G/SPS/N/MDG/12
27 July 2015
(15-3851)  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:  Direction générale de la santé publique  (Directorate-General of 
Public Health) and Direction de la protection des végétaux  (Plant Protection Directorate) 
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):  Public health pesticides and agricultural pesticides 
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 loi sur les pesticides à Madagascar  (Draft 
Law on pesticides in Madagascar)     
Language(s):  French  Number of pages: 10 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Law lays down the requirements applicable 
to pesticides and all activities corresponding to the different stages of their life cycle, 
including importation, manufacture, reformulation, distribution, transport, storage, 
repackaging and use, as well as the trea tment of pesticide packaging and waste.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [X] 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 st andard?  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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible,  how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
− "International Code of Conduct on the Dist ribution and Use of Pesticides", prepared 
by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization 
(WHO), 2014 edition; 
− "Guidelines on public health pesticide management policy for the WHO African G/SPS/N/MDG/12 
 
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  region", WHO, 2011 edition; 
− "Designing national pesticide legislation", FAO, 2007 edition. 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  As from 15 October 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not later than one month after 
adoption 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  Immediately after publication in the Official Journal of the 
Republic of Madagascar 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 September 2015 
Agency or authority designated to handle  comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:    
Director-General of Public Health 
(ticdgs@sante.gov.mg / ihantaher@gmail.com)  and 
Plant Protection Director 
(dir.dpv@agriculture.gov.mg / ra ndrianangaly_stephan@yahoo.fr) 
13. Texts 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 Y. 
Autorité Nationale de Notifications SPS 
Unité de Politique de Développement Rural 
Ministère de l'Agriculture BP 301 Antananarivo 101  Madagascar 
Tel.:  (+261) 34 05 610 23 
E-mail: maharavoclarisse@gmail.com  updr.cla@gmail.com