2.

Agency responsible: Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires, ONSSA (National Office for Food Safety)

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): Marketed sauces

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

5.

Title of the notified document: Projet d'arrêté du ministre de l'agriculture, de la pêche maritime, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts fixant les dénominations et les caractéristiques des sauces commercialisées (Draft Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water Resources and Forestry establishing the names and characteristics of marketed sauces) Language(s): French Number of pages: 7

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/MAR/25_00352_00_f.pdf

6.

Description of content: The notified draft Order of the National Office for Food Safety aims primarily to:

·        define products that are part of emulsified sauces (mayonnaise, mayonnaise sauce, salad sauce, etc.) as well as products that are classed as non-emulsified sauces (ketchup, soy sauce, mustard, Dijon mustard, old-style mustard, sweet mustard, chilli sauce, harissa, tomato sauce, etc.);

·        Determine the physico-chemical characteristics of marketed sauces;

·        Determine the ethanol content due to fermentation or as a flavouring, which must not exceed 0.5% (v/v) in marketed sauces.

7.

Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

8.

Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X]       Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):

-        CODEX STAN 192-1995 (Rev. 2021), Codex General Standard for Food Additives

-        CODEX STAN 307-2011, Standard for Chilli Peppers

-        CXS 212-1999, Standard for Sugars

-        CODEX STAN 150-1985, Standard for Food Grade Salt

-        Standard for spices when it exists

-       CXS 57-1981, Standard for Processed Tomato Concentrates

-       CXS 306-2023, Standard for Chilli Sauce

-        CXS 353-2022, Standard for Dried or Dehydrated Chilli Pepper and Paprika

[ ]        World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):

[ ]        None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[X] Yes [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 10 March 2025

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:

Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS (Standardization and SPS Matters Division)

Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques (Directorate of Risk Assessment and Legal Affairs)

Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires

Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui

Agdal Rabat

Tel: (+212 5) 37 67 65 11/13

Mobile: (+212 6) 73 99 78 17

Fax: (+212) 5 37 68 20 49

Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma

Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma

13.

Text (s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:

Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS

Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques

Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires

Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui

Agdal Rabat

Tel: (+212 5) 37 67 65 11/13

Mobile: (+212 6) 73 99 78 17

Fax: (+212) 5 37 68 20 49

Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma

Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma