PPP and investment law

Morocco: PPP and investment law

The laws that govern PPP and concessions, investment guarantees, dispute settlement and legal terms, with links to the official texts.

Checked on October 25, 2026Information, not legal advice

In brief

Morocco regulates PPPs through Law No. 86-12 of 2014 on public-private partnership contracts, amended by Law No. 46-18 of 2020. A public body entrusts a private partner with a global mission: design, financing, construction or rehabilitation, maintenance and/or operation. The 2020 law extends the scope to the State, territorial collectivities, public establishments and State-owned enterprises, and creates the National PPP Commission, chaired by the Head of Government. Morocco is an ICSID Contracting State and a party to the New York Convention. The official sites could not be reached during our check, so we read the texts on archived copies from the SGG; later amendments to Law No. 46-18 have not been checked.

PPP and concession law

In force

Loi n° 86-12 relative aux contrats de partenariat public-privé

Number / reference: Loi n° 86-12
Adopted: December 24, 2014
Published: February 5, 2015
Official publication: Dahir n° 1-14-192 du 1er rabii I 1436 (24 décembre 2014); Bulletin officiel n° 6332 du 05/02/2015 (édition française), p. 682
Latest amendment: Loi n° 46-18

The framework PPP law. Under Article 1, a public body entrusts a private partner with a global mission: design, financing, construction or rehabilitation, maintenance and/or operation. It was amended by Law No. 46-18. The link leads to an archived copy (Web Archive) of the Bulletin officiel on the SGG site.

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In force

Loi n° 46-18 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 86-12 relative aux contrats de partenariat public-privé

Number / reference: Loi n° 46-18
Adopted: March 6, 2020
Published: March 19, 2020
Official publication: Dahir n° 1-20-04 du 11 rejeb 1441 (6 mars 2020); Bulletin officiel n° 6866 du 19/03/2020 (édition arabe); Bulletin officiel n° 6870 du 02/04/2020 (édition française), p. 492

Extends the scope to the State, territorial collectivities and their groupings, public establishments and State-owned enterprises. The private partner is a legal entity under private law. Article 9 covers the unsolicited offer (offre spontanée: the idea holder, with a flat-rate premium). The law creates the National PPP Commission, chaired by the Head of Government, and a standing committee for territorial collectivities. Its Article 4 brings it into force on publication of its implementing regulations, which we have not checked. The link leads to an archived copy (Web Archive) from the SGG site.

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Investment protection

We have not yet checked a separate foreign investment or investment screening law for this jurisdiction against an official source, so we do not summarise one here.

Constitutional protection of property

The constitutional property provision has not yet been checked against the official text, so we do not summarise it here.

Dispute settlement

ICSID Convention

Contracting State

Signed: October 11, 1965
Ratified: May 11, 1967
In force: June 10, 1967

New York Convention (1958)

Party

Legal terms

How the law names each party, in the original language. Useful when reading tender documents and contracts.

Public side

personne publique

Private side

partenaire privé

Who proposes a project

porteur d'idée (offre spontanée)