Small parcels ordered from Moroccan sellers and delivered to the European Union will be subject to a new customs fee by November 1 at the latest. Its amount has yet to be set. The measure concerns e-commerce, not private shipments between relatives or friends.
An unpaid bill or a financial dispute can take an unexpected turn in Morocco. In its new travel recommendations published on August 13, Washington warns its nationals that a debtor may be imprisoned and may even have their passport confiscated.
Failing to update a patient’s medical record could soon prove very costly in Morocco. A bill provides for fines of up to 300,000 dirhams while also granting patients new rights over their health data.
Starting August 11, French consumers may no longer be called for commercial purposes without having given their consent. A campaign entrusted to a call center in Morocco could expose the responsible company to a fine of up to 375,000 euros for each unlawful call.
Property owners who allow the facades of their buildings to deteriorate in Casablanca will be required to restore them. After two warnings, the city may carry out the work itself, recover the costs, and impose the sanctions provided for by regulations.
Casablanca is launching a renovation program for degraded facades with a budget of 15 million dirhams. Property owners who refuse to clean or repaint their buildings may see the city carry out the work at their expense.
Moroccans residing abroad can enter Morocco with a vehicle registered abroad under the temporary admission regime. But this facility is strictly limited: the vehicle can only stay six months per calendar year .
From July 1st, the municipality of Imouzzer Kandar is deploying a new administrative police force. This brigade will impose financial penalties on anyone dumping garbage in public spaces .
The municipality of Tangier faces an expropriation threat in Spain . Due to lack of maintenance of the Álava-Esquível palace, which it owns in Vitoria, the city has accumulated a colossal debt with local authorities.
The trial over the death of young Ismaïl, which occurred in 2018 in an elevator in Argenteuil, concluded on Thursday in Pontoise. The family, outraged by the attitude of the defendants, now awaits the verdict scheduled for September 2.
Facing an unprecedented blockade, the Ministry of Interior has just ordered the approval of exemption requests for penalty waivers on the tax for undeveloped urban land, specifically targeting small landowners.
The CESE alerts on the persistence of dangerous behaviors on Moroccan roads . Despite the tightening of the traffic code, accidents and violations remain at a concerning level.