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ARTICLE · 19 JULY 2012

DRC Ratifies Ohada Accession Documents

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The DRC has now deposited its instruments of ratification in the OHADA depository state Senegal which will render the OHADA laws applicable in the DRC in September 2012.

South AfricaCorporate/Commercial Law
Steven DeBacker
Steven DeBacker
Olivier Binyingo
Olivier Binyingo

On 27 June 2012 the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) took an immense leap forward in becoming the 17th Member State of the Organisation pour l'harmonisation du droit des affaires en Afrique (Organisation for the harmonisation of business laws in Africa) (OHADA).

More than a year after the publication of the law authorising its membership in the organisation and seven years since the declaration of its initial intention to do so the DRC announced its ratification of the instruments permitting its accession to the 1993 Treaty of Port-Louis establishing OHADA.

The DRC has now deposited its instruments of ratification in the OHADA depository state Senegal which will render the OHADA laws applicable in the DRC in September 2012.

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