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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Burkina Faso and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Alphanumeric: 8 digits + 1 letter; permanent and unique; required for banking, customs, and contracting. Issued via CEFORE at incorporation. Registration number: OHADA registration number; searchable via eFN RCCM portal (fichiernationalrccm.bf, launched 2023-12-28).

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Sector regulators

BCEAO · WAEMU Banking Commission · CIMA/CRCA · AMF-UMOA · CENTIF

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce via CEFORE/MEBF; eFN RCCM digital extract available since 2023-12-28.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarised constitutive act required for SARL and SA (AUSCGIE 2014); SAS bylaws also notarised in practice.
  • Tax Registration: Alphanumeric identifier (8 digits + 1 letter) issued by DGI; obtained concurrently with RCCM at CEFORE.
  • Operating Permit: Municipal trade licence; obtained from local mairie; separate health/safety permits for regulated activities.
  • Sector-Specific License: Banking: WAEMU Banking Commission agrément. Insurance: CIMA Code Art. 326 licence (Direction des Assurances). Capital markets: AMF-UMOA (formerly CREPMF).
  • Governance Records: Directors/gérants named in statuts; changes filed with RCCM.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution (PV d’AG) or notarised power of attorney for signatories.
  • Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: No standalone good-standing certificate is issued; a recently dated copy of the listed document evidences current standing. No separate CoGS document is issued under the OHADA RCCM framework; a recently-dated Extrait RCCM (≤90 days) from the Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce serves as the functional equivalent of a good-standing certificate — see business_registration slot

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Additional fields

Country-specific fields you’ll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

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Notes

  • Burkina Faso is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed HCCH status table, 31 décembre 2025); foreign public documents require full legalisation chain (Ministry of Foreign Affairs + embassy).
  • ECOWAS withdrawal (effective 29 janvier 2025) does not affect OHADA membership or AUSCGIE applicability; WAEMU/UEMOA monetary and AML frameworks (BCEAO, AMF-UMOA) also remain in effect.
  • AES common-currency discussions (replacing CFA franc) are ongoing as of 2026-05-06 but no currency transition has taken effect; FCFA remains legal tender. Monitor for impact on financial regulatory alignment.