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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Mauritania and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 8-digit numeric; also serves as VAT number. Obtained at Guichet Unique within 48 hours of registration. Registration number: Assigned upon registration; appears on Extrait RCCM.

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Sector regulators

BCM · CANIF · DGI

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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 via APIM Guichet Unique.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarized founding charter; required for SARL, SA, SAS before RCCM filing.
  • Tax Registration: 8-digit NIF issued by DGI; obtained concurrently with RCCM registration at Guichet Unique.
  • Operating Permit: Annual fixed municipal contribution on prior-year turnover; required for formal business operation.
  • Sector-Specific License: BCM issues licenses for banks, microfinance, insurance, and payment services.
  • Governance Records: RCCM extract lists gérant(s) and administrateurs; Statuts define governance structure.
  • Signing Authority: AG resolution for routine authority; notarized POA for third-party signatories.
  • Address: Lease (no time bound), or utility bill or bank statement dated within 90 days. 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. Under the OHADA framework Mauritania applies, the registry does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing; a freshly dated Extrait RCCM (collected under business_registration) issued by the greffe via the APIM guichet unique reflects current active registration and serves the same compliance function.

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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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Notes

  • Mauritania is NOT an OHADA member — do not apply OHADA Uniform Acts. All entity types and filings are governed by domestic Loi n° 2000-05 as amended by Loi n° 2015-032 and Loi 2021-005.
  • Mauritania is NOT a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed absent from HCCH status table as of 31 Dec 2025). Foreign documents require full consular legalisation chain.
  • RCCM has no publicly accessible online company search portal; registry data is held by APIM and the Directorate of Industry. Extracts must be requested in person or via the Guichet Unique.
  • Banking regulatory framework in transition: Loi n° 036 bis/2018 (credit institutions) was amended by a new Credit Institutions Law passed by parliament in January 2025 (introducing resolution mechanisms: rectification, settlement, liquidation).