G/SPS/N/MAR/51  
1 May 2017 
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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  
(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) : Plants and plant products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All tra ding partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Arrêté du ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche 
maritime relatif à l'inspection phytosanitaire des végétaux, produits végétaux et autres 
objets à l'importation  (Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries concerning 
the phytosanitary inspection of imported plants, plant products and other items) 
Language(s) : French Number of pages : 35 
6. Description of content : Pursuant to the provisions contained in Titl e II of the Dahir of 
20 September 1927 (23 Rabi I 1346) on the sanitary control of plants, the two Orders of 
the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform No. 1306 -85 of 19 Rabi II 1407 
(22 December 1986) on the sanitary control of imported plants and pl ant products , and 
No. 467 -84 of 15  Joumada II 1404 (19 March 1984) regulating the importation of plants or 
parts of plants liable to be infested by certain harmful species of animals or plant pests, 
contain supplementary provisions on import conditions.  
In order to remedy this situation and to provide professionals and control officers with a 
single text, the notified Order establishes a list of quarantine pests of which the 
introduction and spread must be prohibited in Morocco, and consolidates the differe nt 
provisions on the control of imported plants and plant products . The two aforementioned 
Orders will be repealed, as from the entry into force of the notified text.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X]  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 serial 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) : G/SPS/N/MAR/51  
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  [X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to t he relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] 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) : 30 June 2 017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2 017 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2 017 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty da ys from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2 017 
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  (National Office for Food 
Safety)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 53 767 6510/11  
Mobile : (+212) 67 399 7803  
Fax: (+212) 53 768 2049  
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  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 53 767 6510/11  
Mobile : (+212) 67 399 7803  
Fax: (+212) 53 768 2049  
Email: hamid.lachhab@gmail.com