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In Morocco, Halal certification for the domestic market is run by the state's standards body, the Moroccan Institute for Standardization (IMANOR). Its audits are carried out jointly with an expert from the High Council of Ulema, against the Moroccan standards NM 08.0.800 for food and NM 08.0.802 for cosmetics, which are based on the OIC/SMIIC standards. Importers of animal products must also show a Halal slaughter certificate to the food safety authority, ONSSA.
Islamic banking, called participative banking in Morocco, was opened by the banking law of 2014 (Law 103-12). Bank Al-Maghrib approved the first five participative banks in January 2017, and a Sharia committee for participative finance was created within the High Council of Ulema. Casablanca is also home to the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT), the OIC's trade promotion centre. This guide lists the institutions behind each part, with their pages on Wasabih.
The national body that writes Morocco's Halal standards and certifies against them.
The OIC institution promoting trade and investment between Islamic countries, based in Casablanca.
IMANOR, the Moroccan Institute for Standardization, is the authority for Halal certification on the Moroccan market. Its audits are carried out with an expert from the High Council of Ulema, and it certifies food, cosmetics and tourism services.
They are the Moroccan Halal standards: NM 08.0.800 sets the Halal requirements for food and NM 08.0.802 those for cosmetics. Both are based on the OIC/SMIIC 1 standard.
Participative bank is the Moroccan name for an Islamic bank. Participative banks were introduced by Law 103-12 on credit institutions of 2014, and Bank Al-Maghrib approved the first ones in January 2017.
A Sharia committee for participative finance, created within the High Council of Ulema, rules on the Sharia compliance of participative products. Bank Al-Maghrib licenses and supervises the banks themselves.
The Islamic Centre for Development of Trade, the trade promotion centre of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), based in Casablanca. It works to increase trade and investment between OIC member states.
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