Truck transport: Indexation on the right track

The draft law relating to the indexation of road transport prices to those of fuel was put back on the table by Mehdi Abdelkrim, House Councillor and member of the parliamentary group of the Moroccan employers’ association (CGEM). For the Transportation minister, Mohamed Abdeljalil, the piece of legislation is being circulated.

After consultation with the ministries concerned by this issue, the ministry prepared a version accepted by the Government. This bill was therefore sent to the General Secretariat of the Government (SGG). After this step, the project will be shared with the professionals who will make their observations known, and especially their proposals. This work will be crowned by the scheduling of the draft law on the agenda of one of the meetings of the Government Council, before transferring the draft law to one of the two chambers of Parliament for adoption. The draft law aims to commit transporters and shippers to revise the transport tariffs when the fuel prices change between the date of the agreement on the price of transport and the price of service provision, in the case where there is a transport agreement between the two parties which provides for this revision of transport prices with a view to pegging these price increases or decreases to fuel prices.

In addition, the priorities of the ministry’s action plan for the 2022-2026 period aim to acquire a global, sustainable transport system, and competitive logistics, in order to support economic growth and improve the living conditions of citizens. For the Minister, it is a matter of developing competitiveness of the freight transport sector so that it contributes to the economic and social development of the country. Similarly, it is a question of increasing the pace of construction of logistics zones and strengthening the governance of the administration, digitizing it, and making it more open to citizens.

M.A.M.