G/SPS/N/MAR/87  
17 October  2022 
(22-7807) 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  
(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: Projet d'arrêté conjoint modifiant l'arrêté conjoint du 
ministre de l'agriculture et de la pêche maritime et du ministre de la santé No. 1643 -16 du 
30 mai 2016 fixant les limites maximales autorisées des contaminants dans les produits 
primaires et les produits alimentaires  (Draft Joint Order amending Joint Order of the 
Minister of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries and the Minister of Health No. 1643 -16 of 30 
May 2016 setting the maximum authorized levels for contaminants in primary products 
and food products) Language(s): French Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/MAR/22_7025_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Joint Order has been prepared taking into 
account new developments in  international standards on contaminants and in order to 
provide regulations that guarantee the safety of locally produced or imported food products 
and to harmonize official controls so that decisions may be made on the compliance of food 
products with ma ximum contaminant levels.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 193 -1995, General Standard for Contaminants 
and Toxins in Food and Feed  
[ ] World Organisation for  Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/MAR/87  
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  [X] 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) : 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) : Entry into force upon publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 December 2022  
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  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile: 006 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint .spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.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  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13  
Mobile: 006 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma