Describes the country's standards landscape, identifies the national standards and accreditation bodies, and lists the main national testing organization(s) and conformity assessment bodies.

Overview

The Malian Agency for Standardization and Quality Promotion (Agence Malienne de Normalisation et de Promotion de la Qualité or AMANORM) is the government agency responsible for standards for trade. AMANORM created the standard Malinorm (MN) in November 2015. AMANORM is party to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the ECOWAS Standards Harmonization Model, the ECOWAS quality policy, the WAEMU quality policy, the Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries, Codex alimentarius, and the International Plant Protection Convention.  AMANORM sets Malian standards on the basis of international practices. 

Prior to AMANORM’s creation in March 2012, the National Directorate of Industries was responsible for standards and product certification. The National Food Safety Agency (Agence Nationale pour la Securité Sanitaire des Aliments or ANSSA) provides marketing approval for food products. These agencies are not sufficiently staffed and need capacity building. The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum oversees certification of precious metals.

Standards

AMANORM elaborated 480 standards out of which only a handful of standards are mandatory, including the newest standard on food oil to be enriched with vitamin A. The government of Mali has an annual standards work plan. It has created 12 committees in charge of determining standards. Each committee is composed of the Government of Mali’s representatives, consumers associations representatives, experts, and NGOs. AMANORM has launched the National Mark of Conformity to Standards so that to promote the observance of standards, to allow company to foster good quality, and to reduce technical barrier to trade. As a party to different international standards organizations, Mali recognizes foreign standards on the basis of reciprocity.

Testing, Inspection and Certification

The National Food Safety Agency (ANSSA), the National Directorate for Commerce and Competition (DNCC), the Directorate for Hygiene and Pollution Control (Direction Nationale de l'Assainissement du Contrôle des Pollutions et des Nuisances), and the Bureau Inspection Valuation Assessment Control (BIVAC)  are in charge of testing. 

The National Directorate for Commerce and Competition, Customs, the Nationale Directorate for Hygiene and Pollution Control, and the BIVAC (control before shipment) are involved in inspections.

The National Directorate for Commerce and Competition, AMANORM, and the certification bureau of diamonds oversee  certification.

Publication of Technical Regulations

Technical regulations are made public by AMANORM.

Contact Information
Agence Malienne de Normalisation et de Promotion de la Qualité
Tel : +223 20210645
Cel : +223 6362 1325
Email : amanormmali@yahoo.fr

Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are required under the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) to notify to the WTO proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures that could affect trade. Notify U.S. (www.nist.gov/notifyus) is a free, web-based email registration service that captures and makes available for review and comment key information on draft regulations and conformity assessment procedures. Users receive customized email alerts when new notifications are added by selected country or countries and industry sector(s) of interest and can also request full texts of regulations. This service and its associated web site are managed and operated by the USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
 

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