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Draft Guidelines of the Competition Council on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements between Competitors
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Law No. 20-13 on the Competition Council, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council may issue and publish guidelines to explain and detail the modalities of application of certain legal and regulatory provisions governing competition. In this context, the Competition Council has developed a draft of guidelines on horizontal cooperation agreements between competitors. The purpose of this project is to provide economic operators and various interested parties with a clear and transparent analytical framework, specifying the principles for assessing the compliance of these agreements with the provisions of Law No. 104-12 …
Draft Guidelines on the Application of Competition Law to Cooperation Agreements and Practices Pursuing Sustainability Objectives
In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Law No. 20-13 on the Competition Council, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council may issue and publish guidelines to explain and detail the application methods of certain legal and regulatory provisions governing competition. In this context, the Council has developed a draft guidelines on the application of competition law to cooperation agreements and practices pursuing sustainability objectives, in light of the provisions of Law No. 104-12 on price freedom and competition, as amended and supplemented. This project aims to provide companies, professional associations, and other economic actors with a clear …
Guidelines on the transaction procedure provided for in Article 37 of Law No. 104-12 on price freedom and competition as amended and supplemented. September 2024.
The guidelines on the transaction procedure provided for in Article 37 of Law No. 104-12 on price freedom and competition as amended and supplemented aim to provide companies and organizations wishing to benefit from the transaction procedure with a clear and transparent framework explaining the purposes, conditions, modalities, and the procedure for its implementation. These guidelines constitute the reference framework on which the Competition Council relies for the processing of requests received, in accordance with Article 37 of Law No. 104-12 as amended and supplemented. …
Guidelines on the transaction procedure provided for in Article 37 of Law No. 104-12 on price freedom and competition as amended and supplemented
“In accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of Law No. 20-13 on the Competition Council, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council may issue and publish guidelines to explain and detail the modalities of application of certain legal and regulatory provisions governing competition. Within this framework, a draft of guidelines relating to the procedure for the application of the provisions of Article 37 of Law No. 104-12 on price freedom and competition as amended and supplemented, called ‘the transaction procedure’. This project aims to provide companies and organizations wishing to benefit from this procedure with a clear and transparent …
Guidelines on the control of economic concentration operations. December 2023
The objective of controlling economic concentration operations is to promote effective competition and an efficient economy in the markets for the well-being of consumers. If companies that join forces and carry out concentrations or create joint ventures can expand markets and bring benefits to the Moroccan economy, some concentrations may have the effect of reducing competition in the market. In this regard, the control of economic concentrations aims to prevent those that are likely to have a significant negative impact on competition in the markets in Morocco… …
