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Minimum social capital: To be defined by the members

Preliminary steps to creation

  • Hold a constitutive general assembly;
  • Set up the management committee and the supervisory committee;
  • Drafting of the statutes (referring to the OHADA document, uniform Acts relating to the rights of Cooperative Societies);
  • Hold another constitutive general assembly to verify the statutes;
  • Submission of files at the service of cooperatives;
  • Creation of a bank account ;
  • Submission of 5 copies of the file to the departmental section Coop/GIC.

The documents to be provided

  • Stamped request at the current rate;
  • Declaration of registration;
  • Minutes of the constitutive general meeting;
  • Statute and internal regulations;
  • List of members, members of the management committee (CG) and the supervisory committee (CS);
  • Declaration of honor (Art.10 OHADA) of the CG and CS;
  • Status of subscription and payment of the initial share capital;
  • Certificate of bank domiciliation or account statement;
  • The account statement certifying the deposit of 1/4 of the initial share capital;
  • Location plan of the head office;
  • Photocopies of the National IDs of all members;
  • A copy of the OHADA Uniform Act on cooperative societies.

Documents to receive

  • Receipt and declaration of deposit;
  • Certificate of registration (maximum 30 days later).

Created cooperative society

After creation of the society

Present yourself at:

  • The Commercial Register for commercial cooperatives;
  • The Tax Delegation for tax formalities if the activity is regulated by law (including commercial);
  • Launching of activities.