Article 30 of Law No. 98-106 of 18 December 1998 relating to import safeguard measures stipulates that, when it appears that the development in imports of a given product threatens to cause damage to national producers, the importation of this product may be subject to prior surveillance in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Order of the Minister of Commerce of 12 August 2004 establishing the procedures for surveillance prior to importation.
Surveillance prior to importation takes the form of an information sheet aimed at informing the Ministry responsible for trade, in advance, of the bank domiciliation of any import operation of products subject to this regime.
