RECOMMENDATIONS IMPLEMENTED FROM 2010 TO 2016 1

RECOMMENDATIONS IMPLEMENTED FROM 2010 TO 2016
1. BUSINESS CREATION
1
Signing the instruction recalling business creation procedures
2
Creating pilot centres of entrepreneurship facilitation in Yaounde and
Douala
3
Pairing procedures for registration of articles of association and the
taxpayer's card
4
Liberalising the publication of legal and judicial notices
5
3 months delay of the lease requirement and registration fees to business
creation
6
Reducing costs and delays in publications of legal notices (convention
MINPMEESA/SOPECAM)
7
Creating CFCE in Bafoussam, Bamenda and Garoua
8
Establishing a media plan for CFCEs
9
Registering free minutes for business creation and deletion of the lease
10
Instituting the statement on oath in substitution of the legal record
11
Developing a procedural manual for the CFCEs
12
Developing a pilot programme for computerisation of the creation process
in Douala, Yaoundé and Garoua
13
Establishing the Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium Size
Enterprises (APME)
14
Institutionalising CFCEs by integrating them to the APME
15
Creating CFCEs in EBOLOWA, MAROUA and LIMBE
16
Enacting applicable texts on legal notice
17
Creating CFCEs in Bertoua and N’Gaoundere
18
Operationalising the APME
19
Establishing the e-registration system (creation of online businesses) in
Douala and Yaoundé
1. PAYMENT OF TAXES
20
Completing the terms of references of on-line declaration and electronic
payment
21
Completing studies on the reform of excise duties
22
Operationalising of approved management centres
23
Launching the activities of divisional tax centres
24
Initiating an information campaign on the CGA
25
Studying the possibility of reducing tax rates and suggest related measures
26
Launching the platform for remote procedures at the level of the DGE
27
Simplifying the tax declaration form
28
Instituting a free taxpayer's card
29
Establishing the CIMES
30
Developing a user guide for tax authorities
31
Launching the unique identifier pilot phase
32
Conducting a study on rationalisation of tax regimes
33
Adopting the bank transfer
34
Implementing the single declaration with 10 years validity
35
Completing a study on the harmonisation of tax rates with the subregional average
36
Adopting of the lower tax rate of 35 to 30%
37
Simplifying the renewal procedure of the business license
38
Electronic payment of taxes (agreement with banks)
39
Introduction of mobile electronic payment for taxes
40
Extension of remote procedures to CIMES
41
Introducing electronic payment at CNPS
42
Simplification of tax litigation procedures (removing 10% deposit on tax
litigation and alleviating appeal procedures)
2. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
43
Adoption of the law establishing specialized chambers within the courts
44
Initiation of an information and sensitisation campaign for businesses
about the benefits of the arbitration centre of the GICAM
45
Appointment and training of magistrates of the specialized business
chambers
3. BORDER TRADE
46
Completion of the law relating to data transfer and e-commerce
47
Training and supervision of approved shippers and customs brokers
48
Harmonisation of maritime documents (AVI and BESC)
49
Dematerialisation to the roster of FIMEX importers/exporters
50
Dematerialisation of issuing of harmonized insurance certificates
51
BESC online exchange
52
Online manifest exchange - e-manifest
53
Dematerialisation of manifest transfer
54
Electronic payment of customs duties and taxes
55
Dematerialisation of certificates of origin
56
Dematerialisation of loading certificate
57
Awareness on joint technical inspections
58
Establishment of a management and inspection system based on the level
of risk of Customs
59
Commissioning the blue channel at customs and staff performance
standards
60
Strengthening handling by creating a hiring office
61
Dematerialisation of billing the Douala Port Authority fees, e-REMPAD
62
Signing of the decree establishing the e-GUCE
63
Construction of external stores
64
Tracking of containers
65
Establishment of joint inspections of vessels at the port of Douala
66
E-FSD (Preclearance / removal / management)
67
Establishment of SIAT (Information System to technical administrations) to
complete the dematerialisation process at the GUCE
4. ACCESS TO LAND OWNERSHIP
68
Institution of specialized counters for the issuance of property deeds
69
Establishment of pilot GUTF in Douala and Yaounde
70
Developing a procedural manuals for the GUFTs
71
Developing user guides for the GUFTs
72
Operationalisation of 6 other GIFT priority judges (KRIBI, GAROUA,
MAROUA, BUEA, BAFOUSSAM)
73
Creation of the GUTF WEB site
74
MINDCAF Law giving effect to the GUTF procedural manual
75
Information and training mission of public and private GUTF players in the
7 pilot cities
76
Decree laying down the procedures for registration, guarantees and
sureties applicable to concessions and demesne leases
77
Study on the obstacles identified by the private sector in land ownership
5. BUILDING PERMIT
78
Clarification of licensing procedures to build in Douala and Yaounde
79
Computerization of building permits in Douala
80
Revision of the law on land use and construction rules with the reduction
of legal deadlines for building permits (30 days) and certificate of
conformity (15 days)
81
Simplification of procedures for the establishment of advisory committees
at the Douala Urban Council
6. ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
82 Creation of the Monitoring Committee of the CBF
83
Operationalisation of the monitoring committee of the CBF
84
Adoption of the SMEs Act
85
Operationalisation of the committee in charge of competition
86
Adoption of laws on electronic communication
87
Upgrading enterprises and implementation of the subcontracts stock
exchange
88
Implementation of the secure vignette to fight against smuggling
89
Adoption of the law establishing the CBF
90
Establishing the private sector platform
91
Simplification in the making of administrative documents by the only
requirement of the debt clearance certificate
92
Establishment of the e-regulation (providing administrative information
required online by industry)
93
Development of a code of ethics for the private sector
94
Establishment of a WEB site for the CBF
95
Completion and adoption of the internal rules and regulations of the
private sector platform
96
Developing an action plan for youth employment
7. INVESTMENT PROMOTION
97
Adoption of the economic zones law
98
Adoption of the Investment Code
99
Ruling law on the investment code
100
Development of a strategic development plan for the API
101
Development of a communication strategy for the API
102
Creation of the economic zones agency
103
Establishment of API reception desks at the Douala and Yaounde
airports
8. ACCESS TO FINANCE
104
Creation of the bank for SMEs
105
Creation of the deposit and consignment
106
Adoption of the law on factoring
107
Adoption of laws on the dematerialisation of securities
108
at the Douala Stock Exchange
109
Operationalisation of the bank for SMEs
110
Establishment of FIBANE/CIP/CAS-EMF platform
111
Completion of the legislation on factoring
9. ACCESS TO WATER AND ENERGY
112
Establishment of a conciliation, consultation and arbitration framework
113
Adoption of the new Electricity Act
114
Enactment of application texts on the Electricity Act relay to the
liberalization of the electricity sector
10.
INSPECTIONS AND LICENSES
115
Setting up joint inspections for classified institutions
116
Revision of the classification of institutions according to risk
117
Development of a common database
118
Development of an inspection guide by ministry
119
Establishment of a joint coordination body
120
Providing online database on inspections
121
Study on investment barriers in the agro-pastoral sector
11.
122
CORPORATE INSOLVENCY
Organisation of the profession of bankruptcy trustees and
administrators
B- RECOMMENDATIONS IN PROGRESS OR DELAYED IN 2016
Computerization of the Trade and Personal Property Credit Register
Development of cadastral maps of Douala, Garoua, Maroua, and
Yaounde
Setting up of the single national geodetic network
Establishment of an integrated management system of town planning
acts in Douala and Yaounde
Completion of the Civil Code and the Civil and Commercial Procedure
Code
Establishment of credit information offices
Implementation of the credit rating record
Development of a master plan for the development of the port of Douala
Revision of the applicable rates and time reduction for parking at the
port of Douala
C.
ON GOING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMPLETION OR
ARBITRATION AT THE LEVEL OF THE GOVERNMENT
Mediation Act
Act on the reduction of the minimum capital for limited liability
companies
implementing regulations on economic zones
Act on venture capital
Operationalisation of the agricultural bank
Operationalisation of the deposit and consignment
Foreign Trade Act
Operationalizing external finance control and foreign exchange division
Text governing undertakings for collective investment of securities
D.
REQUALIFIED, CANCELLED OR NOT EXECUTED
RECOMMENDATIONS (EXAMPLES)
Alternative resort the notary by limited liability companies
Performance contracts at the port of Douala
Instituting processing deadlines in specialized commercial chambers
Reducing deadlines for connection to electrical and hydraulic networks
Developing proactive strategies to promote investment axes on two or
three priority sectors
Works of the logistics base of Douala Port Authority
Development of sector based codes, such as tourism