. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MDG/6 
23 April 2010 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  MADAGASCAR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: 
Unité de Politique de Développement Rural (Rural Development Policy Unit) 
Ministère de l'Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture) 
Autorité Nationale de Notification des Mesures SPS (SPS National Notification Authority) 
E-mail:  updr.cla@gmail.com 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item num ber(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition where 
applicable):  Honey  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  European Union  
5. Title of the notified document:  Arrêté relatif aux mesures de contrôle sanitaire de 
certaines substances et résidus dans le miel et dans les produits qui en sont issus (Order laying down the sanitary control measu res for certain substances and residues in 
honey and honey products) Language:   French Number of pages:   8 
6. Description of content:  Definition of the procedures to be followed in the context of the 
official control of chemical residues in hone y, ranging from the collection of samples and 
their analysis to penalties for failure to comply with the regulatory provisions contained in this text. 
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 stan dard?  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 G/SPS/N/MDG/6 
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  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:  In the context of its project to export honey to the European 
Union, Madagascar, through the notified draft Or der, seeks to comply with the European 
regulations in force concerning the control of  residues in foodstuffs of animal origin.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
- Loi n° 2006-030 du 24 novembre 2006 relative à l'élevage à Madagascar  
(Law No. 2006-030 of 24 November 2006 on livestock in Madagascar); 
- Arrêté N° 7707/97 portant interdiction de l'utilisation de certains médicaments et 
produits vétérinaires (Order No. 7707/97 prohibiting the use of certain veterinary 
drugs and products); 
- Arrêté N° 49090/2009 fixant la structure d'une miellerie et les modes de traitement 
du miel (Order No. 49090/2009 establishing the structure of honey production 
enterprises and the methods for treating honey (available in French). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  30 June 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2010  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2011 
[X] Trade facilitating measure This period will enable the entities concerned to 
comply with the regulatory provisions contained in this text.  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty d ays from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy):  22 June 2010  
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: 
Direction des Services Vétérinaires  
BP 291 Antananarivo 101 Madagascar Tel.: +(261 20) 24 636 38 E-mail: dsvminel@elevage.gov.mg 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Direction des Services Vétérinaires 
BP 291 Antananarivo 101 
Madagascar Tel.: +(261 20) 24 636 38 E-mail: dsvminel@elevage.gov.mg