G/TBT/N/MLI/2  
6 August 2013  
(13-4203)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  MALI 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministère du Commerce et de l'industrie (Ministry of Trade 
and Industry) 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ],  5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
Common wheat flour enriched with iron, zinc and B vitamins. 
Tariff heading (WAEMU CET): - Common wheat flour: 1101.00.00.00;  
- Zinc: 7903.90.00.00; 
- Vitamins: 2935.00.00.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
Arrêté interministériel N°2011-4548/MIIC-MS-SG du 11 novembre 2011 portant 
homologation d'une norme malienne d'application obligatoire (Interministerial 
Order No. 2011-4548/MIIC-MS-SG of 11 November 2011 approving a mandatory Malian 
standard) (2 pages, in French); 
Norme malienne MALINORM MN-01-03/008:2010, Farine de blé tendre enrichie en fer, 
zinc et vitamines du groupe B (Malian Standard MALINORM MN-01-03/008:2010: 
Common wheat flour enriched with iron, zinc and B vitamins). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Interministerial Order (Technical Regulation) 
provides for the mandatory application of Malian Standard (MALINORM) MN-01-03/008:2010: Common wheat flour enriched with iron, zinc and B vitamins. 
This Standard establishes the specifications for common wheat flour enriched with iron, 
zinc and B vitamins that is intended for human consumption. 
It applies to wheat flour obtained from Triticum aestivum  Linné (common wheat) 
or Triticum compactum  Host. (club wheat) or from a mixture of the two. 
It does not apply to products obtained from durum wheat ( Triticum durum  Desf.) alone 
or in association with another type of wheat, coarse wholewheat flour, or flour or semolina obtained from common wheat ( Triticum aestivum  L . )  o r  c l u b  w h e a t  
(Triticum compactum  Host.) or a mixture of the two. 
The mandatory Standard's other technical specifications are annexed to the document 
"Malian Standard MALINORM MN-01-03/008:2010: Common wheat flour enriched with iron, zinc and B vitamins", which is attached to this notification. G/TBT/N/MLI/2 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Interministerial Order seeks to address the micronutrient 
deficiencies that pose a public health problem in Mali, in particular in terms of maternal 
and infant mortality. The Government's strategy involves enriching, with micronutrients, foods that are consumed on a large scale, i.e. by the most vulnerable sectors of the population, including common wheat flour. 
8. Relevant documents:  
Arrêté interministériel N°2011-4548/MIIC-MS-SG du 11 novembre 2011 portant 
homologation d'une norme malienne d'application obligatoire  (Interministerial 
Order No. 2011-4548/MIIC-MS-SG of 11 November 2011 approving a mandatory Malian standard); 
Norme malienne MALINORM MN-01-03/008:2010, Farine de blé tendre enrichie en fer, 
zinc et vitamines du groupe B  (Malian Standard MALINORM MN-01-03/008:2010: 
Common wheat flour enriched with iron, zinc and B vitamins).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   11 November 2011 
11 November 2011 
10. Final date for comments:  - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
Point national d'information 
Direction Nationale des Industries (DNI) BP 278 
Lafiabougou 
Tel.: (+223) 2029-5760 Fax: (+223) 2029-6138