Market and legal data for the vapour sector in Morocco

20th December 2024: Morocco: Following the approval of the budget law for the year 2025, starting 1st January 2025, disposable e-cigarettes will be subject to an internal consumption tax of MAD50 ($5) per unit.
22nd November 2024: Morocco: The parliament has approved the budget law for the year 2025, under which disposable e-cigarettes will be subject to an internal consumption tax of MAD50 ($5) per unit. The new rates will enter into force on 1st January 2025.
13th November 2024: Morocco: Yesterday (13th November), the Finance and Economic Development Committee of the parliament held a session to discuss the budget law for the year 2025. Opposition members suggested increasing the proposed MAD50 ($5) tax per unit on disposable e-cigarettes, with the Popular Movement Party and the Justice and Development Party both supporting increasing the proposed tax to MAD100 ($10), while the Party of Progress and Socialism suggested an increase to MAD90 ($9). In response to these proposals, Fouzi Lekjaa, interim minister of budget, argued that higher taxes may inadvertently stimulate smuggling, press reports. Ultimately, the committee voted to keep the government’s original proposal.
24th October 2024: Morocco: Member of parliament (MP) Idriss Al-Sentissi, head of the Popular Movement party, has submitted a written question to the Ministry of Health regarding the measures that the ministry intends to take to regulate the promotion and advertising of e-cigarettes. Al-Sentissi highlighted the absence of legal restrictions that allow the unregulated promotion of these products, particularly among young people. The Popular Movement party submitted a bill in 2022, which is still being contested, aimed at imposing stricter rules on public vaping, health warnings on packaging, and bans on e-cig advertising and their sale to under-age consumers.
22nd October 2024: Morocco: The budget law for the year 2025 has been presented to the parliament. Under the proposed bill, disposable e-cigarettes will be subject to an internal consumption tax of MAD50 ($5.05) per unit.
1st October 2024: Morocco: Authenticity and Modernity Party member of parliament (MP) Abdellatif Al Zaim has submitted a written question to the minister of industry and commerce about the measures the ministry will take to halt tobacco companies’ intensive promotion of alternative tobacco products. He highlighted that tobacco companies market these products as safe alternatives to traditional cigarettes but that research has not confirmed these products are less harmful than traditional cigarettes.
7th May 2024: Morocco: During a parliamentary question session, Hayat Oumenjouj (National Rally of Independents) asked the minister of health and social protection, Khalid Aït Taleb, about the measures the ministry would take to combat the use and widespread youth uptake of e-cigarettes. The minister answered that nicotine-containing and nicotine-free e-cigarettes are dangerous and can lead to a deterioration in youth health, but said that the ministry is working on programmes to combat the use of tobacco in general and does not have a specific programme for e-cigarettes.
23rd January 2024: Morocco: During a parliamentary session, Younes Achen (Authenticity and Modernity Party) asked Chakib Benmoussa (education and sports minister) about the necessary measures his government will take to limit the spread of e-cigarettes among youth, as well as the legal action that would be taken against those who promote e-cigarettes.
18th January 2024: Morocco: In a parliamentary question directed to the government, MP Mostafa Brahimi (from the Justice and Development Party) asked about the necessary measures it would take to limit the spread and promotion of e-cigarettes among youth, as well as the measures to combat, what he calls, "the alarming spread" of such products near and inside educational institutions.
7th December 2023: Morocco: Today, Parliament approved the Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2024, which increases import duties from 2.5% to 40% of the retail price of disposable e-cigarettes. The bill has now been referred to the government for approval.
24th October 2023: Morocco: The Ministry of Economy and Finance has presented the proposed Finance Bill for the fiscal year 2024 to the parliament. Under the proposed bill, disposable e-cigarettes will be subject to an increase in import duties from 2.5% to 40% of the retail sale price.
16th January 2023: Morocco: The Party of Progress and Socialism proposal to amend Law No. 15.91/1995 was referred to the Justice, Legislation and Human Rights Committee of the parliament for further discussion on Friday (13th January). The bill – which proposes the implementation of a ban on using tobacco in public areas and lays down restrictions on the marketing and advertising of all tobacco products – defines tobacco products as any product made entirely or partly from tobacco, including hookahs, heated tobacco, and electronic cigarettes.

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