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# Guinea

> How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Guinea (GIN) when onboarding through the Conduit API.

## Overview

| Field | Value |
| - | - |
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | GN / GIN |
| Registry | RCCM (Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier) |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |

## Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Guinea and submit them as strings on the application body.

| API field | Local name | Issuer |
| - | - | - |
| `businessInfo.taxId` | **NIF** | DGI (Direction Générale des Impôts) |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Numéro RCCM** | RCCM (Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier) |

*Tax ID:* Issued jointly with RCCM at one-stop window; eTax number also issued for digital filing.

*Registration number:* OHADA-standard registry number assigned at incorporation.

## Sector regulators

`BCRG` · `CENTIF` · `DGI` · `Ministère des Mines`

## Legal structures

| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Limited-liability company with one or more associés; capital divided into non-freely-transferable parts sociales; managed by a gérant; the default SME vehicle under OHADA AUSCGIE. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital public limited company requiring at least three shareholders; governed by a Conseil d'Administration or single Administrateur Général; must appoint a Commissaire aux Comptes. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Simplified joint-stock company introduced by AUSCGIE 2014 revision; share-based with flexible governance set by statuts; favored for holding structures and joint ventures. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership in which all partners trade under a collective name and bear unlimited joint and several liability for company debts. Equivalent to a US General Partnership. |
| Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership combining one or more gérants-commandités with unlimited liability and one or more commanditaires whose liability is limited to their contribution; no minimum capital requirement. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. |
| Entreprise Individuelle | — | Individual trader (commerçant personne physique) registered at the RCCM under the OHADA Uniform Act on General Commercial Law; no separate legal personality; the owner bears unlimited personal liability. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Entreprenant | — | Micro-entrepreneur status introduced by AUDCG; established by simple declaration (no RCCM registration required); covers civil, commercial, artisanal, and agricultural activities with a simplified tax and accounting regime. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Groupement d'Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest grouping allowing members to pool resources to facilitate or develop their economic activities; profit distribution is incidental and not the primary purpose; governed by AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: a Cooperative. |
| Société Coopérative | SCOOPS | Cooperative company governed by the OHADA Uniform Act on Cooperative Companies; autonomously managed by members who pool resources to satisfy common economic, social, or cultural needs; surplus allocated per member activity. Closest US equivalent: a Cooperative. |

## 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.

| Evidence area | Documents needed |
| - | - |
| Legal Registration | Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM |
| Constitutive Documents | Statuts |
| Tax Registration | Attestation NIF |
| Operating Permit | *Any one of:* Patente · Autorisation communale |
| Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Registre des associés · Registre des actionnaires |
| Governance Records | *All required:* Statuts + PV d'Assemblée Générale |
| Signing Authority | *Any one of:* Résolution du conseil d'administration · Procuration notariée |
| Address | *Any one of:* Contrat de bail · Facture de services · Relevé bancaire |
| Good Standing | Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM |

## 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.

| Document | Proves |
| - | - |
| **Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM** | Legal Registration, Good Standing |
| **Statuts** | Constitutive Documents, Governance Records |
| **Attestation NIF** | Tax Registration |
| **Patente** | Operating Permit |
| **Autorisation communale** | Operating Permit |
| **Registre des associés (SARL)** | Ownership Records |
| **Registre des actionnaires (SA)** | Ownership Records |
| **PV d'Assemblée Générale (SARL: gérant; SA: administrateurs + DG)** | Governance Records |
| **Résolution du conseil d'administration** | Signing Authority |
| **Procuration notariée** | Signing Authority |
| **Contrat de bail** | Address |
| **Facture de services (≤90 jours)** | Address |
| **Relevé bancaire (≤90 jours)** | Address |
| **Sector-Specific License** | Agrément BCRG (banking/paiement/microfinance/assurance), Permis minier (Ministère des Mines) |

### Collection notes

* **Legal Registration:** Issued by RCCM via APIP/SyNERGUI; contains RCCM number, legal form, and date.
* **Constitutive Documents:** Notarial deed or private deed by lawyer (SARL: Decree of 30 May 2014); filed with APIP.
* **Tax Registration:** NIF issued by DGI via eTax/SAFIG2 platform; delivered with RCCM certificate at APIP window.
* **Operating Permit:** Annual business tax (patente) + municipal operating permit from Commune de Conakry or relevant local authority.
* **Sector-Specific License:** Sector-specific; BCRG issues agrément for financial institutions; Ministère des Mines issues exploration and exploitation permits.
* **Governance Records:** Filed with RCCM; changes notified to APIP.
* **Signing Authority:** Board resolution or notarized power of attorney granting signing authority.
* **Address:** Lease (no time bound) or utility bill or bank statement (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 Certificat d'Immatriculation RCCM (under business\_registration) subsumes the good-standing function; no separate certificate of good standing is issued by the RCCM in Guinea.

## 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.

| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Gérant (SARL) | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Manager(s) of SARL; appointed for 4 years; legally binds the company. |
| Administrateur Général (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Single executive director structure for smaller SAs. |
| Directeur Général (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Day-to-day executive appointed by Board. |
| Administrateur (SA) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Member of Conseil d'Administration. |
| Président du Conseil d'Administration | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Chair of the Board. |

## Notes

* Guinea is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed: HCCH Status Table, 129 contracting parties as of 2026-05-06; Guinea absent). Foreign documents require full consular legalisation chain.
* Guinea is not a WAEMU member; it uses the Guinean franc (GNF), not XOF. Do not apply BCEAO/WAEMU AML directives — the national framework (Loi L/2021/024/AN + CENTIF-GN) governs.
* APIP's SyNERGUI platform is the exclusive digital channel for RCCM registration and NIF issuance since 2025; direct tribunal filings are deprecated.


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