Burkina Faso

5.1 - Notifications for enhanced controls or inspections

Articles 5.1 (a), (b), (c), (d)
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Indicative date of implementation 31 December 2024
Definitive date of implementation 31 December 2026
Deadline for extension request, if required 2 October 2026
Assistance required for implementation • Legal and regulatory review to determine compliance with this provision
 Business process analysis:
• Establish clear areas of responsibility and mechanisms for carrying out related duties and tasks, including in relation to the validity of confirmatory tests throughout the country and the procedure for notification of the component in the exporting country
• Develop and validate a manual on standard operating procedures
• Disseminate the manual to the institutions concerned, if possible online, with a view to clarifying their respective interventions
• Staff training on the management of the formal notification system, and on national and international best practices
• Organization of focused seminars for economic operators
• Build a globally accessible, instantaneous, ICT-based communication system for alert and information notifications, linking the food safety authority, the National Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Authority and border posts
• Strengthen mechanisms for ensuring the right to appeal or review

Tags: Information and communication technologies (ICT), Legislative and regulatory framework, Institutional procedures, Human resources and training

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