G/SPS/N/MAR/58  
1 March  2019 
(19-1199) 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) : Milk and dairy 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 de décret n°2 -18-709 modifiant et complétant 
le décret n°2 -00-425 du 10 ramadan 1421 (7 décembre 2000) relatif au contrôle de la 
production et de la commercialisation du lait et produits laitiers  (Draft Decree No. 2-18-
709 amending and supplementing Decree No. 2-00-425 of 10 Ramadan 1421 
(7 December  2000) on controls  on the production and marketing of milk and dairy 
products) . Language(s) : French Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/MAR/19_111 7_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : Article 9 of Decree No. 2-00-425 of 10 Ramadan 1417 
(7 December  2000) on controls on the production and marketing of milk and dairy 
products prohibits the manufacture of pasteurized milk from reconstituted milk powder . 
To monitor compliance with this measure, the services responsible for the controls will be 
focusing on the search for a tracer intentionally added to milk powder and dairy 
preparations in order to counter the fraudulent use of those products in the manuf acture 
of pasteurized milk.  
It is therefore proposed that domestic dairy facilities be required to hold, manufacture, 
use and store only milk powder or dairy preparations that have starch (a tracer) added 
in the amount of 5g per kilogram of product . This provision will apply only to facilities 
manufacturing processed milk as defined in Decree No. 2-00-425, mentioned above, and 
will not apply to other agri -food industries that manufacture other types of dairy products.  
Furthermore, the draft decree puts forward an obligation for the above -mentioned dairy 
facilities to maintain a register to trace the milk powder or dairy preparations that they 
import, manufacture, use, store or sell.  
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/58  
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  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) : 
[ ] 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) : Sixty days from the date of publication of 
the notification  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 June 2 019 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 10 June 2 019 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 April 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 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  
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