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MoroccoProposed measure, open for comments

Proposed measure: Morocco

Draft Decree (Projet de décret) amending and supplementing Decree No. 2-10-473 of 6 September 2011 taken for the application of certain provisions of Law No. 28-07 relating to the sanitary safety of food products

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Projet de décret modifiant et complétant le décret n° 2-10-473 du 6 septembre 2011 pris pour l'application de certaines dispositions de la loi n° 28-07 relative à la sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires

Morocco notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 4 November 2026. Comments are open until 3 January 2027.

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Products

Primary products and food products intended for human consumption concerned by the new conformity conditions, notably regarding food flavorings and processing aids; foods intended for animal feeding, notably premixes, compound feeds and

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Produits primaires et produits alimentaires destinés à la consommation humaine concernés par les nouvelles conditions de conformité, notamment en matière d'arômes alimentaires et d'auxiliaires technologiques; aliments destinés à l'alimentation animale, notamment les prémélanges, aliments composés et

HS codes
  • 01 · Animals; live
    • 01 LIVE ANIMALS
  • 02 · Meat and edible meat offal
    • 02
  • 03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
    • 03
  • 04 · Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
    • 04
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 05 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
    • 06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 07 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 08 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS
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  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 09 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 10
  • 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten
    • 11 PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
  • 13 · Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
    • 13
  • 14 · Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
    • 14
  • 15 · Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
    • 15
  • 16 · Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or insects; preparations thereof
    • 16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS
  • 17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery
    • 17
  • 18 · Cocoa and cocoa preparations
    • 18
  • 19 · Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
    • 19
  • 20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
    • 20
  • 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
    • 21
  • 22 · Beverages, spirits and vinegar
    • 22
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
Notifying member
Morocco
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Food safety
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/MAR/123
Keywords
Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 3 January 2027
Proposed adoption
À déterminer.
Proposed entry into force
A déterminer

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO SPS enquiry point before 3 January 2027, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/MAR/123 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Morocco.

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What the notification says

This Draft Decree (Projet de décret) provides for the following amendments: the definition of the terms 'withdrawal' and 'recall' of products; the calibration and/or verification of measuring devices having an impact on the sanitary safety of food products; the establishment of a positive list of food flavorings and processing aids authorized in food products; the removal of the obligation for authorization of premixes, compound feeds and complementary feeds for animals.

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Le présent projet de décret prévoit les amendements suivants: la définition des termes ' retrait ' et ' rappel ' des produits; l’étalonnage et/ou la vérification des dispositifs de mesure ayant une incidence sur la sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires; la fixation d’une liste positive des arômes alimentaires et des auxiliaires technologiques autorisés dans les produits alimentaires; la suppression de l’obligation d’autorisation des prémélanges, des aliments composés et des aliments complémentaires pour animaux.

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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