Regarding approval and registration, only vehicles in categories M2, M3, N1, N2 and N3 are affected by this postponement. The postponement of the implementation of the European environmental standard Euro 6, for the approval of new vehicles marketed on the Moroccan market, was decided after the publication, in Official Bulletin No. 7361 of December 16, 2024, of the joint decree No. 2094-24 of December 11, 2024 of the Minister of Transport and Logistics and the Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development. This decree modifies and supplements a previous decree setting the conditions for approval of vehicles with regard to the emission of pollutants according to the engine’s fuel requirements.
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In force in Europe since 2015, the “Euro 6” standard is one of the alternatives found to combat environmental pollution and reduce toxic gas emissions emitted by vehicles, especially heavy goods vehicles. Euro 6 aims to combat carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, unburned hydrocarbons, and particles. Thus, automobile manufacturers must integrate advanced technologies to reduce polluting particle emissions from diesel vehicles, in particular the use of diesel particle filters, selective catalytic reduction systems, and even NOx traps.
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This measure comes in “a global context marked by geopolitical tensions, inflationary trends and supply difficulties, and especially the costs induced by this standard, which could threaten the renewal of the Moroccan automobile fleet,” explained Mohamed Abdeljalil, minister. of Transport and Logistics and Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development. The postponement of the entry into force of the new standards will have an impact on the success of the fleet renewal programs launched by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics, in particular the “Safe Autocar” program. The latter aims to encourage road transport professionals to acquire vehicles equipped with road safety enhancement devices, in order to improve road transport, since the cost of acquiring new vehicles will increase by 5 to 12% for all brands”.
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