. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MAR/17 
8 March 2004 
 
 (04-1003) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MOROCCO
  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Marine Fisheries - 
Livestock and Veterinary Services Department  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Animal food products and food products of animal origin  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Draft Law No. 04-01 
laying down measures relating to the sanitary and qualitative inspection of live animals and 
animal food products or food produc ts of animal origin (12 pages)  
 6. Description of content:  The aim of this draft law is to update current legislation.  It 
introduces veterinary health accreditation for plants that manufacture, treat, process and 
handle animal food products and food products  of animal origin.  It holds producers 
accountable for the hygiene and quality of such products by making it compulsory to 
introduce the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system and to possess 
traceability documents.   
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  To update national regulations, br ing them into line with the 
requirements of importing countries, protect c onsumer health, and encourage and promote 
the quality of animal food products and products of animal origin.   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [  ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations: 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in Arabic 
and French  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  2004  G/SPS/N/MAR/17 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  After its publication in the Official Journal  
12. Final date for comments:  31 May 2004  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Developmen t and Marine Fisheries - Livestock and 
Veterinary Services Department 
Tel:  (00 212) 37 76 50 77 
Fax:  (00 212) 37 76 44 04 
E-mail:  demamv@mtds.com or lachhab@de.madrpm.gov.ma  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Developmen t and Marine Fisheries - Livestock and 
Veterinary Services Department 
Tel:  (00 212) 37 76 50 77 
Fax:  (00 212) 37 76 44 04 
E-mail:  demamv@mtds.com or lachhab@de.madrpm.gov.ma