Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Morocco

No Moroccan lift-specific law, decree, arrêté or mandatory NM lift or escalator standard could be confirmed (French and Arabic searches, Oct 2026). The only binding text found that names lifts is the accessibility decree no. 2-11-246 (BO no. 5988, 20 October 2011) implementing law no. 10-03 on accessibility: its article 8 requires public buildings and buildings used by the public (administrations, hospitals, schools, universities, training centres) to be equipped, at all circulation spaces, with lifts complying with the standards in force ('ascenseurs obéissant aux normes en vigueur'), with technical conditions to be set by a joint Interior/Housing arrêté. La Vie Éco (24 May 2012) reported a national park of about 25,000 lifts served by about a dozen operators (subsidiaries of four global brands incl. Otis Maroc and Schindler, plus six distributors), that regulations in force require a lift from four storeys (operators wanted three), and that there was no legal obligation to maintain lifts. CORRECTION kept: the aujourdhui.ma article previously cited for a Moroccan periodic-inspection rule (25 Aug 2005) describes the FRENCH law no. 2003-590, not a Moroccan rule. Public tender documents (e.g. CNOM 2023) refer to EN 81, French NF P 82 standards and a Moroccan NMCL 005, and 'normes en vigueur'. IMANOR is the national standards body; no NM EN 81 / NM EN 115 / NM ISO 8100 adoption was found.

Who regulates lifts

Not identified (no lift regulator found); the accessibility decree 2-11-246 is implemented through building rules of the ministries of the Interior and of Housing/Urban Planning

Periodic inspection

None found; La Vie Éco (2012) reported no legal maintenance obligation. (The earlier 'third-party inspection for lifts over four years' claim was France's 2003 law, quoted in a Moroccan article.)

Installer and maintenance licensing

Not found

Laws, codes and standards

Loi n° 10-03 relative aux accessibilités (dahir n° 1-03-58 du 12 mai 2003) — Law no. 10-03 on accessibility
Mandatory · Parliament of Morocco
Décret n° 2-11-246 du 2 kaada 1432 (BO n° 5988, 20 octobre 2011), art. 8 — Decree implementing law no. 10-03 on accessibility
Mandatory · Loi n° 10-03 relative aux accessibilités (dahir n° 1-03-58, 12 May 2003) · Government of Morocco (Conseil du gouvernement, 25 Aug 2011)

Lift associations and bodies

Moroccan Standards Institute (IMANOR)

Last verified 2026-10-19. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.