G/SPS/N/MAR/61  
1 April 2019 
(19-2007) Page: 1/2 
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 Food Safety Board)  
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) : Food products and animal feed  
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, de 
la pêche maritime, du dévelop pement rural et des eaux et forêts, du ministre de 
l'équipement, du transport, de la logistique et de l'eau et du ministre de l'industrie, de 
l'investissement, du commerce, et de l'économie numérique fixant les conditions 
d'hygiène applicables au transport  des produits alimentaires et des aliments pour animaux  
(Draft Joint Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, 
Water Resources and Forestry, the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, 
and the Minister of Ind ustry, Investment, Trade and the Digital Economy, establishing the 
hygiene conditions applicable to the transportation of food products and animal feed) 
Language(s) : French Number of pages : 15 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/MAR/19_1795_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Order, issued pursuant to Decree No. 2-10-
473 implementing certain provisions of Law No. 28-07 on food safety, establishes:  
− the hygiene conditions applicable to the transportation of food products and animal 
feed; 
− supplementary and specific provisions on the transportation of products which may 
be affected by or which are not stable at room temperature;  
− provisions specific to certain modes of transport for food products and animal feed ; 
and 
− the conditions and temperatures for the transportation of perishable food products.  
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.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : G/SPS/N/MAR/61  
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  [ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of pu blication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[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) : 31 May 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Office national de sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires , ONSSA (National Food 
Safety Board)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Division de la normalisation et des questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 53 767 6510/13  
Mobile : (+212) 67 399 7803  
Fax: (+212) 53 768 2049  
Email: ma.sps.enquirypoint@onssa.gov.ma   
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Office national de sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires, ONSSA  
Direction de l'évaluation des risques et des affaires juridiques  
(Division de la normalisation et des questions SPS)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Agdal Rabat  
Tel.: (+212) 53 767 6510/13  
Mobile : (+212) 67 399 7803  
Fax: (+212) 53 768 2049  
Email: ma.sps.enquirypoint@onssa.gov.ma