G/SPS/N/MAR/76  
16 April 2021 
(21-3174) 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  
(National Office of 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) : Preserved tomatoes and tomato concentrate  
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 fixant les dénominations et les 
caractéristiques des conserves de tomates  (Draft Order of the Minister of Agriculture, 
Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water Resources and Forestry establishi ng the 
names and characteristics of preserved tomatoes) Language(s) : French Number of 
pages : 4 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/MAR/21_2736_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified draft Order setting out the names 
and characteristics of preserved tomatoes is to establish a regulatory framework for the 
preserve d and semi -preserved vegetable sector within the framework of the new 
legislation on the safety of food products . The notified draft Order issued under Article 3 
of Decree No. 2-20-422 on the quality and food safety of preserved and semi -preserved 
vegetabl es aims primarily to:  
− Provide a definition of tomato concentrate and preserved tomatoes;  
− establish names for tomato concentrate taking into account dry matter, and for 
preserved tomatoes taking into account the presentation of the product;  
− determine the physico -chemical characteristics of tomato concentrate;  
− specify the packing media used and the ingredients authorized for preserved 
tomatoes ; and 
− provide for the specific information to be included on labelling.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or dis ease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MAR/76  
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  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) : 
− Codex Standard for preserved tomatoes, CODEX S TAN 13 -1981. Adopted in 
1981. Revised in 2007 . Amended in 2013, 2017.  
− Codex Standard for processed tomato concentrate, CODEX S TAN 57 -1981. 
Adopted in 1981 . Revised in 2007, 2017 . Amended in 2013.  
[ ] World Organisati on 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. 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) : 15 June 2 021 
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)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questi ons SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui, Agdal, Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 537 676 513  
Fax: (+212) 537 682 049  
Email : enquirypoint.spsmar@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  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS  Matters 
Division)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui, Agdal, Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 537 676 513  
Fax: (+212) 537 682 049  
Email : enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma