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Notifying Member: MOROCCO

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Ministère de l'Industrie et du Commerce (Ministry of Industry and Trade)

Direction Générale du Commerce (Directorate-General for Trade)

Direction de la Protection du Consommateur, de la Surveillance du Marché et de la Qualité (Department of Consumer Protection, Market Surveillance and Quality)

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Directeur de la Protection du Consommateur, de la Surveillance du Marché et de la Qualité

Parcelle 14, centre d'affaire aile nord, Bd Riad, Hay Riad, Rabat, Morocco

Tel.: (+212) (0) 5 37 71 62 15

Fax: (+212) (0) 5 37 71 17 98

Email: dpcsmq@mcinet.gov.ma

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Gas appliances and equipment

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Arrêté du ministre de l'industrie et du commerce relatif à la sécurité des appareils et équipements à gaz (Order of the Minister of Industry and Trade on the safety of gas appliances and equipment)

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Description of content: The notified Order establishes mandatory requirements and conditions for making gas appliances and equipment available on the market. It sets out the requirement to complete a Cم declaration of conformity based on the form annexed to the Order, supply technical documentation and affix the conformity marking.

It also sets out the requirement to keep a technical file, undertake a conformity assessment by an approved body and include the necessary usage instructions for consumers to ensure safe use.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Gas appliances and equipment are very hazardous products in terms of the risk posed to consumers, especially if installed and/or handled incorrectly.

The notified Order seeks to strengthen compliance control for these products, with a view to ensuring consumer protection, by guaranteeing that the gas appliances and equipment available on the market meet the safety requirements set out in Law No. 24-09 on the safety of products and services. The Order also aims to ensure fair and equitable competition between the economic operators concerned. Protection of human health and safety.

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Relevant documents:

·_        Loi n° 24-09 du 16 Ramadan 1432 (17 août 2011) relative à la sécurité des produits et des services et complétant le Dahir du 9 Ramadan 1331 (12 août 1913) formant code des obligations et des contrats (in particular, the first title thereof)

·_        Décret n° 2.12.502 du 2 rejeb 1434 (13 mai 2013) pris pour l'application du titre premier de la loi n° 24-09 relative à la sécurité des produits et des services et complétant le dahir du 9 ramadan 1331 (12 aout 1913) formant code des obligations et des contrats (in particular, Article 1 thereof)

·_        Loi n° 12-06 relative à la normalisation, à la certification et à l'accréditation, promulguée par le dahir N° 1.10.15 du 26 Safar 1431 (11 Février 2010) (in particular, Article 33 thereof)

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Proposed date of adoption: Order adopted on 20 June 2024

Proposed date of entry into force: 20 December 2024

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Final date for comments: 19 December 2024

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Ministère de l'Industrie et du Commerce

Direction Générale du Commerce

Direction de la Protection du Consommateur, de la Surveillance du Marché et de la Qualité (DPCSMQ)

Tel.: (+212) 5 37 71 62 15

Fax: (+212) 5 37 71 17 98

Email: dpcsmq@mcinet.gov.ma

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