GENERAL AGREEMENT GATS/SC/57
15April 1994
ONTRADE INSERVICES (94-1054)
MOROCCO
Schedule ofSpecific Commitments
(This isauthentic inFrench only)
____________________MOROCCO -SCHEDULE OFSPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS
Exchange regulations:
Morocco assumes the
obligations stemming
from itsaccession to
Article VIIIofthe
IMF Articles of
Agreement on
21January 19931),2)None except forcertain operations in
financial services requiring authorization
under theexchange regulations
3) None
4) Natural persons offoreign nationality
having resident status mayfreely transfer
upto50percentoftheir savings from
income such aswages, salaries andother
remuneration, fees, profits from
professional activities, andpensions.1),2)None
3) None
4) None
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Movement ofnatural
persons4) Unbound, except forpersonnel employed
byacompany andtransferred toa
company incorporated inMorocco
belonging to,controlled byorasubsidiary
oftheformer, inthefollowing categories:
- Managers
- Senior executives
- Specialists whopossess knowledge thatis
essential totheprovision oftheservice
Issuance ofawork permit issubject tothe
signing ofacontract ofemployment.
- Sales agents (stay limited to90days)4) None
II. SECTOR-SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
1. BUSINESS SERVICES
A. Professional services
b) Accounting, auditing and
bookkeeping services
(CPC 862)1) Unbound
2) Unbound1) Unbound
2) UnboundMOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
3) Participation offoreign capital limited to
25percent
4) Moroccan nationality required3) None
4) Unbound
F. Other business services
c) Management consulting
services
(CPC 865)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
k) Placement andsupply
services ofpersonnel
(CPC 872)1) Unbound
2) Unbound1) Unbound
2) Unbound
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section3) None
4) Unbound
B. Computer andrelated
services
(CPC 841)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
2. COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
C. Telecommunication
services
Value-added services
(excluding telephone and
telex)
(CPC 7523)1) None
2) None1) None
2) NoneMOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
- Electronic mail
- Voice mail
- On-line information and
databaseretrieval
- Electronic dataexchange
- Enhanced/value-added
facsimile services,
including store and
forward andstore and
retrieve3) Provision ofservice through thenetwork
operated bythepublic operator
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section3) None
4) Unbound
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
3. CONSTRUCTION AND
RELATED
ENGINEERING
SERVICES
(CPC 51-52 and8672)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None. However, aforeign enterprise
established inMorocco must associate
Moroccan enterprises through anyform of
association (joint venture, subcontracting,
etc.) intheprovision ofconstruction and
engineering services.
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
6. ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
(CPC 940)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) NoneMOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
7. FINANCIAL SERVICES
Achange inthecontrol ofacredit establishment providing services a),b),d)ande)maybesubject tonewapproval. With regard todelivery mode 4,
financial services insubsectors A:a),b),c)andBmaynotbeprovided bynatural persons.
Banking andother
financial services
excluding insurance
Acceptance ofdeposits
andother repayable
funds from thepublic
(CPC 81115-81119)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Lending tofinance
investment inMorocco
(CPC 8113*)1) None
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
Lending tofinance
commercial transactions
withMorocco
(CPC 8113*)1) None
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
* Theasterisk means thatthesubsector isan"extract from".MOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Other lending, including
consumer credit and
credit cards
(CPC 8113*)1) None
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
Financial leasing
(CPC 8112)1) None
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
Allpayment andmoney
transmission services,
including credit, payment
andsimilar cards,
travellers 'cheques and
cheques
(CPC 81339)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
* Theasterisk means thatthesubsector isan"extract from".
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Guarantees and
commitments
(CPC 81199)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
Trading foraccount for
customers, whether on
anexchange, inan
over-the-counter market
orotherwise:
-Negotiable securities
(CPC 81321)
-Gold
(CPC 81339)1),2)Residents mayacquire foreign securities
subject toprior authorization inaccordance
withexchange regulations
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1),2)None
3) None
4) NoneMOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Participation inissues of
allkinds ofsecurities,
including underwriting
andplacement asagent
(whether publicly or
privately) andprovision
ofservices related to
such issues
(CPC 8119)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
Provision andtransfer of
financial information,
andfinancial data
processing andrelated
software byproviders of
other financial services
(CPC 843)1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Insurance and
reinsurance
Insurance (allbranches)
(CPC 812)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) Obligation tohave aregistered place of
business inMorocco
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) None
Reinsurance (all
branches)
(CPC 81299)1),2)Establishment ofareinsurance planinthe
framework oftheexisting regulations on
insurance andexchange, andsubject to
cession ofoperations totheSociété centrale
derèassurance
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1),2)None
3) None
4) NoneMOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
9. TOURISM AND
TRAVEL RELATED
SERVICES
A. Hotel andrestaurant
services
a) Lodging establishments
(CPC 641)
- Hotels
(CPC 64110)
- Motels
(CPC 64120)
- Holiday centres
(CPC 64192)
- Boarding houses
(pensions)
(CPC 64199)1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound
b) Restaurants
(CPC 643)1) Unbound
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
B. Travel agencies andtour
operators services
(CPC 7471)1) Agencies established outside Morocco must
work through aMoroccan travel agency or
aforeign agency established inMorocco
2) None
3) Subject toobtaining anoperating licence
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound
C. Tourist guides
(CPC 7472)1) Unbound
2) None
3) Moroccan nationality required butgroups
maybeaccompanied bytourleaders
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) None
3) Unbound
4) UnboundMOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
D. Other tourism sector
services
(CPC 641)1) Unbound
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound
11. TRANSPORT
SERVICES
C. Airtransport services
Maintenance andrepair
ofairline aircraft1) None
2) None
3) Unbound
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) Unbound
4) Unbound
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Maintenance andrepair
foraviation ingeneral1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound
Selling andmarketing,
including market
research, advertising and
distribution1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound
Computer reservation
system1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) None
2) None
3) None
4) UnboundMOROCCO (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
F. Road transport services
a) International road
passenger transport
(CPC 7121 +7122)b)1) Unbound
2) None
3) Obligation toestablish acompany under
Moroccan law
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound
b) Goods transport
(CPC 7123)1) Unbound
2) None
3) Obligation toestablish acompany under
Moroccan law
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
c) Other passenger transport
(tourists)
(CPC 71219)1) Unbound
2) None
3) Obligation toestablish acompany under
Moroccan law
4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal section1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound