G/SPS/N/MAR/90  
2 November  2022 
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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) : Cleaning products and requirements and conditio ns governing their 
use in agri -food establishments.  
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 conjoint du ministère de l'agriculture, 
de la pêche maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts et du ministre de la 
santé et de la protection sociale modifiant et complétant l'arrêté conjoint du ministre de 
l'agriculture, de la pêche m aritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts et du 
ministre de la santé n° 2300 -17 du 11 moharrem 1440 (21 septembre 2018) fixant les 
caractéristiques d'efficacité, de sophistication et de pureté des produits de nettoyage et 
de prescriptions et le s conditions de leur utilisation dans les établissements et entreprises 
du secteur alimentaire et du secteur de l'alimentation animale  (Draft Joint Order of the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development and Water Resources and 
Forestry a nd the Minister for Health and Social Protection amending and supplementing 
Joint Order No. 2300-17 of 11 moharrem 1440 (2 1 September 2 018) of the Minister for 
Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development and Water Resources and Forestry and 
the Minist er for Health establishing the characteristics of cleaning products in terms of 
performance, level of sophistication and purity, and the requirements and conditions 
governing the use of these products in establishments and businesses in the food and 
animal  feed sectors) Language(s) : French Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/MAR/22_7385_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : Joint Or der No. 2300-17 of the Minister for Agriculture, Marine 
Fisheries, Rural Development and Water Resources and Forestry and the Minister for 
Health, published in 2018, establishing the characteristics of cleaning products in terms 
of performance and purity, and the specifications and conditions governing the use of 
these products in establishments and businesses in the food and animal feed sectors, 
contains, in Annex I, a list of the substances that can be used in cleaning and disinfection 
products fo r establishments and businesses in the food and animal feed sectors.  
In view of developments regarding the registration of new substances used in cleaning 
and disinfection products in the livestock sector and the agri -food industry, it is necessary 
to upda te Order No. 2300-17. 
As part of efforts to streamline procedures in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 
55-19, and in order to make the existing procedure more flexible and to speed up the G/SPS/N/MAR/90  
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  registration process for the substances listed in Annex I, t he notified draft Joint Order 
proposes that the list be updated on a regular basis by the Director -General of ONSSA 
and published on the ONSSA website.  
The notified draft Joint Order also proposes that pictograms for personal protective 
equipment be added to the information required on product labels.  
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) : General Principles of Food Hygiene ( CXC 1 -1969)  
[ ] 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 stan dard?  
[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:  
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) : 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) : 1 January 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if avai lable) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et de s Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : 006 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma  G/SPS/N/MAR/90  
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  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  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization  and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : 006 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma