G/SPS/N/MDG/21  
 
9 March 2016  
(16-1392)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: MADAGASCAR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministère des ressources halieutiques et de la pêche  (Ministry of 
Fisheries Resources and Fishing)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Fishery and aquaculture products (HS Chapter 3) and 
Preparations of fishery and aquaculture products (HS Chapter 16) 
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: Loi N°53/2015 du 02/12/2015 portant sur le code de 
la pêche et de l'aquaculture  (Law No. 53/2015 of 2 December 2015 establishing the 
Fisheries and Aquaculture Code)  Language(s): French  Number of pages: 41 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/MDG/16_0982_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: Book III of the notified Law addresses control of the sanitary 
quality of fishery and aquaculture products; Title III deals with violations of the sanitary 
regulations and the related penalties; and Ti tle IV covers disease prevention measures 
(pages 37 to 39).  
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) CAC/RCP 52-2003: Code of Practice for Fish and 
Fishery Products   
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  13th edition of the OIE Aquatic Animal 
Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM 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 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/MDG/21  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Law already adopted on 2 December 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 31 March 2016 at the latest 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Immediately after publication, i.e. as of 1 April 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Dr Maharavo Rahantamalala Clarisse 
Autorité nationale des notifications SPS 
Unité de politique de développement rural 
Ministère de l'agriculture BP 301, Antananarivo 101 
Madagascar 
Tel.:  (+261 34) 05 610 23 
  (+261 32) 42 919 46 E-mail: updr.cla@gmail.com 
 maharavoclarisse@gmail.com