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G/SPS/N/MAR/32 
29 March 2012 
 (12-1678) 
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 San itaire des produits Alimentaires , 
ONSSA (National Office for Food Safety) 
Rue Haj Ahmed Cherkaoui Agdal Rabat Maroc Tel.: (+212) 0537676510/11 Fax: (+212) 0537682049 E-mail: hamid.lachhab@gmail.com 
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):  HS Code(s):  01, 04, 02, 05 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Egypt  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Prohibition Measures Language(s):  French 
Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  Following the declared outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 
Egpyt, the following measures have been take n by the ONSSA in respect of imports of 
animal products, products of animal origin and animal feed, and to prevent the risk of the 
FMD virus being introduced from that country: 
- As a first step, suspension of imports of  live animals, fresh animal products and 
products of animal origin, guts and all types of animal feed; 
- Strengthening controls of heat-treated anim al products.  To this end, the veterinary 
services responsible for controls at frontier inspection posts were invited to undertake 
systematic checks on the above-mentioned pr oducts and to conduct the investigations 
needed to ensure that they confor med to the regulations in force; 
- Notification of measures taken, as expeditiously as possible, to associations of 
importers and freight forwarders; 
- Disinfection, at ports and airports, of cont ainers containing imported heat-treated animal 
products or products of animal origin. G/SPS/N/MAR/32 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] 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)  
[X] World Organization 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? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Official 
Journal (available in French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 March 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 March 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Immediate 
[ ] 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 e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
Office National de Sécurité Sanitair e des produits Alim entaires (ONSSA) 
Rue Hajj Ahmed Cherkaoui Agdal Rabat Maroc Tel.: (+212) 0537676510/11 Fax: (+212) 053768 2049 E-mail: hamid.lachhab@gmail.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitair e des produits Alim entaires (ONSSA) 
Rue Hajj Ahmed Cherkaoui Agdal Rabat Maroc 
Tel.: (+212) 0537676510/11 Fax: (+212) 053768 2049 E-mail: hamid.lachhab@gmail.com