Draft Standards Submitted to National Public Consultation

Reviews

Under Article 7 of Decree No. 2024-172 of 09 December 2024 establishing the process for developing Mauritanian standards, the following draft standards, adopted by the competent Technical Committees for Standardization, are submitted to public consultation for sixty (60) days from the publication date of this notice.

All interested parties are invited to review these draft standards and submit their observations, comments or proposed amendments to the National Office for Standardization and Metrology (ONANOR) before the public consultation deadline.

At the end of this period, the comments received will be examined in accordance with the national procedure for developing standards.

The draft standards submitted to public consultation are available from ONANOR upon request, in accordance with Articles 7 and 8 of the aforementioned decree.

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National Public Consultation (EPN) No. 02

Detailed list by draft standard (downloadable PDF)

Reference	Title	Consultation start	Consultation end	Comment
PNMR 04.01 : 2026	Draft Mauritanian standard for natural mineral waters	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.02 : 2026	Code of hygienic practice for the collection, processing and marketing of natural mineral waters	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.03 : 2026	General standard for the labelling of prepackaged foods	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.04 : 2026	Draft revision of the General Principles of Food Hygiene and its annex on the HACCP system	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.05 : 2026	Water quality — Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) — Part 2	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.06 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of nitrate in water using small-scale sealed tubes — Part 1	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.07 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of dissolved anions by liquid ion chromatography — Part 1	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.08 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of pH	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.09 : 2026	Water quality — Enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria — Part 1	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.10 : 2026	Water quality — Detection and enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa — Part 2	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.11 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of electrical conductivity	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.12 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of the permanganate index	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.13 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of dissolved oxygen — Electrochemical probe method	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.14 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Preservation and handling of water samples	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.15 : 2026	Sensory analysis — Methodology — General recommendations for measuring odour, flavour and taste detection thresholds using a forced-choice technique of 1 out of 3	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.16 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 2: General guidance on sampling techniques	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.17 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 11: General guidance on sampling groundwater	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.18 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 20: Guidelines on the use of sampling data for decision-making — Compliance with limits and classification systems	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.19 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 5: Guidance on sampling drinking water and water used in the food and beverage industry	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.20 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 1: Recommendations for the design of sampling programmes and techniques	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.21 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 14: Guidelines on quality assurance and quality control for environmental water sampling and handling	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.22 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 22: Guidelines for the design and installation of groundwater monitoring points	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.23 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling for microbiological analysis	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.24 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 24: Guidelines on the auditing of water quality sampling	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.25 : 2026	Water quality — Sampling — Part 25: Guidelines on the validation of the storage time of water samples	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.26 : 2026	Water quality — Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci — Part 2: Membrane filtration method	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.27 : 2026	Water quality — Detection and enumeration of spores of sulfite-reducing anaerobic microorganisms (clostridia) — Part 2: Membrane filtration method	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.28 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of the sum of calcium and magnesium	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.29 : 2026	Water quality — Enumeration of culturable microorganisms	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.30 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of iron — Spectrometric method using 1,10-phenanthroline	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.31 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of turbidity — Part 1	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.32 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of turbidity — Part 2	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.33 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of free chlorine and total chlorine — Part 2	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.34 : 2026	Water quality — Examination and determination of colour	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.35 : 2026	Water quality — Guidelines for determining total organic carbon (COT) and dissolved organic carbon (COD)	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.36 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of borate	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.37 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of the hydrocarbon oil index — Part 2	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.38 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of highly volatile halogenated hydrocarbons	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.39 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of total cyanide and free cyanide by flow analysis (FIA and CFA) — Part 2	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.40 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of dissolved bromate — Liquid ion chromatography method	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.41 : 2026	Water quality — Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) — Part 1	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.42 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of dissolved anions by liquid ion chromatography — Part 4	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.43 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of dissolved Li+, Na+, NH4+, K+, Mn2+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Sr2+ and Ba2+ ions by ion chromatography — Method applicable to water and wastewater	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.44 : 2026	Sodium chloride for industrial use — Determination of calcium and magnesium — Part 2: EDTA complexometric methods	12/08/2026	10/10/2026
PNMR 04.45 : 2026	Water quality — Determination of biochemical oxygen demand after n days (DBO) — Part 2: Method for undiluted samples	12/08/2026	10/10/2026

National Public Consultation (EPN) No. 01