G/SPS/N/MAR/102  
29 September  2023 
(23-6557) 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 Food Safety Office)  
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) : Sauces  
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 décret relatif à la qualité et à la sécurité 
sanitaire des sauces commercialisées  (Draft Decree on the quality and safety of marketed 
sauces) Language(s) : French Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/MAR/23_12716_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Decree is part of the process of implementing 
Law No.  28-07 on food safety . The main aims are to:  
- Implement a regulatory framework for emulsified and non -emulsified marketed sauces;  
- Make provision for orders setting out the names under which sauces can be marketed, 
as well as their corresponding specifications;  
- Define the ways and means of labelling and marketing marketed sauces.  
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) : 
 CODEX S TAN 192 -1995, Rev. 2021.  
[ ] 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 standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the G/SPS/N/MAR/102  
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  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) : 28 November  2023 
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:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires , ONSSA (National Office for 
Food Safety)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: + (212 5) 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : +(212 6) 73 99 78 17  
Fax: +(212 5) 37 68 20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: https://www.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:  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: + (212 5) 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile : +(212 6) 73 99 78 17  
Fax: +(212 5) 37 68 20 49  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: https://www.onssa.gov.ma