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G/SPS/N/MAR/33 
25 July 2012 
 (12-4074) 
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 , 
ONSSA (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):  All food products 
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 d'Arrêté conjoint du Ministre de l'agriculture et de 
la pêche maritime et du Ministre de la s anté fixant la liste des additifs alimentaires 
autorisés à être utilisés dans les produits primaires et les produits alimentaires  (Draft Joint 
Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries and Minister of Health establishing the list of food additives that may be used in primary products and food) 
Language(s):  French Number of pages:  3 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Order is issued pursuant to Decree 
No. 2-10-473.  It stipulates that primary produc ts and food products shall be considered in 
conformity when not containing any food additives other than those listed in the Codex 
General Standard for Food Additives.  A dditives permitted in other countries (and which 
are pending approval at Codex A limentarius level) may be used in the same conditions as 
those provided for in the country of origin where they are permitted. 
 The draft Order establishes the marketing requirements for food additives that are 
not intended for consumer sale, in particular  with regard to the labelling of packaging 
and containers, which must display the speci fied information in clear, readable and 
indelible lettering. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MAR/33 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) 
 CODEX STAN 192-1995 
 CODEX STAN 107-1981 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Adoption by the end of 2012. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Adoption by the end of 2012. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  23 September 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
E-mail: hamid.lachhab@gmail.com  
 hamid.lachhab@onssa.gov.ma 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
E-mail: hamid.lachhab@gmail.com  
 hamid.lachhab@onssa.gov.ma