The Moroccan government's Quarry Bill, aimed at tightening legislation and simplifying the licence attribution process, is being contested by professionals who claim that it is not the same bill that they helped to create.
These professionals have been heard by the Economic, Social and Environmental Committee (CESE), which was called on by the Second Chamber of Parliament to supply its opinion.
The Moroccan Professional Aggregates Association, the National Public Works and Building Federation, and the Moroccan Road Aassociation judge that the government has backtracked due to lobbying pressure.
They explain that the version supplied to the CESE contains 42 pieces of legislation, compared to a dozen in the initial version.
The professionals consequently believe that the Bill has been emptied of substance and that the majority of the regulations have been created by the government alone.
