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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Lebanon and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Format: numeric TIN; VAT-registered entities append suffix (e.g., -601). TIN also serves as VAT number for registered entities. Standard VAT rate 11%; registration threshold raised to LL 5 billion (Budget Law 2024). Registration number: Assigned by the court of first instance upon registration; searchable at http://cr.justice.gov.lb (Arabic-only interface).

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Sector regulators

BDL · BCC/BCCL · CMA · ICC

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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 Lebanon: Governance Records. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by the court-based Commercial Register; Arabic-language portal at http://cr.justice.gov.lb; request certified extract in person or via Liban Post in some jurisdictions.
  • Constitutive Documents: Single notarized document filed with the Commercial Register; for SAL, also includes incorporation minutes and bank deposit certificate.
  • Tax Registration: Issued by MoF; reflects NIF/TIN; VAT registration certificate is separate if applicable.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by municipality (Beirut or provincial); sector-neutral; required for physical establishment.
  • Sector-Specific License: Required only for regulated-sector entities.
  • Signing Authority: For SARL, gérant authority derives from articles or assembly resolution; for SAL, board resolution or notarized POA required for non-board signatories. Notarization by Lebanese notary; no apostille available (see callouts).
  • 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: Lebanon follows the French civil-law subsumed-by-extract pattern; the court-based Commercial Register issues dated extracts that attest current registered status. No separate certificate of good standing product exists.

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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

  • Banking sector operational constraints: Since 2019, Lebanese commercial banks operate under informal capital controls; bank-issued statements and certificates may be unobtainable or unreliable. Use non-bank proof-of-address alternatives and verify banking relationships with extreme caution.
  • No Hague Apostille: Lebanon is not a party to the Apostille Convention; document legalization requires the full embassy/MoFAF chain. Foreign-issued documents must be legalized via the originating country’s MFA and then the Lebanese embassy.
  • Commercial Register portal is Arabic-only: http://cr.justice.gov.lb is accessible but requires Arabic queries; certified extracts must be requested in person at the relevant court’s Commercial Register office. Operational delays are common given institutional strain.