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Summary of Doing Business 2018: Morocco

Core Content

The Doing Business 2018 report evaluates business regulations and their implementation across 190 economies, focusing on how easy it is to start a business, obtain construction permits, get electricity, register property, get credit, protect minority investors, pay taxes, trade across borders, enforce contracts, and resolve insolvency. The report also includes labor market regulation data. Morocco is analyzed in this context, with the data collected for Casablanca, its largest business city.

Main Indicators and Their Measures

Key Information

Doing Business Methodology

• The report uses standardized procedures to ensure comparability across economies.
• It evaluates how regulations and their enforcement impact the ease of doing business.
• The Distance to Frontier (DTF) score is a scale from 0 to 100, with 100 representing the best performance.
• The Ease of Doing Business ranking is based on the DTF scores, with 1 being the best and 190 the worst.

Morocco Overview

• Income Category: Lower middle income
• Population: 35,276,788
• GNI Per Capita (US$): 2,850
• City Covered: Casablanca
• DTF Score for Starting a Business: 8.0 (for men) and 8.0 (for women)
• Ease of Doing Business Rank for Starting a Business: 84th (out of 190 economies)
• DTF Score for Dealing with Construction Permits: 3.5
• Ease of Doing Business Rank for Dealing with Construction Permits: 73rd
• Building Quality Control Index (0-15): 13.0

Starting a Business in Morocco

• Procedures (Men): 4
• Time (Men): 9 days
• Cost (Men): 8.0% of income per capita
• Procedures (Women): 4
• Time (Women): 9 days
• Cost (Women): 8.0% of income per capita
• Paid-in Minimum Capital: MAD 0 (no requirement)
• Standardized Legal Form: Société à Responsabilité Limitée (SARL)

Key Procedures:

1. Obtain a Certificate of Name Availability (online, <1 day, DH 162)
2. Register with the Tribunal of Commerce, Tax Authorities, and Social Security (7 days, DH 1,000)
3. Make a Company Stamp (1 day, DH 200)
4. Register Employees with Social Security (online, <1 day, no charge)

Dealing with Construction Permits in Morocco

• Procedures: 13
• Time: 88.5 days
• Cost: 3.5% of warehouse value (MAD 50,000)
• Building Quality Control Index: 13.0

Key Procedures:

1. Obtain cadastral plan and location map (2 days, MAD 125)
2. Obtain an urban certificate (0.5 days, MAD 450)
3. Submit scanned documents online and obtain appointment (1 day, MAD 300)
4. Deposit hard copies and obtain building permit (15 days, MAD 30,663)
5. Hire licensed technical supervisor (1 day, MAD 5,000)
6. Notify Municipality of commencement of work (1 day, no charge)
7. Receive random inspection from municipal inspector (1 day, no charge)
8. Submit final report to Municipality (1 day, no charge)
9. Apply for water and sewerage connection (1 day, no charge)
10. Receive water and sewerage inspection from LYDEC (1 day, no charge)
11. Obtain water and sewerage connection (57 days, MAD 5,000)
12. Obtain certificate of conformity (7 days, no charge)
13. Register the building with the Land Registry (7 days, MAD 6,816)

Quality of Construction Permit System

• Building Quality Control Index: 13.0
• Quality of Building Regulations Index: 2.0
• Accessibility of Building Laws: 1.0
• Clarity of Permit Requirements: 1.0
• Quality Control Before Construction: 1.0
• Third-party Verification of Plans: 1.0
• Quality Control During Construction Index: 2.0
• Mandatory Inspections During Construction: 1.0
• Quality Control After Construction Index: 2.0
• Post-construction Inspections: 1.0
• Liability and Insurance Regimes Index: 2.0
• Professional Certifications Index: 4.0

Conclusion

The Doing Business 2018 report provides a comprehensive assessment of business regulation in Morocco, highlighting areas of improvement. Morocco's DTF scores for starting a business and dealing with construction permits indicate that there is room for reform to bring the country closer to the frontier of best practices. The report emphasizes the importance of transparency, efficiency, and the reduction of bureaucratic hurdles to improve the business environment.