G/SPS/N/MAR/63  
1 August  2019 
(19-5043) 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 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) : Primary products and 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 : Arrêté conjoint du Ministre de l'agriculture, de la pêche 
maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et du Ministre de la sant é fixant la liste et 
les limites des critères microbiologiques autorisées dans les produits primaires et les 
produits alimentaires  (Joint Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural 
Development and Water Resources and the Minister of Heal th establishing the list and 
limits of authorized microbiological criteria in primary products and food products) . 
Language(s) : French : Number of pages : 56 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/MAR/19_4118_00_f.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/MAR/19_4118_01_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified joint order contributes to the implementation of 
Law No. 28-07 on food safety . It was adopted under Article 53 of Decree No. 2-10-473 
on the implementation of the previously mentioned law . The purpose of the order is to 
establish microbiological criteria for primary products and food products.  
7. Objectiv e 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 standar d: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/MAR/63  
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  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 publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[ ] 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 November 2 019 
Agency or authority d esignated 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 Office 
for Food Safety)  
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