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WORLD TRADE S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.26
27April 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0932)
Negotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services Original: French
COMMUNICATION FROM MOROCCO
Response toQuestionnaire onMaritime Transport Services
Theattached communication iscirculated attherequest ofMorocco toMembers ofthe
Negotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services.
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Vessels
1.
STRUCTURE OFNATIONALLY-OWNED OROPERATED FLEET
Types ofvessels Number ofvessels Deadweight tonnage
National flag Foreign flag National flag Foreign flag
Oiltankers 4 - 22,738 -
Liquified gascarriers - - - -
Chemical tankers 7 - 113,670 -
Combination carriers - - - -
Ore/bulk carriers - - - -
General cargo 4 - 16,346 -
Container ships 9 - 29,818 -
Specialized cargo - - - -
Ro-Ro 8 - 41,029 -
Ferries and
passenger5 - 13,800 -
Break-bulk cargo 9 - 35,934 -
Other - - - -
TOTAL 46 - 273,344 -
Trade
2. 98percentofMoroccan international trade iscarried bysea,amounting to36million
tonsandavalue ofDH96billion.
3. ImportsinMoroccaninternationaltradecarriedbyseaamountto19,500,000tons,corresponding
toavalue ofaround DH61.9billion.
ExportsinMoroccaninternationaltradecarriedbyseaamountto16,500,000tons,corresponding
toavalue ofaround DH34,366,220,000.
4. Some 5,800,000 tonsoftotalMoroccan international tradecarried byseaiscarried byvessels
sailing under theMoroccan flag,corresponding toavalue ofDH2.46billion.
5. Insignificant.
Organization ofcargo
6. Liner shipping carries 1,630,000 tonsofthetotalofMoroccan international trade carried by
sea,corresponding toavalue ofaround 30percentofthetrade carried.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.26
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7. Thevolume ofliner shipping ininternational trade which iscarried byconferences is
250,000 tons.
8. Seeunder Question 7.
9. None.
10. Theestimated share oflinercargo which iscontainerized isaround 2million tons.
11. Theestimated share oflinercargo carried bymeans ofmultimodal transport arrangements
isaround 1million tonsbytruck and2million bytrain.
Ports andauxiliary services
12. International trade cargoes innational porttraffic represents around 36million tons,
corresponding to98percentoftotaltraffic.
Theestimated share ofthistraffic which iscontainerized isaround 2million tons.
13. Thepresence offoreign suppliers intheprovision ofauxiliary services isasfollows:
- Container station anddepot services: Yes
- Maritime agency services: Yes
- Maritime freight forwarding services: Yes
- Maritime cargo handling services: No
- Storage andwarehousing services: Yes, butonlyoutofport, astheyare
provided bythePortDevelopment and
Operation Office (ODEP) inport.
- Customs clearance services: Yes
- Maintenance andrepair ofvessels: No,although there arenoconstraints.
14. Yes,butonlyforinland transport bytruck.
II. Regulatory Structure
1. Specific measures areapplicable tomaritime transport under theDahir of1962, although it
isnotapplied duetotheconstraints ofMoroccan external trade.
2. Bulkshipping isnotregulated.
3. Theregistration ofcompanies which provide regular linershipping toMoroccan ports.
Theprovisions ofagreements reached under theCode ofConduct forLiner Conferences, which
hasbeenratified byMorocco, areapplied.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.26
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4. MoroccohasaccededtotheHamburgRulesandisasignatorytotheConventiononInternational
Multimodal Transport ofGoods. Several seminars andconferences havebeenorganized topromote
thisform oftransport.
Thecomputerization ofthecustoms services andtheODEP, aswellasthedevelopment of
transport bytruck, favour theexpansion ofthisform oftransport.
5. Portmanagement isentrusted totheODEP.
6. Thenational definition of"international maritime transport" isthesame asthatcontained in
theConvention onInternational Multimodal Transport ofGoods.
7. A"national shipping enterprise" isanycompany owning atleastonevessel sailing under the
Moroccan flag.
Market access
8. (a),(b),(c)and(d). Nolimitations.
9. (a) Commercial presence andnorestriction.
(b) Maintenance isentrusted totheODEP.
10. No,there arenomeasures limiting theparticipation offoreign capital.
11. Toobtain therighttoflytheMoroccan flag:
- thecompany hastobeestablished under Moroccan law;
- theactivity must concern Moroccan ports; and
- thecrew must beofMoroccan nationality.
National treatment
12. (a) No,there arenodiscriminatory measures.
(b) Seepoint (a).
Access toanduseofportfacilities
13. Alltheservices referred toareavailable tousers.
14. "Pilotage" istheonlyservice ofmandatory useamong those referred tounder Question 13.
15. Alloftheservices enumerated under Question 13areavailable onanon-discriminatory basis.
16. No,there arenodiscriminatory measures restricting access toseaports foreither national or
foreign suppliers.
17. No,there arenodiscriminatory measures inthisrespect.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.26
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18. No,there arenomeasures ofthistype.
19. No,seeunder Question 18.
Most-favoured-nation treatment
20. There isnosystematic sharing ofcargoes, although conference agreements havebeenconcluded
forlinershipping ofvarious products (forproducts ofthesame type, except when cargoes areover
1,500 tons) which arenotbased ontheorigin oftheproducts, andrelate onlytotheports inwhich
theyareloaded orunloaded.
21. Shipping lines control themselves orthrough aprivate company theproper functioning of
conference agreements andkeeprecords toidentify anycases inwhich quotas areexceeded.
22. Sharing iscarried inthecontext ofagreements between shipowners without intervention by
government authorities. Quotas arenormally established onthebasis ofpastperformance.
23. No,there arenomeasures ofthistype.
24. No,there arenomeasures ofthistype.
25. No,there arenocounter-measures.
26. There arenospecific measures, although theAdministration canresort tothestrictapplication
oftheLawof1962, which would permit theMoroccan shipping linetocarry allgoods imported or
exported bytheState orbypublic, semi-public orsubsidized enterprises.
Thisonlyapplies tomaritime transport.
Government procurement
27. No,there arenosuchmeasures.
28. No,there arenosuchmeasures.
Competition law
29. (a),(b),(c)and(d). There arenomeasures orlegislation oncompetition.
Shipping conferences
30. No.
Itisnecessary torefer totheconference agreements, without theintervention ofthe
Administration.
31. Conference agreements havetobenotified totheDirectorate oftheMerchant Navy (DMM),
although there arenoregulations onthecriteria tobeapplied inassessing aconference agreement.
32. There arenoregulations onthismatter.
33. Agreement isstrictly commercial andunrelated tothelaw.S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.26
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34. There arenoregulations, apart from theCode ofConduct.
Shipper/carrier relations
35. Thearrangements between shippers andcarriers areofacommercial nature.
36. There arenorequirements andthegovernment plays noroleinthisrespect.