WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MAR/13
31 July 2001
(01-3801)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MOROCCO
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Department for Plant Protection, Technical Inspections and
Suppression of Fraud  (Plant Protection Service)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Importation of plants and parts of plants.
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Order of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Forests Amending and Supplementing Ministry
of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Order No. 467-84 of 19 March 1984 Regulating the
Importation of Plants and Parts of Plants Susceptible to Being Infested by Certain Harmful
Species of Animal and Plant Pests (12 pages).
5. Description of content:  Taking the new phytosanitary status of certain parasites into
account, review and update by the Plant Protection Service of its list of quarantine pests
whose importation is prohibited if found on certain imported plants and plant products.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [ X] plant protection, [   ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from other
damage from pests.
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft Order of the
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Forests (12 pages, in French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Upon publication in the Official Gazette
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Gazette
11. Final date for comments:  60 days from the WTO circulation date
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  Department of Agriculture (Plant
Protection Service).  [    ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Department for Plant Protection, Technical Inspections
and Suppression of Fraud (DPVCTRF)
Plant Protection Service
Avenue Hassan II, Km4 Station, Dbagh, P.O. Box 1308Rabat, Morocco
Tel:  (212) 37 297 543
Fax:  (212) 37 297 544