Government forced cars concessionaires to create spare parts' factories
Government set the conditions and ways of marketing new cars that are imported, tourist and utilitarian, in a decree that was signed by Industry and Mines Minister, Abdessalam Bouchouareb.
Executive decree that was published in the latest number of the Official Gazette, ordered the car concessionaires to create an investment within the industrial or semi-industrial activity, that includes making particular groups or sub-groups of pieces that are geared to the cars’ industry.
Executive Decree said that that investments should be completed in a period of less than three years from the first of January 2014 for the active concessionaires, but for investment of other concessionaires, it must be completed is a period of no later than three years, as well as from the date of granting the final accreditation, as investment could be accomplished by the concessionaire itself or in partnership with local or foreign brands that are active in the sectors linked to cars, according to the criteria that is specified in the book of conditions.
Government threatened, in an other article of the decree, to withdraw accreditation in case of violating the previous article, i.e do not establish an investment for manufacturing spare parts.
“Concessionaires who have not yet completed the investment in accordance with Article 52 of the Finance Act 2014, threatened to withdraw accreditation from the Industry Ministry services.”
Concessionaires are forced to import cars brands that are mentioned in the book of terms, but the Industry Ministry should be notified to do so, by the concerned departments of the Ministries of Finance and Commerce, through identifying a list of brands that are sold by concessionaires.