The Government Council will hold its regular meeting today, Thursday, April 18, and these are the details of what was discussed.

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The Government Council held its regular meeting today, Thursday, April 18, headed by Aziz Akhannouch, devoted to deliberating a number of draft legal texts, reviewing an international agreement, and deliberating proposals for appointment to senior positions in accordance with Chapter 92 of the Constitution.

At the beginning of the work of this Council, and in connection with Draft Law No. 22.24 amending and completing Law No. 47.18 relating to the reform of regional investment centers and the establishment of unified regional investment committees, its broad outlines were presented and discussed with the aim of submitting it for approval in a subsequent government council.

After that, the Government Council deliberated and approved draft Decree No. 2.23.1119 specifying the methods for maintaining the list of arbitrators and the conditions for registering and finalizing it, presented by Mr. Abdel Latif Wehbe, Minister of Justice.

This project comes in implementation of the requirements of Article 12 of Law No. 95.17 relating to arbitration and mediation agreement issued by Royal Decree No. 1.22.34 dated Shawwal 23, 1443 (May 24, 2022), which stipulates that private persons who carry out arbitration tasks on a regular basis or within the framework of the profession To which they belong, individually or within a legal person, they must be registered on a list of arbitrators. This article also refers to a regulatory text that specifies the methods for maintaining this list and the conditions for registration in it and termination from it.

In this context, and under this draft decree, the governmental authority in charge of justice is entrusted with keeping the list of arbitrators, specifying the data to be included in it, the registration procedure, as well as the cases in which registered arbitrators are to be terminated.
Subsequently, the Government Council deliberated and approved draft Decree No. 2.23.681 relating to the design, production, maintenance and seaworthiness of aircraft, presented by Mr. Mohamed Abdel Jalil, Minister of Transport and Logistics.

This project comes in implementation of some provisions of the first section of Law No. 40.13 related to civil aviation, as many of its provisions were referred to regulatory texts in order to determine the technical standards and conditions for accreditation of persons working in the fields of aircraft design, production, maintenance, and management of maintaining their suitability for navigation. It also falls within the framework of the compatibility of national legislation with the provisions of the Agreement on International Civil Aviation signed in Chicago on December 7, 1944, issued by Royal Decree No. 1.57.172, and whose Appendix No. 8 specifies the technical standards and conditions that must be respected in order to guarantee the seaworthiness of aircraft, whether related. Ordering its design, production or maintenance phase.

This draft decree aims to determine the technical specifications that must be respected by persons wishing to obtain the accreditation granted by the governmental authority in charge of civil aviation in order to carry out the process of designing, producing and maintaining aircraft in Morocco. Determine the conditions for the accreditation of natural and legal persons in order to carry out the process of maintaining the seaworthiness of aircraft, as one of the activities that contribute to ensuring the safety of air navigation; In addition to determining how the governmental authority in charge of civil aviation carries out monitoring operations.

The Government Council continued its work by reviewing an agreement concluded within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea regarding the conservation of marine biological diversity in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction and its sustainable use, approved in New York on June 19, 2023 and signed by the Kingdom of Morocco on September 21, 2023, and a draft Law No. 10.24 hereby approves the aforementioned agreement, presented by Ms. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, on behalf of Mr. Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad.

This agreement aims to conserve marine biological diversity in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction and use it sustainably through the effective implementation of the relevant provisions of the Convention as well as the promotion and consolidation of international cooperation and coordination.

The Government Council concluded its work by deliberating and approving proposals for appointment to senior positions in accordance with Article 92 of the Constitution.
At the level of the Ministry delegated to the Prime Minister in charge of relations with Parliament, the following were appointed:
Mr. Shafiq Al-Wadghiri, general secretary;
At the level of the Ministry delegated to the Prime Minister in charge of digital transition and administrative reform, the appointment of:
Mr. Mohamed Ibrahimi, Inspector General;
At the level of the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, the appointment of:
Mr. Belaid Boagalen, Director of the National School of Applied Sciences in Beni Mellal;
Mr. Ali Haitouf, Director of the Higher Normal School of Fez;
At the level of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, appointing:
Mr. El Hassan Messaoudi, Director of Human Resources, Finance, Information Systems and Public Affairs.