To get access to the Morocco market, products need to pass some conformity assessment procedures that verify the safety of imported goods. Thus, the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Green and Digital Economy of Morocco suggested two ways to assess compliance of all regulated imported products with Moroccan standards and/or Technical Regulations:
- Control in the country of origin before goods are shipped to the Kingdom of Morocco
- Control at the destination point upon arrival of the goods to the Kingdom of Morocco
If the product falls under the category of electrical appliances or can be classified as an electrical product, it should be inspected in the country of origin before shipping to Morocco and must comply with the local standards as well as technical regulations (when applicable) issued by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Digital Economy in accordance with Article 9 of Law №24.
Importers of products subject to the control in the country of origin are required to provide certificates of conformity issued by an authorized body. Import control consists of four stages: documentary control, physical control, sampling, and market access authorization.
The documentary control includes a review of the technical file of the imported goods in order to identify the product, its characteristics, its brand and its country of origin. The importer is required to provide the following documents to the control office:
- Declaration of Conformity
- Importer's Warranties
- Single Goods Declaration (DUM) or letter of credit
- Bills;
- Bill of lading or the voucher to be issued
- Import commitment
- Technical file
Please note that the manual for the product must be in Arabic. In addition, when a product is subject to orders №2573-14 (electrical safety) and №2574-14 (Electromagnetic Compatibility), the "Cم" mark should be affixed.
The conformity mark should be as follows:
http://www.mcinet.gov.ma/sites/default/files/1_Modele_du_MARQUAGE_MAROC.pdf
When the product belongs to the telecommunications sector, it is also necessary to get type approval from the National Agency of Telecommunications Regulation (ANRT).
The test scope for an ANRT approval is related to the requirements for CE marking based on the Radio Equipment Directive and additional national specifications.
The applicant shall include telecommunications interfaces and equipment subject to approval as well as related technical specifications. Technical documentation is also required to determine the interfaces embedded in the equipment, all of its features, and standards. For radio installations, this documentation must include the relevant radio characteristics of the equipment (frequency band, power, the SAR value or equivalent field-level) and a prospectus or short technical report identifying the interfaces contained in the equipment.
There are two ways of approval:
- Declarative way
- Non-Declarative way
After the official certification of the device, the approval is valid for ten years.
Within the ANRT certification procedure, it is necessary to affix the following ANRT certification label with the certification number and date:
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