G/SPS/N/MDG/14
27 July 2015
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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 décret portant sur la règlementation de la 
commercialisation des pesticides (Draft Decree regulating the marketing of pesticides)    
Language(s):  French  Number of pages: 3 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Decree establishes the marketing 
requirements for pesticides in Madagascar, from importation to retail sale.   
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 
region", WHO, 2011 edition; G/SPS/N/MDG/14 
 
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  − "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 30 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