The Governing Council adopts a bill relating to the medicines and pharmacy code

Friday 15th November 2024 02:20 AM

Press briefing by government spokesperson Mustapha Baitas. Credit: MAP

The Government Council, meeting Thursday under the chairmanship of Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch, adopted bill No. 61.24 approving Decree-Law 2.24.728 of September 27, 2024 supplementing Law No. 17.04 relating to the drug code and pharmacy.

This text, presented by the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Amine Tahraoui, comes in accordance with the provisions of article 81 of the Constitution according to which “the government may take, between sessions, with the agreement of the relevant committees of the two chambers, decree-laws which must be, during the following ordinary session of parliament, submitted for ratification by it “, indicated the Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesperson, Mustapha Baitas, during a press briefing following the Council.

He recalled that after the approval of the social sectors committee (House of Representatives) and that of education, cultural and social affairs (House of Advisors), the executive had promulgated on September 27, 2024 the decree-law 2.24.728 supplementing the aforementioned law 17.04 as published in the Official Journal of September 30.

This bill aims to complete the adoption procedure, by submitting the aforementioned decree-law to Parliament for approval during its current session, he added.

The Government Council also continued to examine the presentation on the 2024-2025 school year in vocational training establishments, presented on October 24 by the Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, Younes Sekkouri.