G/SPS/N/MUS/17  
 
31 July 2018  
(18-4813) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: MAURITIUS  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security  
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): Agricultural Produce and 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: The Use of Pesticides Bill (No. Vi Of 2018) . 
Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 40 
http://mauritiusassembly.govmu.org/English/bills/Documents/intro/2018/bill0618.pdf  
6. Description of content: The main object of this Bill is to regulate, con trol and monitor 
the importation and use of pesticides in or on certain fresh fruits, plants, seeds or 
vegetables with a view to, inter alia , minimizing risks to human health and the 
environment.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
 Codex standards on food additives;  
 Codex standards on contaminants in foods.  
[ ] 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 
 International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, FAO and 
WHO, 2014 Edition;  
 Guidelines on Public Health Pesticide Management Policy for the WHO , African 
Region, 2011 Edition;  
 Designing National Pesticide Legislation, FAO, 2007 Edition . G/SPS/N/MUS/17  
 
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  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: Mauritius 
National Assembly Website  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date of promulgation  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Date of Publication in the Government 
Gazette  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Date of Publication in the Government Gazette  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 September 2018  
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:  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade  
(International Trade Division)  
3rd Fl, Fooks House  
Bourbon Street  
Port-Louis 
Mauritius  
Tel: +(230) 208 1662  
Fax: +(230) 210 8145  
E-mail: vidan_2@yahoo.com  
 
National Plant Protection Office  
Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security  
Agricultural Services  
Reduit  
Mauritius  
Tel: +(230) 464 4872  
Fax: +(230) 465 9591  
E-mail: moa -pathology@govmu.org  
 
Entomology Division  
Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security  
Agricultural Services  
Reduit  
Mauritius  
Tel: +(230)  466 4983  
Fax: +(230) 466 6434  
E-mail: moa -entomology@govmu.org  
13. Text(s) available from: [X ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: