G/SPS/N/MAR/62  
12 April 2019 
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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 Food Safety Board)  
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) : Tea imported from China  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : China  
5. Title of the notified document : Liste des LMR de pesticides applicables aux thés 
importés de la Chine  (List of pe sticide MRLs applicable to tea imported from China ) 
Language(s) : French Number of pages : 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/MAR/19_2169_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : In accordance with Joint Order No. 156-14 establishing 
maximum limits for pesticide residues on foodstuffs, and in light of  the amount of tea 
consumed in Morocco and in order to protect consumer health, it was deemed necessary 
to establish MRLs for active substances approved for use on tea imported from China . For 
active substances not authorized for use on tea plants in China , the limit of 0.01 mg/kg 
or the limit of quantification (LOQ) is applicable.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other dama ge 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 errestria l 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:   G/SPS/N/MAR/62  
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
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 July 2 019 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 June  2019 
Agency or authority 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 , ONSSA (National Food 
Safety Board)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Avenue Hadj A hmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 53 767 6510/13  
Mobile : (+212) 67 399 7803  
Fax: (+212) 53 768 2049  
Email : ma.sps.enquirypoint@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:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires, ONSSA  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Avenue Hadj Ahm ed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 53 767 6510/13  
Mobile : (+212) 67 399 7803  
Fax: (+212) 53 768 2049  
Email : ma.sps.enquirypoint@onssa.gov.ma