Overview
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | GA / GAB |
| Registry | Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce / ANPI-GNI |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |
Identifiers
Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Gabon and submit them as strings on the application body.| API field | Local name | Issuer |
|---|---|---|
businessInfo.taxId | NIF (Numéro d’Identification Fiscale) | DGI (Direction Générale des Impôts) |
businessInfo.businessEntityId | Numéro RCCM | Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce / ANPI-GNI |
Sector regulators
COBAC · BEAC · COSUMAF · CIMA · ANIF
Legal structures
| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Société Anonyme | SA | Joint-stock company with freely transferable shares; minimum capital 10,000,000 XAF (private) or 100,000,000 XAF (public); board or sole administrator; statutory auditor required. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. |
| Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified share-capital company with flexible bylaws-driven governance; led by a Président; shares not freely tradable on public market but the legal form is share-based. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. |
| Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Quota-based limited-liability company for closely-held businesses; minimum capital 100,000 XAF; managed by one or more gérants; quotas not freely transferable. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Société Unipersonnelle à Responsabilité Limitée | SUARL | Single-member limited-liability company; structurally identical to SARL but owned entirely by one natural or legal person. Equivalent to a US single-member LLC. |
| Entreprise Individuelle | EI | Sole-trader form in which the entrepreneur and the business are legally one; no separate legal personality; all business assets and personal assets are merged. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership in which all partners trade under a common name and bear unlimited joint and several liability for company debts. Equivalent to a US General Partnership. |
| Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership combining unlimited-liability general partners (commandités) with capital-contributing silent partners (commanditaires) whose liability is capped at their contribution. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. |
| Groupement d’Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic-interest grouping of two or more existing entities formed to facilitate or develop members’ economic activities; acquires legal personality upon RCCM registration; members bear unlimited joint liability. Closest US equivalent: a contractual joint venture or Statutory Trust. |
| Société Coopérative | SCOOP | Cooperative society governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on Cooperative Societies (AUSCOOP); variable capital; democratic member control; may take the simplified form or the board-governed form. Equivalent to a US Cooperative. |
| Société Civile | SC | Non-commercial civil-law company used for liberal professions, real-estate holding, and family patrimony management; governed by the Civil Code rather than OHADA commercial law; partners have unlimited personal liability. Closest US equivalent: General Partnership (civil/non-commercial variant). |
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.| Evidence area | Documents needed |
|---|---|
| Legal Registration | Extrait RCCM |
| Constitutive Documents | Statuts constitutifs |
| Tax Registration | Attestation d’immatriculation fiscale |
| Operating Permit | Any one of: Licence administrative · Autorisation sectorielle |
| Ownership Records | Any one of: Liste des associés · Registre des actionnaires |
| Governance Records | Any one of: Liste des gérants · Liste des administrateurs |
| Signing Authority | Any one of: Résolution du Conseil d’Administration · Procuration notariée |
| Address | Any one of: Contrat de bail · Facture de services · Relevé bancaire |
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.| Document | Proves |
|---|---|
| Extrait RCCM | Legal Registration |
| Statuts constitutifs (OHADA AUSCGIE) | Constitutive Documents |
| Attestation d’immatriculation fiscale (NIF) | Tax Registration |
| Licence administrative (Min. Intérieur) | Operating Permit |
| Autorisation sectorielle | Operating Permit |
| Liste des associés | Ownership Records |
| Registre des actionnaires | Ownership Records |
| Liste des gérants (SARL) | Governance Records |
| Liste des administrateurs (SA) | Governance Records |
| Résolution du Conseil d’Administration | Signing Authority |
| Procuration notariée | Signing Authority |
| Contrat de bail | Address |
| Facture de services (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours) | Address |
| Sector-Specific License | Agrément COBAC, COSUMAF, CIMA |
Collection notes
- Legal Registration: Issued by Greffe/ANPI-GNI. Confirms RCCM number, registered office, managers.
- Constitutive Documents: Private deed or notarial act. Contains name, capital, governance, shareholders at formation.
- Tax Registration: Issued by DGI. 13-digit NIF per CGI Art. 45.
- Operating Permit: Licence administrative required for certain establishments (hotels, bars, etc.); sectoral authorisation from relevant ministry for regulated activities.
- Sector-Specific License: COBAC for banking and EMF; COSUMAF for securities intermediaries; CIMA for insurance. Sector-specific.
- Ownership Records: Shareholding register embedded in statuts for SARL; SA maintains a separate share register (registre des actionnaires). Partners listed by name and share count at formation.
- Governance Records: Managers/directors listed in RCCM filing. For SA: board composition in statuts and PV d’AG.
- Signing Authority: Board resolution for account opening; notarised POA for third-party 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.
Person roles
When you submit a person on the application body, set theirrole to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.
| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gérant (SARL) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Operational manager of SARL; appointed in statuts or by AGO; binds company. |
| Président (SAS) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Leads SAS with broadest powers; acts on behalf of company. |
| Directeur Général (SA) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Executive with day-to-day authority in SA. |
| Administrateur (SA) | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Member of Conseil d’Administration; governance role. |
| Président du Conseil d’Administration | CONTROLLING_PERSON | Chairs the board; governance, not operational. |
| Mandataire / Procureur | LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE | POA holder authorised to legally bind the company. |
Notes
- No Hague Apostille. Gabon is not a party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention (HCCH status table, 2026-05-06; 129 contracting parties listed, Gabon absent). Foreign documents require full legalisation: notarisation → competent authority → Gabonese embassy/consulate.
- GNI one-stop shop: ANPI Gabon’s GNI portal (gni-anpigabon.com) processes RCCM registration, NIF attribution, and bank-account opening concurrently within 48 hours; physical notarisation no longer required for most entity types.