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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MDG/7 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  All food of animal origin 
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 à l'hygiène d es denrées alimentaires 
(Order on the hygiene of foodstuffs)  Language:  French Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  Definition of the obligations of food business operators, hazard 
analysis and critical control point procedures, official control, registration and approval, 
etc. 
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 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/MDG/7 
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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 honey to the European 
Union, Madagascar, through the notified draft Order, seeks to comply with Regulation (EC) 
No. 852/2004 of the European Parliament  and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the 
hygiene of foodstuffs . 
9. Other 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° 49090/2009 fixant la structure d'une miellerie et les modes de traitement de 
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 days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  22 June 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] 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