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MoroccoEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency

Animals; live; Dairy produce – Morocco

Importation into Morocco of live poultry and hatching eggs from France

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Importation au Maroc de volailles vivantes et des œufs à couvrir à partir de la France (Importation into Morocco of live poultry and hatching eggs from France)

Morocco notified this emergency SPS measure on 7 May 2026. Emergency measures can apply immediately.

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At a glance

Products

Live poultry and hatching eggs

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 0105 Live poultry, 'fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls'
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 0407 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
Notifying member
Morocco
Status
Emergency measure, may already apply
Objectives
  • Animal health
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Emergency notifications (SPS)
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/MAR/118
Keywords
Animal health, Avian Influenza, Animal diseases, Pest- or Disease- free Regions / Regionalization

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force
Immediately - Until the measure is lifted.

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/MAR/118; it forwards comments to Morocco.

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What the notification says

Following the recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic poultry in France, all consignments of live poultry and hatching eggs imported into Morocco from France must, upon arrival, be subject to avian influenza testing on a sample of 30 specimens: at the time of unloading of the imported consignment; on the seventh day after unloading, in the case of live poultry; and upon leaving the hatchery, in the case of hatching eggs.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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