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Operating a Business in Morocco
Setting up a company | Working conditions | Cost of labor | Social partners
Setting up a company
Legal business entities
| Types of companies and capital (max/min) | Number of partners/shareholders and liability | Registration fees |
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S.A.R.L.(private limited company
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2 minimum
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Company's name registration to the Regional Centre for Investment (CRI): MAD 190; Statutes registration: MAD 20 / page; Registration to the Ministry of Finance: MAD 1,350; Stamp duties: MAD 20. |
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S.A.(public limited company)
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5 minimum
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Company's name registration to the Regional Centre for Investment (CRI): MAD 190; Statutes registration: MAD 20 / page; Registration to the Ministry of Finance: MAD 1,350; Stamp duties: MAD 20. |
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Partnership
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2 minimum
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Company's name registration to the Regional Centre for Investment (CRI): MAD 190; Statutes registration: MAD 20 / page; Registration to the Ministry of Finance: MAD 1,350; Stamp duties: MAD 20. |
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Limited Partnership
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2 minimum
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Company's name registration to the Regional Centre for Investment (CRI): MAD 190; Statutes registration: MAD 20 / page; Registration to the Ministry of Finance: MAD 1,350; Stamp duties: MAD 20. |
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Partnership limited by shares
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3 sleeping partners and one active partner.
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Company's name registration to the Regional Centre for Investment (CRI): MAD 190; Statutes registration: MAD 20 / page; Registration to the Ministry of Finance: MAD 1,350; Stamp duties: MAD 20. |
- Business setup procedures
- Assistance for business creation generally facilitated by the Regional Investment Centers since 2002, Assistance counters for business creation of each of the CRI centralises all related administration procedures. A single form is provided to the investor within the CRI. It is equivalent to the application for patent registration, registration statement in the Trade Register, tax Id statement and the application for affiliation to the National Social Security Fund.
- The competent organization
- Regional Investment Center
Working conditions
- Legal weekly duration
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44 hours per week for non-agricultural sector.
48 hours per week for agricultural sector. - Retirement age
- 60 years generally and 55 years for miners.
- Working contracts
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Employment regulations have been adopted in July 2003 and is in force since June 2004. Employment contract is governed by legal provisions and to a lesser extent by collective agreements and individual negotiations.
The employment contract form is rather rigid. Three types of contracts coexist: the permanent contract, the fixed term contract and the contract to complete a given work.
Cost of labor
- Minimum wage
- 1,841.84 dirhams per month
- Average wage
- Average monthly gross earnings in Marocoo is MAD 3,780 (USD 474).
- Social contributions
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Social security contributions paid by employers: 18.10 %
Social security contributions paid by employees: 6.29%
Social partners
- Social dialogue and involvement of social partners
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Three federations stand out among the 17 existing trade unions: Moroccan Union of Work (UMT), the Democratic Confederation of Work (CDT), and General union of the Moroccan Workers (UGTM).
Their negotiation powers are overall weak because of the rupture and a rather cloudy management, but they are rooted in the company. - Unions
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Moroccan Workers General Union
Democratic Confederation of Work
General Union of the workers of Morocco
- Unionization rate
- 6% (official figures)
- Labor regulation bodies
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Ministry for Employment and Professional Training
Index Mundi
Social Security National Office
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