. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MAR/21 
19 November 2008 
 (08-5616) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   French 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MOROCCO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Notifying authority: 
Ministère du Commerce Extérieur  (Ministry of Foreign Trade) 
Direction des Relations Commerciales Internationales  
(Directorate of International Trade Relations) 
Boulevard Moulay Youssef Rabat 
Tel.: (+212) 37 73 60 74 
Fax: (+212) 37 70 32 31 Web site: www.mce.gov.ma
 
Regulatory body: 
Ministère de l'Industrie, du Commerce et des Nouvelles Technologies 
(Ministry of Industry, Trade and New Technologies) 
Direction de la Normalisation et de la Promotion de la Qualité  
(Standardization and Quality Promotion Division) 
Angle Avenue Filao, Rue Dadi Secteur 21, Hay Riad Rabat 
Tel.: (+212) 37 71 17 72 
Fax: (+212) 37 71 17 72 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:    
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Thermal equipment for 
use in the craft industry – General safety requirements relating to combustion and the 
handling of fuels. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Équipements 
thermiques pour l'artisanat - Prescriptions gén érales de sécurité concernant la combustion 
et la manutention des combustibles  (Thermal equipment for use in the craft industry – 
General safety requirements relating to combustion and the handling of fuels)  (59 pages, in 
French). G/TBT/N/MAR/21 
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  6. Description of content:   This Standard sets forth the requirements that are to be met by 
manufacturers to ensure the protection of people and property during the installation, starting up, operation, shutting down, and maintenance of thermal equipment and in the 
event of breakdown or any foreseeable malfuncti on.  It defines safety requirements for each 
stage of the equipment's life:  design, ordering, construction and use. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 The purpose of this Standard is to protect  users against the possible dangers of these 
products when they fail to meet safety standards. 
8. Relevant documents:   Moroccan Standard NM 02.3.501 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }January 2009 
24 January 2009 
10. Final date for comments:   24 December 2008 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and web site add resses, if available, of other body: 
Service de Normalisation I ndustrielle Marocaine (SNIMA) 
Angle Avenue Kamal Zebdi et Rue Dadi Secteur 21, Hay Riad Rabat Tel.: (+212) 37 71 62 14 
Fax: (+212) 37 71 17 98 
E-mail: snima@mcinet.gov.ma Web site: www.mcinet.gov.ma/snima