CORSIA MRV Readiness
Kingdom of Morocco
Generated 2026-10-26 · All findings primary-sourced; gaps are stated, never inferred.
Stat block — CORSIA Central Registry
Chapter-3 participationNot a Chapter-3 participant
CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
2019 baselinePilot-phase 4,503,002 t · 85%-of-2019 3,827,548 t
CCR Part II, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
2024 emissionsSubject 0 t · Not subject 5,159,271 t · Total 5,159,271 t
CCR Part III, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
Verification bodynone as of this edition
CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
CEF claims (2024)0
CCR Part IV, 1st Edition (2025-10-01) — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer
Attributed operators(CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition, 2025-12-19)
| Operator | Method | Identifier | 2024 emissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Air Maroc | Air Operator Certificate | CN-XC01/96 | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
| Air Arabia Maroc | ICAO Designator | MAC | confidential (ICAO suppression) |
- Morocco has the most confidential exclusions of the 13 states in either edition (36 of 189 pairs suppressed both years) — any Morocco aggregate figure here is more incomplete-by-construction than for other states.
- Morocco is not a CORSIA Chapter-3 participant (0 t subject to offsetting in 2024) despite flying SAF demonstration flights.
- Both of Morocco's attributed carriers (Royal Air Maroc, Air Arabia Maroc) have fully confidential Table 2 figures.
Annex 16 Vol IV — SARP-cited readiness checklist
| Requirement | SARP | Status | Evidence & source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter-3 State-Pair participation decision notified to ICAO | 3.1.3 | not participating | Kingdom of Morocco is not on the CORSIA Chapter-3 participation list — a sourced negative under ICAO "CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs", 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27); this is a policy decision, not a compliance failure. | — |
| Aeroplane-operator attribution submitted | 1.2.2, 1.2.7 | met | 2 operator(s) attributed to Kingdom of Morocco under CORSIA 10th Edition (2025-12-19): Royal Air Maroc, Air Arabia Maroc. | — |
| Verification body accredited in-State | 1.3.7, 4.4.2.2 (ISO/IEC 17011:2017) | gap | No ICAO-accredited national CORSIA verification body as of CCR Part I, 13th Edition (2025-12-19); operators must use a verification body accredited elsewhere. | See what the credit-stage record looks like → |
| State annual Emissions Report submitted to ICAO | 2.3.2.2 | met | Kingdom of Morocco is marked "Reported" in both the 2019 (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition) and 2024 (CCR Part III, 4th Edition) reporting-status appendices. | — |
| 2019 baseline on record | 1.4.3 | met | 2019 baseline on record for Kingdom of Morocco: pilot-phase 4,503,002 t, 85%-of-2019 baseline 3,827,548 t (CCR Part II, 2nd Edition, 2022-10-28). | — |
| CORSIA Eligible Fuel (CEF) claims recorded in the CCR | 2.3.3.3 | gap | Zero CEF claims recorded for Kingdom of Morocco (CCR Part IV, 1st Edition, 2024 reporting year — one claim worldwide, a Singapore producer). | Prepare transfer evidence for independent review → |
| Emissions Monitoring Plan (EMP) receipt & approval process | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.3, 2.2.2.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Order-of-magnitude checks on Emissions & Cancellation Reports | 2.4.1.6, 4.4.1.6 (guidance: ETM Table 3-11, ~3h/operator) | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Offsetting-requirement calculation & operator notice | 3.2.1-3.2.6, 3.4.1-3.4.5 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Data-gap estimation backstop (CERT) | 2.5.2.1 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Error correction to reported emissions | 2.6.1-2.6.2 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Emissions-unit cancellation oversight | 4.3.2, 4.4.1.6 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
| Administrative-partnership option (delegation alternative) | 1.3.2-1.3.3 | no public record | No public ICAO record confirms or denies this process exists in-State — verify with the designated authority. | — |
Value-chain gaps & solutions
Grounding: thin
Morocco is the roster's standout e-SAF / Power-to-Liquid candidate: its lead pathway is green-hydrogen synthetic kerosene, not biomass HEFA. The moat is world-class solar+wind, the ~$32.8bn 'Morocco Offer' green-H2 programme, and ~14 km EU proximity into the binding ReFuelEU e-SAF mandate — a regulation-backed export market. Aviation intent is demonstrated: Royal Air Maroc flew Africa's first intra-African SAF flight (Casablanca–Dakar, Dec 2023, 40% blend, supplied by Afriquia SMDC) and the first Morocco–Europe SAF flight (Marrakech–Paris Orly, Feb 2025, 40% blend, supplied by Vivo Energy Maroc); RAM targets 10% SAF by 2030. Hard gaps: zero SAF production, no national SAF target, no operating refinery — SAMIR (shut since 2015) is now definitively dead as a revival prospect, with both a US$3.5bn UAE acquisition bid (Feb 2026) and a state-renationalization proposal (Jun 2026) rejected — plus thin/fragmented biomass in a water-stressed climate. The H2 megaprojects currently make ammonia/methanol/steel — SAF is not yet a confirmed product line. Export-pull; confirmed NOT a CORSIA volunteer (per ICAO's primary state-pairs document) despite the two real SAF demo flights.
| Stage | Status | Missing roles |
|---|---|---|
| feedstock | partialpartial | No agriculture-lead ministry named (Generation Green referenced), UCO collection scheme now named (Kilimanjaro Environment) but its export volumes are uncorroborated by EU-side data — treat as a partial, not closed, gap, No MSW / agro-residue aggregator quantified at national scale, No oilseed or sugar feedstock supplier dedicated to fuel |
| conversion | open gapabsent | No confirmed SAF/e-kerosene producer or plant, No Fischer-Tropsch / PtL technology provider named, SAF/e-kerosene not yet a confirmed output of the H2 megaprojects (outputs: ammonia/methanol/fuel/steel), No HEFA producer (no greenfield bio-refinery), No commercial acquirer or revival path for SAMIR (both the 2026 acquisition bid and renationalization proposal were rejected) |
| blending | open gapabsent | No petroleum/fuel-standards regulator named for SAF blending, No operating refinery for blending/co-processing (SAMIR shut, now definitively dead), No domestic SAF blending infrastructure confirmed — both into-plane JVs (MAFS north, TotalEnergies/Vivo Energy south) are conventional Jet A-1 only, No fuel-quality/SAF certification body identified |
| uplift flight | partialpartial | No aviation regulator confirmed against a primary source (Morocco DGAC is named only by a secondary/ICLG source), No into-plane/ground-handling actor beyond Afriquia SMDC/Vivo Energy for the two demo flights specifically, No confirmed SAF feedstock/production origin for either demo flight's fuel |
| credit | partialpartial | No accreditation/certification body (RSB/ISCC) active, No domestic ETS / carbon market; no book-and-claim scheme, Not an ICAO ACT-SAF feasibility-study recipient (unlike Uganda/Nigeria/Kenya/Ghana/Egypt) — only on EASA's broader 15-country Partner-State list |
Carbon-intensity lookupwe produce it
The ICAO default lifecycle CI for a feedstock/pathway — or an honest 'no default, escalate'.
Feedstock recognition checkwe produce it
Whether a feedstock is ICAO-recognized, its waste/residue basis, and the standing conditions.
Sustainability criteria referencewe produce it
The CORSIA sustainability themes relevant to a question.
Find / aggregate a producerwe draft it
Candidate suppliers/aggregators and the missing links to reach refinery-gate volume.
Approval & Permitting Navigatorwe produce it
A SAF project approval-pathway map (site control → airport acceptance) + RACI + indicative docs.
Feedstock Mobilization Plannerwe draft it
A collection→refinery-gate mobilization plan + residue/food-security/traceability safeguards.
Price-Gap Calculatorwe draft it
The SAF cost-gap framework (four levers) + raw-gap arithmetic on user-supplied sourced figures.
Match a financierwe draft it
A shortlist of relevant funders/instruments for a project at this stage.
Capital-Stack Matchmakerwe draft it
A layered financing stack by value-chain segment (instrument menu + stack template).
Generate a chain-of-custody templatewe produce it
A CoC document scaffold aligned to ASTM D7566 + CORSIA traceability requirements.
Fuel-Spec & Airport-Acceptance workflowwe draft it
The D7566→D1655 transition + airport-acceptance checklist (docs, EI/JIG QC, storage, uplift).
CORSIA eligibility checkwe produce it
Pass / marginal / fail verdict against the ICAO ≥10% reduction criterion.
Draft a sustainability declarationwe draft it
A pre-filled, CADO-ready declaration draft handed to the existing form for finalization.
Sources
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part I: List of Verification Bodies Accredited in States, 13th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part II: Total CO2 Emissions for 2019 Aggregated for all Aeroplane Operators on each State Pair, 2nd Edition (2022-10-28)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part III: Total Annual CO2 Emissions and Information for Aeroplane Operators, 4th Edition (2025-10-31)
- CORSIA Central Registry (CCR): Information and Data for Transparency — Part IV: Information on CORSIA Eligible Fuels (CEF) Claimed, 1st Edition (2025-10-01)
- CORSIA Aeroplane Operator to State Attributions, 10th Edition (2025-12-19)
- CORSIA States for Chapter 3 State Pairs, 5th Edition/Rev.1 (2024-09-27)
- https://africanpilot.africa/vivo-energy-maroc-and-royal-air-maroc-launch-first-morocco-europe-flight-powered-by-sustainable-fuel/
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- https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/02/281010/moroccan-court-rejects-3-5-billion-uae-offer-to-acquire-samir-refinery/
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- https://www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org/case-study/office-national-des-aeroports-onda-casablanca-mohammed-v-marrakech-menara-international-airports/
- https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/domains/environment/eaer/international-cooperation/main-areas-collaboration/saf-development
- https://www.onhym.com/en/about
- https://www.aveo.ma/
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- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101036900
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Kingdom of Morocco · advisory readiness summary built from public, dated ICAO sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification. Advisory readiness summary built from public, dated sources. Not a regulatory determination or certification.