> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://v2.docs.conduit.financial/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Gabon > How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Gabon (GAB) when onboarding through the Conduit API. ## 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 | *Tax ID:* 13-digit unique number issued as Attestation d'immatriculation. Must register within 2 months of starting activity. *Registration number:* Assigned at commercial registration. Appears on Extrait RCCM. ## 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 | | Good Standing | Extrait RCCM | ## 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, Good Standing | | **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. * **Good Standing:** No standalone good-standing certificate is issued; a recently dated copy of the listed document evidences current standing. No separate certificate of good standing issued in Gabon; a freshly-obtained Extrait RCCM from the Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce / ANPI-GNI serves as the current-status document in this OHADA-member jurisdiction. ## 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. | 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.