The Moroccan government ratified the draft law pertaining to the legalization and framing of cannabis production in the country this Thursday, on its weekly government council.
Government spokesperson Mustapha Baitas made the announcement in a press conference today, saying “the government ratified numerous provisions relating to the implementation of the law, ” first introduced nearly a year ago.
The legislation falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior and lists the regions in which it is permissible to license the cultivation and production of cannabis and the establishment and exploitation of its cultivation and storage facilities have been identified.
The law lists the provinces of Al Hoceima, Chefchaouen, and Taounate, but the spokesperson specified the possibility of adding other regions according to the demand of national and international investors for activities related to the production chain of cannabis in possible.
It also provides for the creation of an advisory committee to study licensing applications and express its opinion thereon, to be chaired by the Agency’s Director-General or his representative, and composed of representatives of the concerned sectors.
In an effort to avoid any diversion of legalized cannabis for illegal purposes, the draft decree requires licensees to provide the agency with monthly reports on the inputs and outputs of cannabis, as well as the status of its stock, seeds, seedlings, and products, in addition to an annual physical inventory of this plant and its products.
On the other hand, the draft decree qualifies the government authorities in charge of the interior, agriculture, health, trade, and industry, to issue decisions related to determining the content of license application files for all activities related to agriculture, production, transformation, manufacturing, transport, and export, as well as importing products, seeds, and seedlings, and licenses to establish plants and the process of granting it.
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