This meeting, held in the presence of the First President of the Court of Cassation, Deputy President of the High Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ), Mohamed Abdennabaoui, and the President of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Ioannis Lianos, aims to present a legal and jurisdictional database concerning competition law.
This work is part of a twinning agreement that the Competition Council, under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance, signed with the European Union and in which three countries are participating, namely Greece, Poland and Italy, indicated the President of the Competition Council, Ahmed Rahhou, in a statement to the press on the sidelines of this meeting.
For Mr. Rahhou, this framework of work and cooperation aims to strengthen the legal aspect of the work of the council and to constitute a database of all European case law in the field of competition law, to the extent that hundreds of judgments will be made available to the council and the judicial authority in order to support Moroccan decisions in this area on a very rich database, knowing that Moroccan law is quite close to what applies at the level of European countries.
The aim, he continued, is to promote a good reading of the right to competition, a reading which is likely to consolidate the visibility of the rule of law in Morocco, to protect investors and consumers and to make the Moroccan economy more attractive for investments.
Mr Lianos, also a member of the OECD Competition Committee, said in a similar statement that the aim of the meeting is to present part of the project developed in collaboration with the Competition Council within the framework of the European twinning, in order to set up a platform with a database encompassing European competition judgments.
For the President of the Hellenic Competition Commission, the aim of this initiative is to generate a wealth of information for Moroccan judges in charge of applying competition law in order to draw inspiration from and benefit from European case law in the field of competition law, while taking into account Moroccan specificities.
This is likely to strengthen legal security for investors, thanks to a predictable legal system, with legal rules in line with European legislation, which will have a positive impact on investment in Morocco, he noted.
The Secretary General of the High Council of the Judiciary, El Mustapha Lebzar, echoed the same sentiment, welcoming the holding of this meeting to present the main points of this database of European case law, which is part of the cooperation between the two institutions.
He stressed that this platform will allow Moroccan judges to learn about and draw inspiration from European case law in terms of competition law.
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