G/SPS/N/MDG/34  
16 November 2017  
(17-6217) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MADAGASCAR  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Direction de la p rotection des végétaux du Ministère auprès d e la 
Présidence en charge de l'agriculture et de l'é levage  (Plant Protection Directorate of the 
Office of the President's Ministry responsible for agriculture and livestock)  
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) : Foodstuffs of plant origin  
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 instituant les laboratoires d'analyses officiels des 
denrées alimentaires d'origine végétale  (Order establishing official laboratories for the 
analysis of foodstuffs of plant origin ) Language(s) : French Number of pages : 7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/MDG/17_4782_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Order establishes the conditions and obligations that 
official laboratories  must meet  in order to conduct official analyses of foodstuffs of plant 
origin.  
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) : 
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/MDG/34  
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Journal Officiel de Madagascar  (Official Journal of Madagascar) (available in Malagasy)  
 Regulation (EU) No. 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1 5 
March 2 017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the 
application of food and feed la w, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and 
plant protection products  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 16 January 2 018 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 January 2 018 
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 2 February 2 018 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 January 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: