The arrest of the two foreign investors took place near the Kenzi Tower hotel. After their arrest, the two police officers confiscated their passports. They also took away the driving license of the driver who came to the hotel to transport them. After the incident, the police returned the passports to the investors. But the driver won’t have the same luck. His car was seized and then sent to the municipal pound.
The two foreign investors were surprised by the action of the police, because transport via applications is considered in Saudi Arabia and Belgium as a fast, ordinary and very efficient service. But Morocco is one of the very few countries in the world where transport via applications is prohibited.
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Responding to a written question from the Haraki group in the House of Representatives last September, Mohamed Abdeljalil, Minister of Transport and Logistics, affirmed that the provision of passenger transport services via modern digital applications and platforms without authorization constitutes a activity contrary to the laws and regulations in force and that his department adopts an approach based on coordination with the competent services of the Ministry of the Interior and the stakeholders concerned, in order to eradicate this phenomenon.
He also announced that his ministry was going to carry out a study aimed at developing a national charter for the development of sustainable and inclusive mobility, in order to establish the fundamental principles and objectives on which the future mobility and transport system should be based. transport of the kingdom. This charter will address several questions, including how to manage these new methods of travel in Morocco, particularly in urban areas.
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The legal and regulatory provisions in force regarding the road transport of people, in particular Dahir No. 1.63.260 of 24 Joumada II 1383 (November 12, 1963) relating to transport by motor vehicles on the roads, as amended and supplemented, as well as the implementing texts, impose the obligation for providers of road passenger transport services intended for the public to obtain prior authorization to carry out this activity, as well as specific authorizations for each vehicle used for this purpose, Abdeljalil recalled.
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