G/SPS/N/BFA/6  
15 june 2017  
(17-3206) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : BURKINA FASO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Direction de la Protection des Végétaux et du 
Conditionnement/Direction Générale des Productions Végétales/Ministère en charge de 
l'agriculture  (Directorate of Plant Protection and Market Preparation/General Directorate of 
Plant Production/Ministry responsible for agriculture)  
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) : All plants, plant products, and other regulated items, animals, animal 
products and agri -foodstuffs in the field of plant, animal and food safety.  
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 : Règlement N° 7/2007/CM/UEMOA relatif à la sécurité 
sanitaire des végétaux, des animaux et des aliments du 6 avril 2007 (Regulation No. 
7/2007/CM/UEMOA on the health safety of plants, animals and foods of 6 April 2 007) 
Language(s) : French Number of pages : 42 
http://members.wto.org/ crnattachments/2017/SPS/BFA/17_2544_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Regulation aims to establish the general principles 
and organizational provisions and procedures for ensuring the health safety of plants, 
animals and foods at both comm unity and national level.  It establishes health safety 
cooperation mechanisms and entities within the Union , and applies at all stages of the 
production, processing and distribution of marketed plants, animals and foods.  
Its main objectives are:  
 to regulat e health protection for plants, plant products and other regulated items, 
including the products derived from modern biotechnology defined therein;  
 to regulate the health protection of animals, animal products, products of animal 
origin and animal feed, in cluding products derived from modern biotechnology, and to 
ensure veterinary public health;  
 to ensure the health protection of food products, including products derived from 
modern biotechnology.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [X] animal he alth, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  G/SPS/N/BFA/6  
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  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)  
CAC/GL 01 -1979, CAC/GL 20 -1995, CAC/GL 47 -2003, CAC/GL 34 -1999.  
[X] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
OIE - Terrestrial Animal H ealth Code, Seventeenth Edition, 2008  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
ISPM 1, ISPM 6, ISPM 11, ISPM 12, ISPM 17, ISPM 23.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Ye s [ ] 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) : 6 April 2 017 
Proposed date of publication (dd/m m/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 6 April 2 017 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
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:  
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux et du Conditionnement/  
Direction Générale des Productions Végétales/Ministère en charge de l'agriculture  
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux et du Conditionnement/PNI SPS:  
DPVC:  
Tel.: (+226) 2536 1915/2536 1865  
Email : dpvcagriculture@yahoo.fr  
 ouattmouss@yah oo.fr 
 mariamsome@yahoo.fr  
Direction Générale du Commerce/ANN  
Email : pnazaire@hotmail.fr  
 ilseyf@yahoo.fr  G/SPS/N/BFA/6  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux et du Conditionnement/  
Direction Générale des Productions Végétales/Ministère en charge de l'agriculture  
Direction de la Protection des Végétaux et du Conditionnement/PNI SPS:  
DPVC:  
Tel.: (+226) 2536 1915 /2536 1865  
Email : dpvcagriculture@yahoo.fr  
 ouattmouss@yahoo.fr  
 mariamsome@yahoo.fr  
Direction Générale du Commerce/ANN  
Email : pnazaire@hotmail.fr  
 ilseyf@yahoo.fr