAC/GL 34 -1999 - CAC/GL 47 -2003 - CAC/GL 53 -2003 - CAC/GL 60 -2006 - 
CAC/GL 25 -1997/2016 - CAC/GL 89 -2016 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Ye s [ ] 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:  
− https://www.onssa.gov.ma/wp -
conten t/uploads/2022/06/Reglementation/A.Reglementation -
Transversale/3.%20Securite -
Sanitaire/3.1.%20S%C3%A9curit%C3%A9%20Sanitaire%20des%20Produits%20Alim
entaires/LOI.28 -07.FR.pdf  
− https://www.onssa.gov.ma/wp -content/uploads/2022/11/DEC.2 -10-473.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) : 1 January 2 024 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 July 2 023 
Agency or au thority designated to handle comments : [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)  G/SPS/N/MAR/99  
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  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  
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  
Direction de l'Evaluati on des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  
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