International Partnerships

Eager to encourage cooperation in the field of competition law and policy, the Council has been involved in several negotiations with National Competition Authorities and international organizations since its reactivation to sign Partnership Memoranda. National Commission for Markets and Competition of the Kingdom of Spain: Memorandum of Understanding signed on January 28, 2019 in Madrid. It aims to develop exchanges in the areas of regulatory engineering and jurisprudence in competition policies and law; and to exchange best practices related to investigation and inquiry methods, as well as procedures for conducting sector studies. It also aims to promote cooperative relations between …

The Competition Council signed a memorandum of understanding with the Hellenic Competition Commission in March 2022 to further strengthen the partnership relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Hellenic Republic. This collaboration between the Moroccan and Hellenic institutions aims to promote cooperation in the areas of competition policy and law, to facilitate the exchange of expertise in regulation and jurisprudence related to competition law, and to share best practices regarding procedural, methodological, and technical aspects related to the conduct, investigation, and realization of sectoral studies. …

The Competition Council signed a twinning contract in December 2021 with Greece, Poland, and Italy. The institutional twinning project between the Competition Council of the Kingdom of Morocco and a counterpart institution of a Member State of the European Union was approved by the European Union Delegation in Rabat at the end of December 2020 and then forwarded to the European Commission in Brussels. After a 5-month project review phase, the Commission issued a tender in June 2021, to which a consortium composed of three competition authorities from the following Member States responded: – Greek Competition Authority (project leader) – …

Following Rekabet’s request for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, several exchanges took place to concretize this shared willingness optimally. The Memorandum was signed between the Competition Council and Rekabet in January 2021 via video conference in the presence of the ambassadors of both parties. This Memorandum focuses first on the exchange of expertise and know-how as well as the transmission of non-confidential information concerning cases of anticompetitive practices or cross-border economic concentrations. It also involves organizing joint events related to common interest topics. Following a process of exchange and meetings between experts from the World Bank Group, the …

The Competition Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the competition authority of Portugal on November 13, 2019 in Rabat during the inaugural session of the Rabat International Conference. It should be noted that this signature was preceded by a preliminary meeting in Lisbon on April 10, 2019, the purpose of which was to establish the conventional framework of the partnership between the two institutions. The latter allows for the exchange and sharing of best practices between the two institutions in terms of competition policies and rights, as well as in terms of strengthening the capacities of instructors, reporters, and …

The Competition Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the competition authority of Chile in May 2019. This Memorandum aims to establish a general framework for bilateral cooperation between the two National Authorities through the exchange of information on legislative and regulatory developments as well as jurisprudence in competition law and policy, sharing best practices and experiences in conducting investigations into cases of competition rule violations, sectoral studies, and the preparation of annual activity reports and experiences between the two National Competition Authorities and the sectoral regulatory authorities of both countries. …

The Competition Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Commission for Markets and Competition of the Kingdom of Spain on January 28, 2019 in Madrid. It aims to develop exchanges in the field of regulatory engineering and jurisprudence in the areas of competition policies and law; and to exchange best practices related to investigation and inquiry methods, as well as the procedures for conducting sector studies. It also aims to promote cooperative relations between Economic Governance Authorities and national Regulatory Bodies. …