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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/MAR/30 
15 July 2011 
 (11-3532) 
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 sanita ire des produits alimentaires - 
Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche Maritime  (National Office for Food Safety - 
Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries) 
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 Codes:  10, 02, 04, 07, 08, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 21 
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 fixant les limites maximales de résidus de 
pesticides présents dans ou sur les denrées a limentaires et les aliments pour animaux  
(Draft Order establishing maximum residue limit s for pesticides in or on foodstuffs and 
animal feed)  Language(s):  French  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this Order is to est ablish MRLs for pesticides in or 
on vegetable or animal products  and products of vegetable or  animal origin included in 
schedule I annexed to the Order.  However, these provisions do not apply to such products 
when intended for the manufacture of products ot her than foodstuffs and animal feed, or for 
sowing or planting. 
Pesticide residues not register ed or approved for the above-m entioned products in Morocco 
must not exceed 0.01 mg/kg or the limit of determination. 
In the case of imports included in schedule I for which no specific maximum residue limit 
is provided for in schedules II and III, th e maximum residue limit recommended by the 
Codex Alimentarius is taken into  consideration.  Where necessary, the applicant is required 
to submit all the data that can be used by the competent services to establish the 
corresponding MRLs. 
Any modification of a maximum residue limit established in schedules II and III can be 
made only on the basis of a new residue analysis submitted by the applicant. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/MAR/30 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] 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)  
[ ] None 
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:  Harmonized with the corresponding European directive 
9. Other relevant documents and langu age(s) in which these are available:
Official Journal 
http://www.onssa.gov.ma/ 
http://www.sgg.gov.ma/ 
(Available in French and Arabic) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Adoption anticipated in early October 2011  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  On the date of publication in the Official 
Journal 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  13 September 2011 
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: 
lachabhamid@yahoo.fr 
hamid.lachhab@onssa.gov.ma 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  
lachabhamid@yahoo.fr 
hamid.lachhab@onssa.gov.ma