G/TBT/N/MLI/1  
20 March 2013  
(13-1533)  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 provided  in addition, where applicable): 
Common wheat flour enriched with iron, zinc and B vitamins. 
Tariff heading (WAEMU CET): - Common wheat flour: 11 01 00 00 00; zinc: 79 03 90 00 00 
- Vitamins: 29 35 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) G/TBT/N/MLI/1 
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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 the species Triticum aestivum L. (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 whole-wheat flour, or flour or semolina 
obtained from common wheat ( Triticum aestivum  L.) or club wheat ( 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. 
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) and Norme malienne MALINORM MN-01-03/008:2010 
F a r i n e  d e  b l é  t e n d r e  e n r i c h i e  e n  f e r ,  z i n c  e t  v i t a m i n e s  d u  g r o u p e  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, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Direction nationale des industries (DNI) 
BP 278 Lafiabougou 
Tel.: (+223) 20 29 57 60 
Fax: (+223) 20 29 61 38