Kingdom
Marketing of Fishery Products: A New Legal Framework Adopted
The draft law adopted by the Government Council this Thursday is part of the gradual reform of the legal framework governing the maritime fisheries sector, aimed at keeping pace with its developments, particularly in the marketing of fishery products.
The Government Council adopted on Thursday draft law No. 36.23 amending and supplementing Law No. 14.08 relating to wholesale fish trading (mareyage), presented by the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests, taking into account the observations raised.
This draft law is part of the gradual reform of the legal framework governing the maritime fisheries sector, with the aim of keeping pace with its developments, particularly in the marketing of fishery products, said the Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament and government spokesperson, Mustapha Baitas, during a press briefing following the weekly Council meeting.
Indeed, the said draft law aims to update the current legal framework in order to overcome the limitations revealed by the implementation of Law No. 14.08 on wholesale fish trading, with the goal of ensuring that the wholesale trade of seafood products is carried out under transparent and better-adapted conditions, Mr. Baitas added.
He also noted that this draft law includes provisions relating to the revision of the conditions for granting authorizations to carry out wholesale trade in seafood products, the determination of the validity period of these authorizations, as well as the introduction of amendments concerning the conditions for issuing extracts of the wholesale seafood trader card.
It also provides for a transitional period allowing holders of wholesale seafood sales authorizations issued before the entry into force of this draft law to replace their old authorizations, cards, and extracts with documents issued in accordance with the new provisions.
