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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MDG/5 
13 April 2010 
 (10-1890) 
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 – Ministère de 
l'Agriculture (Rural Development Policy Unit – Ministry of Agriculture) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Guano (bat guano and seabird guano) 
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 interministériel réglementant les conditions 
d'octroi d'agrément et du contrôle sanitaire d es établissements se livrant au traitement et à 
la commercialisation du guano (Interministerial Order regulating the conditions for the 
granting of approval to and the sanitary contro l of establishments engaged in the treatment 
and marketing of guano) Language:  French  Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  Definition of the requirements to be met by establishments 
seeking to obtain authorization to place on the local market or to export domestically 
produced guano. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] 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 Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/MDG/5 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  In the context of its project to export guano to the European 
Union, Madagascar, through the notified draft Interministerial Order, seeks to comply with 
Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
3 October 2002 laying down health rules c oncerning animal by-products not intended for 
human consumption , in particular with regard to the conditions for the granting of approval 
to and the sanitary control of establishments  engaged in the treatment and marketing of 
guano. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Loi sur 
l'Élevage à Madagascar  (Law on Livestock in Madagascar),  adopted in 2006 (available in 
French). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 June 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  30 June 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[X] Trade facilitating measure (This period is intended to enable domestic 
establishments to comply with the pr ovisions contained in this text)  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  12 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 
 Direction de la Production Agricole BP 301, Antananarivo 101 Madagascar 
E-mail:  diragri@maep.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: