Government Council Meeting of Thursday, July 02, 2026

• At the beginning of its proceedings, the Government Council examined and adopted Draft Law No. 046.26 on the National Statistical System, presented by the Minister of the Interior.
  This draft law, which falls within the framework of following up on the High Royal Directives, mainly aims to establish a new legal framework for the National Statistical System by determining its components and missions, as well as its organizational rules and the fundamental principles of official statistics.
  Similarly, this draft law has created the National Council of Statistical Information, as a regulatory body enjoying legal personality and financial autonomy, the press release specified.
  The said Council is primarily responsible for ensuring compliance with the fundamental principles of official statistics, the smooth functioning of the National Statistical System, and the improvement of the quality of its work in application of Article 159 of the Constitution, the press release concluded.
• Subsequently, the Government Council examined and adopted Draft Law No. 047.26 relating to the High Commission for Planning (HCP), presented by the Minister of the Interior.
  This draft law brings a substantial reform to the HCP, which will thus be transformed into a good governance body endowed with legal personality and administrative and financial autonomy, in accordance with the provisions of Article 159 of the Constitution. In addition to the missions of producing and publishing statistical information and elaborating national, regional, and sectoral accounts, this body will have new attributions consisting of supporting the strategic coordination of development policies, in conformity with the New Development Model and based on rigorous criteria and modern tracking and evaluation tools, while taking into consideration the regional and territorial dimension in the exercise of its devolved missions, the same source explained.
• Following that, the Government Council examined and adopted Draft Law No. 051.26 relating to the organization of the Adoul profession, presented by the Minister of Justice.
  This draft law aims to establish the legal effects of the Constitutional Court's decision regarding Law No. 16.22 on the organization of the Adoul profession, in accordance with the provisions of Article 134 of the Constitution.
   

The Government Council continued its work by taking note of an agreement between the governments of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Arab Republic of Egypt in the customs field, signed on April 6, 2026, in Cairo, as well as Draft Law No. 37.26 approving the said agreement, presented by the Minister of Industry and Commerce on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates.

The Government Council concluded its proceedings by examining and adopting proposals for appointments to high offices, in accordance with Article 92 of the Constitution.

• Thus, at the level of the Ministry of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills:
  • Mr. Yahia Oukach was appointed Director of Employment;
• At the level of the Ministry Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Administration Reform:
  • Mr. Mohamed Amine Lahrach was appointed Director General of Digital Transition.