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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Central African Republic and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Obtained via GUFE at registration; unique tax ID for all filings. Registration number: OHADA commercial registry number assigned at registration with GUFE-RCA.

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Sector regulators

COBAC · COSUMAF · CIMA · ANIF-RCA · BEAC

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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. Not applicable in Central African Republic: Sector-Specific License. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by GUFE-RCA; confirms legal existence, RCCM number, registered address.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarized constitutive document; must include marital regime of founders (OHADA requirement).
  • Tax Registration: Issued by DGID; obtained via GUFE at registration.
  • Operating Permit: Municipal/national trading licence; issued annually.
  • Ownership Records: Ownership evidence varies by legal structure: Statuts for all forms; Registre des Associés for SARL; Registre des Actions for SA/SAS.
  • Governance Records: RCCM extract names gérant/directeur; PV de nomination evidences board appointments.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution or notarized POA evidencing signing authority.
  • 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. A freshly dated Extrait RCCM from GUFE-RCA (Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce) reflects current registry status and serves as the good-standing equivalent. Accept an Extrait RCCM dated within 90 days.

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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

  • CAR is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (verified: HCCH status table, 129 parties as of 2025-12-31; CAR absent); foreign documents require full embassy legalisation chain.
  • GUFE legal registration window is 7 days; the 48-hour aspirational target has not been operationally verified. Build in delays, especially outside Bangui.
  • ANIF-RCA is the national FIU; all suspicious transaction reports must be filed with ANIF-RCA, not COBAC directly.