The Government Council adopts a draft decree relating to seismic construction regulations
Rabat – Rabat – The Government Council adopted on Thursday draft decree no. 2.24.766 modifying and supplementing decree no. 2.02.177 approving the seismic construction regulations (RPS 2000) applicable to buildings setting seismic rules and establishing the National Earthquake Engineering Committee.
Presented by the Minister of National Territorial Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, this project is part of the efforts undertaken at the national level to make faced with the fallout from the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8, 2023, particularly with regard to the reconstruction of disaster areas, indicated the Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesperson, Mustapha Baitas, during a press briefing after the Council.
This text, he noted, aims to carry out a revision of the speed values and the speed and acceleration zones at the level of certain municipalities, taking into account the scientific seismic data recorded in this regard.