Rabat – The Head of the Moroccan government, Aziz Akhannouch, has approved a draft decree clarifying the powers of the Competition Council and other decision-making bodies to avoid disputes about overlapping responsibilities.
During this week’s Government Council meeting on Thursday, March 24, Akhannouch approved decree 14.21 changing and supplementing law 20.13 relating to the Competition Council.
The decree introduces a set of changes aiming to avoid any disputes about overlapping specialties and missions, giving authority to the council’s internal system to distribute tasks among the various personnel.
It also adjusts the requirements on the minimum number of people needed to vote in decisions by the council.
The decree emphasizes members’ commitment to keeping the contents of meetings confidential, authorizing the chairman to monitor conflicts of interest and create a procedure to discredit members from the Council.
The Moroccan Competition Council is a consultative body responsible for assessing market performance and monitoring unethical and anti-competitive practices. It was founded in 2008.
In addition, the Government Council approved a decree to monitor the implementation of a law first introduced in 2020 on the state budget.
Akhannouch further approved a decree which aims to audit the competition council’s procedures for accepting or denying referrals on anti-competitive practices.
The Government Council concluded its meeting with the extension of the State of Emergency in Morocco until the end of April to combat the outbreak of the COVID-19.
The epidemiological situation in Morocco is stable, with a decrease in COVID-19 cases and the number of people hospitalized with the virus.
