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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Togo and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Unique taxpayer ID issued automatically at CFE registration; also obtainable online at nif.otr.tg. Registration number: OHADA commercial registry number; assigned upon CFE registration.

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Sector regulators

BCEAO · CIMA · AMF-UMOA · CENTIF

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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 by Greffe du Tribunal de Lomé via CFE/RCCM portal.
  • Constitutive Documents: Notarised for SA; private deed for SARL/SAS. Marital status of founders required (OHADA).
  • Tax Registration: Issued by OTR; automatically assigned at CFE registration.
  • Operating Permit: Annual professional tax; 24-month exemption for new businesses.
  • Sector-Specific License: BCEAO (banking), CIMA (insurance), AMF-UMOA (capital markets); required by sector.
  • Governance Records: Gérant named in RCCM; board members in Statuts and PV.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution or GA minutes evidencing signing authority; notarised POA for external mandataires.
  • 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. OHADA jurisdiction: a recently dated Extrait RCCM (under business_registration) subsumes the good-standing function; the Greffe du Tribunal de Commerce does not issue a separate certificate of good standing.

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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

  • Togo is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed HCCH Status Table, 2026-05-06); documents must be legalised via the full embassy/consular chain.
  • The new national AML law (adopted 27 Feb 2026) replaces the 2018-004 loi uniforme and aligns with FATF recommendations and UMOA Loi LBC/FT/FP (31 mars 2023); implementing regulations pending — monitor CENTIF (centif.tg) for entry-into-force date.
  • CFE registration is 100% online and takes under 4 hours; the RCCM number, NIF, and CNSS number are issued on a single registration card — collect all three at once.
  • New businesses are exempt from Patente (TPU) for the first 24 months of operation.
  • OHADA marital-status requirement applies: Statuts must record marital regime and spouse details for all associates, creating a data-privacy consideration for foreign founders.