G/SPS/N/MAR/65  
26 February  2020 
(20-1469) 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 , 
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) : Fertilizing substances and growing media  
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 de Loi 53 -18 relative aux Matières Fertilisantes 
et Support de Culture  (Draft Law No. 53-18 on fertilizi ng substances and growing media) 
Language(s) : French : Number of pages : 22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/MAR/20_1472_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft law has been prepared with a view to 
establishing a national legal framework based on international good practices that takes 
into account farmers' needs and improves agricultural production so as to ensure 
Moroccan agricultural goods meet their competitiveness objectives . The draft law 
regulates the marketing, importation, possession and distribution of fertilizing 
substances, fertilizer additives and growing media . It also governs experimentation with 
regard to these products.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [X] 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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or s erial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] 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) : 
[X] None  
Does this pr oposed 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/65  
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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) : 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) : 27 April 2 020 
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 Office 
for Food Safety)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directora te of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Department of Standardization and 
SPS Matters)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 537 676 510/13  
Mobile : (+212) 673 997 817  
Fax: (+212) 537 682 049 
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'Éval uation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 537 676 510/13  
Mobile : (+212) 673 997 817  
Fax: (+212) 537 682 049