G/TBT/N/MAR/31  
26 June 2020 
(20-4467) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MOROCCO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministère de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Économie Verte et Numérique  (Ministry of 
Industry, Trade and the Green and Digital Economy)  
Direction Générale du Commerce (Directorate -General for Trade)  
Direction de la Protection du Consommateur, de la Surveillance du Marché et de la 
Qualité  (Department of Consumer Protection, Market Surveillance and Quality)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comme nts 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 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) : Reusable 
protective fabric masks for non -medical use  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Arrêté du 
ministre de l'industrie, du commerce et de l'économie verte et numér ique relatif aux 
masques de protection réutilisables en tissu(s) à usage non -médical (Order of the Minister 
of Industry, Trade and the Green and Digital Economy on reusable protective fabric masks 
for non -medical use)  
6. Description of content : The notifi ed Order establishes the specifications for reusable 
protective fabric masks for non -medical use . It also sets out:  
• The design, structural and performance requirements laid down in Moroccan 
normative document NM/ST 21.5.201 on protective fabric masks for n on-medical 
use; 
• The packaging, marking and labelling requirements;  
• The obligation of the party responsible for making these masks available on the 
market to have a certificate of conformity with Moroccan standards, or a 
certificate of conformity with the normative documents issued by the Moroccan 
Standardization Institute (IMANOR).  G/TBT/N/MAR/31  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified Order was adopted within the framework of action taken to curb 
the spread of the Covid -19 coronavirus pandemic . It aims to protect consumers and 
ensure fair competition between economic operators, while ensuring that protective 
masks of non -woven fabric conform to the technical safety requirements that are 
applicable unde r Law No. 24-09 on the safety of products and services.  
Consumer protection, including the prevention of practices likely to deceive consumers . 
Harmonization of safety control practices.  
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection  of human health 
or safety ; Harmonization.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Law No. 24-09 of 16 Ramadan 1432 (1 7 August 2 011) on the safety of products 
and services, supplementing the Dahir of 9 Ramadan 1331 (1 2 August 1 913) 
comprising the Code of Obligations and C ontracts, in particular the first title 
thereof.  
• Decree No. 2.12.502 of 2 Rejeb 1434 (1 3 May 2 013) implementing the first title 
of Law No. 24-09 on the safety of products and services, supplementing the Dahir 
of 9 Ramadan 1331 (1 2 August 1 913) comprising t he Code of Obligations and 
Contracts, in particular Article 1 thereof.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 1 July 2 020 
Proposed date of entry into force : 1 July 2 020. This technical regulation will enter into 
force upon publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 1 July 2 020 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministère de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Économie Verte et Numérique  
Direction Générale du Commerce  
Direction de la Protection du Consommateur, de la Surveillance du Marché et de la 
Qualité (DPCSMQ)  
Tel.: (+212) 5 37 71 62 15  
Fax: (+212) 5 37 71 17 98  
Email: dpcsmq@mcinet.gov.ma  
http://www.mcinet.gov.ma/fr/content/surveillance -du-march%C3%A9