Morocco E-Scooter Laws: Regulatory Vacuum, Decree Pending (2026)

This article is general information about e-scooter laws in Morocco and is not legal advice. The relevant decree is pending Bulletin Officiel publication, so check for a current status update before relying on any pending-rule detail described here. Information last verified on 23 July 2026.

Are e-scooters legal in Morocco?

Right now, there is no dedicated legal framework specifically governing e-scooters in Morocco. That is a real gap, not a light-touch rule: no source found for this page describes an existing e-scooter-specific statute or decree currently in force.

A decree meant to close that gap, n° 2.25.145, was adopted by the Council of Government on 9 July 2026, presented by Minister of Transport and Logistics Abdessamad Kayouh. It would modify and supplement an existing decree implementing Morocco's Road Code (Law n° 52.05) to add specific e-scooter provisions. But adoption by the Council of Government is not the same thing as the decree being in force.

The decree's own text states it will take effect once published in the Official Bulletin (Bulletin Officiel), and as of this page's research date, that publication had not occurred. Several Moroccan outlets used headlines describing e-scooters as already "regulated," which gets ahead of the actual legal position; treat Morocco as unregulated for e-scooters specifically until the Bulletin Officiel publication is confirmed.

What counts as an e-scooter here (under the pending decree)

Because no e-scooter-specific definition is currently in force, this section describes what the pending decree would define once published, not a rule you can rely on today. The decree defines the covered device (engin de deplacement personnel motorise, or EDPM) as motorized, non-thermal, single-person, without a seat, with a speed above 6 km/h and up to 25 km/h.

That definition would separate an e-scooter from a moped or motorcycle mainly by the absence of a seat and the speed band, rather than by motor power alone.

Where you can ride

This page found no confirmed, currently-in-force rule specifying where e-scooters may or may not be ridden in Morocco. The pending decree is reported to limit riding to authorized roads once it takes effect, but the details of what counts as an authorized road were not found in the sources available to this page.

In the absence of a specific rule, riders should not assume any location is affirmatively authorized; an unregulated activity is not automatically a permitted one on every road.

Rider rules

Nothing is currently in force to describe here with confidence, because the sourced rider rules all come from the pending, not-yet-published decree.

• Helmet (pending, not yet in force): the decree is reported to make a protective helmet mandatory for e-scooter riders and for electric-assist bicycle riders.
• Headphones (pending, not yet in force): the decree is reported to prohibit wearing headphones, earbuds, or similar audio devices while riding, on the reasoning that they prevent hearing environmental warnings.
• Minimum age: this page found no reported minimum riding age, either in the current vacuum or in coverage of the pending decree.
• Children: one source describes a related, separate rule that children under eight would no longer be authorized to ride bicycles or scooters on public roads; this page could not confirm whether that applies specifically to e-scooters as opposed to conventional bicycles, so treat it as reported rather than confirmed for this vehicle category.

Penalties (pending, not yet in force)

Reported penalties under the pending decree include fines of up to 6,000 dirhams, with permanent confiscation specifically for devices that have been modified or derestricted to exceed 50 to 60 km/h, well above the decree's own 25 km/h definitional cap.

Because the decree has not been published in the Bulletin Officiel as of this page's research date, none of these penalties are currently enforceable. This page found no separate, currently-in-force penalty scheme for e-scooter conduct predating the decree.

Enforcement in practice

There is effectively nothing to enforce yet. With no e-scooter-specific rule currently in force, this page found no reported enforcement campaign targeting e-scooter riders as such in Morocco, unlike the confirmed governor-decree enforcement found in neighboring Egypt's largest cities.

Morocco's road-safety agency, NARSA, is reported to be planning a public-awareness campaign to run before strict enforcement of the new decree begins, once it takes effect. That is a deliberate design choice, a grace period built in before the new rules bite, rather than a sign the decree is already being enforced. Enforcement patterns do not change the legal status of a rule; the current absence of enforcement reflects the current absence of an e-scooter-specific rule to enforce, not a policy of tolerance toward a rule that already exists.

Legal history and what may change

This is the most important thing to understand about Morocco's e-scooter position: the country has been operating in a genuine legal vacuum, and the decree meant to close it is very recent and not yet in force. It was adopted by the Council of Government on 9 July 2026, roughly two weeks before this page's research date, and its own text confirms that publication in the Bulletin Officiel, which would trigger entry into force, had not yet happened.

Readers should treat every rule described above under "pending" sections as a preview of what is coming, not as current law. Once the Bulletin Officiel publication occurs, the helmet mandate, headphone ban, speed cap, and penalty schedule described above would become the actual legal position, and this page should be checked against the current Bulletin Officiel or updated Moroccan coverage before relying on it for anything beyond general awareness.

For how other countries handle e-scooters, see our global e-scooter law guide.