Includes steps involved in establishing a local office.
Last Published: 7/15/2019

Morocco’s sixteen Regional Investment Centers (CRI) are the government’s “one stop shops” for the entire registration process.  The CRIs are required to provide a registration certificate within one week of receiving a completed application, which includes a passport or other form of ID (or a copy of an ID document if the applicant is not personally present) and payment of the registration fee.  If the approved certificate is not retrieved within one month, it automatically becomes void and one must begin the process again.  All businesses are subject to inspection by the CRI.

The link to the “World Bank “Doing Business in Morocco” guide” to opening a business is below  http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/morocco/

Consult these websites for additional information on the CRI:


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