Community preferential tax (CTP) approval
Procedure for granting Community Origin
Within the framework of the export procedure, the Ministry in charge of industry is responsible for issuing decisions of approval for the recognition of WAEMU Community Origin for companies wishing to adhere to the WAEMU Trade Liberation Scheme (approval for the WAEMU Preferential Tax).
Ministry of Trade, Industry and SME Promotion
General Directorate of Industrial Activity
Abidjan – Cocody 2 Plateaux Vallon
Tel: (+ 225) 22 41 17 23
Website: www.industrie.gouv.ci
The granting of community origin is done through the following steps:
1- Constitution of a technical file by the applicant company.
2- Examination of the application by the competent authority;
3- Submission of the files to the Public Administration (in 6 copies):
- Admissibility study on the form and content, before transmission to the other members of the Approval Committee.
- Visit to the company’s production unit.
- Deliberation and decision of the members of the Approval Committee (content and form of the file).
4- Issuance of the approval or recognition of Community origin decision.
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- Etape 2
- Etape 3
- Etape 4
Preparation of a technical file by the applicant company (content of the technical file)
Submission of applications with the public administration services
Applications are submitted to the General Direction of Industrial Activity of the Ministry in charge of Industry (see address & contact above).
Study of admissibility in terms of form and content before transmission to the other members of the approval committee
Ministry in charge of Industry + General Direction of Customs
- Visit to the company’s production unit: raw materials (import regime), production line, and finished products.
- Deliberation and opinion of the members of the approval committee: on content and form.
Issuance of the approval decision or recognition of Community origin
Issuance is carried out by the General Manager of Industrial Activity.
Additional formalities
- Notification of the decision to the applicant company
-Drawing up of the sheet of trademarks and labels used for the marketing of the products by the company (09 copies).
-Transmission to the Approval Committee of 02 copies of the technical file after taking into account any corrections.
- Notification of the decision to the President of the Commission, for circulation to the other Member States with transmission of the technical files as well as the marks and labels.
Issue of Certificates of Origin
For each export, the approved company is issued a certificate of origin for the approved product by the General Directorate of Industrial Activity. (See procedure below – Certificates of Origin.)