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Doing Business 2020 Congo, Dem. Rep.
Economy Profile
Congo, Dem. Rep.
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Doing Business 2020 Congo, Dem. Rep.
Economy Profile of Congo, Dem. Rep.
Doing Business 2020 Indicators
(in order of appearance in the document)
Starting a business Procedures, time, cost and paid-in minimum capital to start a limited liability company
Dealing with construction permits Procedures, time and cost to complete all formalities to build a warehouse and the quality control and safety
mechanisms in the construction permitting system
Getting electricity Procedures, time and cost to get connected to the electrical grid, and the reliability of the electricity supply and
the transparency of tariffs
Registering property Procedures, time and cost to transfer a property and the quality of the land administration system
Getting credit Movable collateral laws and credit information systems
Protecting minority investors Minority shareholders’ rights in related-party transactions and in corporate governance
Paying taxes Payments, time, total tax and contribution rate for a firm to comply with all tax regulations as well as postfiling
processes
Trading across borders Time and cost to export the product of comparative advantage and import auto parts
Enforcing contracts Time and cost to resolve a commercial dispute and the quality of judicial processes
Resolving insolvency Time, cost, outcome and recovery rate for a commercial insolvency and the strength of the legal framework for
insolvency
Employing workers Flexibility in employment regulation and redundancy cost
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About Doing Business
The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and
regional level.
The Doing Business project, launched in 2002, looks at domestic small and medium-size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life
cycle.
Doing Business captures several important dimensions of the regulatory environment as it applies to local firms. It provides quantitative indicators on regulation for
starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across
borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. Doing Business also measures features of employing workers. Although Doing Business does not present rankings
of economies on the employing workers indicators or include the topic in the aggregate ease of doing business score or ranking on the ease of doing business, it does
present the data for these indicators.
By gathering and analyzing comprehensive quantitative data to compare business regulation environments across economies and over time, Doing Business encourages
economies to compete towards more efficient regulation; offers measurable benchmarks for reform; and serves as a resource for academics, journalists, private sector
researchers and others interested in the business climate of each economy.
In addition, Doing Business offers detailed subnational studies, which exhaustively cover business regulation and reform in different cities and regions within a nation.
These studies provide data on the ease of doing business, rank each location, and recommend reforms to improve performance in each of the indicator areas. Selected
cities can compare their business regulations with other cities in the economy or region and with the 190 economies that Doing Business has ranked.
The first Doing Business study, published in 2003, covered 5 indicator sets and 133 economies. This year’s study covers 11 indicator sets and 190 economies. Most
indicator sets refer to a case scenario in the largest business city of each economy, except for 11 economies that have a population of more than 100 million as of 2013
(Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the United States) where Doing Business also collected data
for the second largest business city. The data for these 11 economies are a population-weighted average for the 2 largest business cities. The project has benefited from
feedback from governments, academics, practitioners and reviewers. The initial goal remains: to provide an objective basis for understanding and improving the
regulatory environment for business around the world.
To learn more about Doing Business please visit doingbusiness.org
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Ease of Doing Business in DB RANK DB SCORE
Region Sub-Saharan Africa
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Income Category Low income
Population 84,068,091 36.2
183
City Covered Kinshasa
Rankings on Doing Business topics - Congo, Dem. Rep.
54
144
152
159
168
177 176 180 178
187
Starting Dealing Getting Registering Getting Protecting Paying Trading Enforcing Resolving
a with Electricity Property Credit Minority Taxes across Contracts Insolvency
Business Construction Investors Borders
Permits
Topic Scores
91.6 59.5 34.7 46.6 30.0 22.0 40.9 3.5 33.3 0.0
Starting a Business (rank) 54 Getting Credit (rank) 152 Trading across Borders (rank) 187
Score of starting a business (0-100) 91.6 Score of getting credit (0-100) 30.0 Score of trading across borders (0-100) 3.5
Procedures (number) 4 Strength of legal rights index (0-12) 6 Time to export
Time (days) 7 Depth of credit information index (0-8) 0 Documentary compliance (hours) 192
Cost (number) 16.3 Credit registry coverage (% of adults) 1.5 Border compliance (hours) 296
Paid-in min. capital (% of income per capita) 4.6 Credit bureau coverage (% of adults) 0.0 Cost to export
Documentary compliance (USD) 500
Dealing with Construction Permits (rank) 144 Protecting Minority Investors (rank) 176 Border compliance (USD) 2,223
Score of dealing with construction permits (0-100) 59.5 Score of protecting minority investors (0-100) 22.0 Time to export
Procedures (number) 13 Extent of disclosure index (0-10) 7.0 Documentary compliance (hours) 174
Time (days) 122 Extent of director liability index (0-10) 1.0 Border compliance (hours) 336
Cost (% of warehouse value) 13.8 Ease of shareholder suits index (0-10) 3.0 Cost to export
Building quality control index (0-15) 10.0 Extent of shareholder rights index (0-6) 0.0 Documentary compliance (USD) 765
Extent of ownership and control index (0-7) 0.0 Border compliance (USD) 3,039
Getting Electricity (rank) 177 Extent of corporate transparency index (0-7) 0.0
Score of getting electricity (0-100) 34.7 Enforcing Contracts (rank) 178
Procedures (number) 6 Paying Taxes (rank) 180 Score of enforcing contracts (0-100) 33.3
Time (days) 44 Score of paying taxes (0-100) 40.9 Time (days) 610
Cost (% of income per capita) 13,108.0 Payments (number per year) 52 Cost (% of claim value) 80.6
Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) 0 Time (hours per year) 346 Quality of judicial processes index (0-18) 5.5
Total tax and contribution rate (% of profit) 50.7
Registering Property (rank) 159 Postfiling index (0-100) 27.1 Resolving Insolvency (rank) 168
Score of registering property (0-100) 46.6 Score of resolving insolvency (0-100) 0.0
Procedures (number) 8 Recovery rate (cents on the dollar) No
Time (days) 38 Practice
Cost (% of property value) 10.1 Time (years) No
Practice
Quality of the land administration index (0-30) 9.0
Cost (% of estate) No
Practice
Outcome (0 as piecemeal sale and 1 as 0
going concern)
Strength of insolvency framework index (0- No
16) Practice
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Starting a Business
This topic measures the number of procedures, time, cost and paid-in minimum capital requirement for a small- to medium-sized limited liability company to start up and
formally operate in each economy’s largest business city.
To make the data comparable across 190 economies, Doing Business uses a standardized business that is 100% domestically owned, has start-up capital equivalent to
10 times the income per capita, engages in general industrial or commercial activities and employs between 10 and 50 people one month after the commencement of
operations, all of whom are domestic nationals. Starting a Business considers two types of local limited liability companies that are identical in all aspects, except that one
company is owned by 5 married women and the other by 5 married men. The ranking of economies on the ease of starting a business is determined by sorting their
scores for starting a business. These scores are the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators.
The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in May 2019. See the methodology for more information.
What the indicators measure Case study assumptions
Procedures to legally start and formally operate a company To make the data comparable across economies, several assumptions about the business and the
(number) procedures are used. It is assumed that any required information is readily available and that the
entrepreneur will pay no bribes.
• Preregistration (for example, name verification or reservation,
notarization)
The business:
• Registration in the economy’s largest business city -Is a limited liability company (or its legal equivalent). If there is more than one type of limited
• Postregistration (for example, social security registration, liability company in the economy, the limited liability form most common among domestic firms is
company seal) chosen. Information on the most common form is obtained from incorporation lawyers or the
statistical office.
• Obtaining approval from spouse to start a business or to leave -Operates in the economy’s largest business city. For 11 economies the data are also collected for
the home to register the company
the second largest business city.
• Obtaining any gender specific document for company -Performs general industrial or commercial activities such as the production or sale to the public of
registration and operation or national identification card goods or services. The business does not perform foreign trade activities and does not handle
products subject to a special tax regime, for example, liquor or tobacco. It is not using heavily
Time required to complete each procedure (calendar days) polluting production processes.
• Does not include time spent gathering information -Does not qualify for investment incentives or any special benefits.
-Is 100% domestically owned.
• Each procedure starts on a separate day (2 procedures cannot -Has five business owners, none of whom is a legal entity. One business owner holds 30% of the
start on the same day)
company shares, two owners have 20% of shares each, and two owners have 15% of shares
• Procedures fully completed online are recorded as ½ day each.
-Is managed by one local director.
• Procedure is considered completed once final document is -Has between 10 and 50 employees one month after the commencement of operations, all of them
received
domestic nationals.
• No prior contact with officials -Has start-up capital of 10 times income per capita.
-Has an estimated turnover of at least 100 times income per capita.
Cost required to complete each procedure (% of income per -Leases the commercial plant or offices and is not a proprietor of real estate.
capita) -Has an annual lease for the office space equivalent to one income per capita.
• Official costs only, no bribes -Is in an office space of approximately 929 square meters (10,000 square feet).
-Has a company deed that is 10 pages long.
• No professional fees unless services required by law or
commonly used in practice The owners:
Paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) -Have reached the legal age of majority and are capable of making decisions as an adult. If there
• Funds deposited in a bank or with third party before registration is no legal age of majority, they are assumed to be 30 years old.
or up to 3 months after incorporation -Are in good health and have no criminal record.
-Are married, the marriage is monogamous and registered with the authorities.
-Where the answer differs according to the legal system applicable to the woman or man in
question (as may be the case in economies where there is legal plurality), the answer used will be
the one that applies to the majority of the population.
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Starting a Business - Congo, Dem. Rep.
Standardized Company
Legal form Société à Responsabilité Limité, SARL
Paid-in minimum capital requirement CDF 40,200
City Covered Kinshasa
Indicator Congo, Dem. Sub-Saharan OECD high Best Regulatory
Rep. Africa income Performance
Procedure – Men (number) 4 7.4 4.9 1 (2 Economies)
Time – Men (days) 7 21.5 9.2 0.5 (New Zealand)
Cost – Men (% of income per capita) 16.3 36.3 3.0 0.0 (2 Economies)
Procedure – Women (number) 4 7.5 4.9 1 (2 Economies)
Time – Women (days) 7 21.6 9.2 0.5 (New Zealand)
Cost – Women (% of income per capita) 16.3 36.3 3.0 0.0 (2 Economies)
Paid-in min. capital (% of income per capita) 4.6 9.3 7.6 0.0 (120 Economies)
Figure – Starting a Business in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Score
82.4 93.5 91.8 98.8
Procedures Time Cost Paid-in min. capital
Figure – Starting a Business in Congo, Dem. Rep. and comparator economies – Ranking and Score
DB 2020 Starting a Business Score
0 100
93.2: Rwanda (Rank: 35)
92.9: Burundi (Rank: 44)
91.6: Congo, Dem. Rep. (Rank: 54)
80.1: Regional Average (Sub-Saharan Africa)
79.4: Angola (Rank: 146)
77.9: Malawi (Rank: 153)
Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of starting a business is determined by sorting their scores for starting a business. These scores are the simple average of
the scores for each of the component indicators.
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Figure – Starting a Business in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
7 18
16
6
Cost (% of income per capita)
14
5
12
Time (days)
4 10
3 8
6
2
4
1
2
0 0
1 2 3 4
Procedures (number)
* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.
Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the
time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures
reflected here, see the summary below.
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Details – Starting a Business in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
No. Procedures Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Check company name 2 days no charge
Agency : Guichet Unique de la Création d'Entreprise
Business founders can verify the company name at the Registry free of charge.
2 Register with the Commercial Registry, the tax administration (Direction Générale des 3 days USD 80
Impots), the National Institute for Social Security (INSS) and declare the establishment of
the company with the Ministry of Labor
Agency : Guichet Unique de la Création d'Entreprises
At the One stop shop, companies fill in a “formulaire unique” in order to register with the
Commercial Registry, the tax administration (Direction Générale des Impots), the Ministry of Labor
and the National Institute for Social Security (INSS)
The following documents must be filed:
• Identity card or passport (one copy).
• Completed BA form
• Articles of Association.
• A signed declaration from the manager certifying that he has never been arrested by the police.
• Declaration of conformity to the law, dated and signed by each founder.
• Letter addressed to the divisional clerk of the Commercial Court (Tribunal de Commerce).
The BA form can be downloaded through the website www.guichetunique.cf, and the documents
can be sent through email. However, most companies do not use this service and it is still required
to go in person to the GUFE to pay the required fees.
3 Deposit the capital amount in the bank 1 day no charge
Agency : Bank
According to the Decree n. 002/cab/min/jgs&dh/014 and n.243/cab/min/finances/2014 of
December 30, 2014, the minimum capital funds may be deposited in a bank account opened by
the shareholders in a credit institution or an accredited micro-finance institution, and the payment
slip shall be deemed to be the proof of the deposit of the said funds. There is a representative of a
commercial bank inside the Commercial Registry (one stop shop). The registration fees are also
paid at the bank.
4 Declare the establishment of the company with the National Office of Employment (l’Office 1 day no charge
National de l’ Emploi, ONEM)
Agency : ONEM
According to Article 216 of the Labor Code, any physical or legal person planning any activity that
requires the hiring of workers must notify the Labor Inspection Department and the National
Bureau of Employment within 15 days of the start of business. The declaration is filed in a single
form, with one specimen sent to the Inspectorate of Labor and another two to the Office of
Employment.
Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.
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Dealing with Construction Permits
This topic tracks the procedures, time and cost to build a warehouse—including obtaining necessary the licenses and permits, submitting all required notifications,
requesting and receiving all necessary inspections and obtaining utility connections. In addition, the Dealing with Construction Permits indicator measures the building
quality control index, evaluating the quality of building regulations, the strength of quality control and safety mechanisms, liability and insurance regimes, and professional
certification requirements. The most recent round of data collection was completed in May 2019. See the methodology for more information
What the indicators measure Case study assumptions
Procedures to legally build a warehouse (number) To make the data comparable across economies, several assumptions about the construction
company, the warehouse project and the utility connections are used.
• Submitting all relevant documents and obtaining all necessary
clearances, licenses, permits and certificates
The construction company (BuildCo):
• Submitting all required notifications and receiving all necessary - Is a limited liability company (or its legal equivalent) and operates in the economy’s largest
inspections
business city. For 11 economies the data are also collected for the second largest business city.
• Obtaining utility connections for water and sewerage - Is 100% domestically and privately owned; has five owners, none of whom is a legal entity. Has a
licensed architect and a licensed engineer, both registered with the local association of architects
• Registering and selling the warehouse after its completion or engineers. BuildCo is not assumed to have any other employees who are technical or licensed
Time required to complete each procedure (calendar days) experts, such as geological or topographical experts.
- Owns the land on which the warehouse will be built and will sell the warehouse upon its
• Does not include time spent gathering information completion.
• Each procedure starts on a separate day—though procedures
that can be fully completed online are an exception to this rule The warehouse:
- Will be used for general storage activities, such as storage of books or stationery.
• Procedure is considered completed once final document is
received - Will have two stories, both above ground, with a total constructed area of approximately 1,300.6
square meters (14,000 square feet). Each floor will be 3 meters (9 feet, 10 inches) high and will be
• No prior contact with officials located on a land plot of approximately 929 square meters (10,000 square feet) that is 100%
owned by BuildCo, and the warehouse is valued at 50 times income per capita.
Cost required to complete each procedure (% of income per
- Will have complete architectural and technical plans prepared by a licensed architect. If
capita)
preparation of the plans requires such steps as obtaining further documentation or getting prior
• Official costs only, no bribes approvals from external agencies, these are counted as procedures.
- Will take 30 weeks to construct (excluding all delays due to administrative and regulatory
Building quality control index (0-15) requirements).
• Quality of building regulations (0-2) The water and sewerage connections:
• Quality control before construction (0-1) - Will be 150 meters (492 feet) from the existing water source and sewer tap. If there is no water
• Quality control during construction (0-3) delivery infrastructure in the economy, a borehole will be dug. If there is no sewerage
infrastructure, a septic tank in the smallest size available will be installed or built.
• Quality control after construction (0-3)
- Will have an average water use of 662 liters (175 gallons) a day and an average wastewater flow
• Liability and insurance regimes (0-2) of 568 liters (150 gallons) a day. Will have a peak water use of 1,325 liters (350 gallons) a day and
• Professional certifications (0-4) a peak wastewater flow of 1,136 liters (300 gallons) a day.
- Will have a constant level of water demand and wastewater flow throughout the year; will be 1
inch in diameter for the water connection and 4 inches in diameter for the sewerage connection.
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Dealing with Construction Permits - Congo, Dem. Rep.
Standardized Warehouse
Estimated value of warehouse CDF 43,590,122.90
City Covered Kinshasa
Indicator Congo, Dem. Sub-Saharan OECD high Best Regulatory
Rep. Africa income Performance
Procedures (number) 13 15.1 12.7 None in 2018/19
Time (days) 122 145.4 152.3 None in 2018/19
Cost (% of warehouse value) 13.8 8.9 1.5 None in 2018/19
Building quality control index (0-15) 10.0 8.9 11.6 15.0 (6 Economies)
Figure – Dealing with Construction Permits in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Score
68.0 72.3 31.0 66.7
Procedures Time Cost Building quality control index
Figure – Dealing with Construction Permits in Congo, Dem. Rep. and comparator economies – Ranking and Score
DB 2020 Dealing with Construction Permits Score
0 100
70.6: Rwanda (Rank: 81)
65.3: Angola (Rank: 120)
63.1: Malawi (Rank: 128)
59.5: Congo, Dem. Rep. (Rank: 144)
58.5: Regional Average (Sub-Saharan Africa)
55.0: Burundi (Rank: 161)
Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of dealing with construction permits is determined by sorting their scores for dealing with construction permits. These scores
are the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators.
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Figure – Dealing with Construction Permits in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
Time (days) Cost (% of warehouse value)
120 8
7
Cost (% of warehouse value)
100
6
80
Time (days)
5
60 4
3
40
2
20
1
0 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 * 10 11 12 * 13
Procedures (number)
* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.
Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the
time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures
reflected here, see the summary below.
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Figure – Dealing with Construction Permits in Congo, Dem. Rep. and comparator economies – Measure of Quality
16 15.0
14
12
Index score
10.0 9.5
10 8.9
8
6.0
6 5.0
4
2
0
Congo, Angola Burundi Malawi Rwanda Sub-Saharan
Dem. Africa
Rep.
Details – Dealing with Construction Permits in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
No. Procedures Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Obtain cadastral extract 15 days USD 5
Agency : Urban Survey Department and Cadastre (Divisions Urbaines des Titres Immobiliers et du
Cadastre)
BuildCo must obtain the survey map abstract which accompanies the plot occupancy deed.
2 Receive inspection before commencement of construction works 1 day no charge
Agency : Ministère de l’Urbanisme et de l’Habitat
Ministerial Arrete # CAB/MIN.ATUH/SG/MP/GHK/0001/2016 of March 16th 2016 introduced
municipal inspections before and during construction.
During this inspection of the construction site will be organized to check the ownership and
whether there are other constraints, or charges on this lot. The authenticity of the property title and
/ or any other documents attached to the request for requesting a building permit will be checked
as well.
3 Obtain building permit 30 days USD 1,639
Agency : Ministère de l’Urbanisme et de l’Habitat
The building permit authorizes the company to erect a structure in durable or semidurable
material, according to the zoning laws, irrespective of the intended use. The building permit is
valid for 3 years and is renewable. The new Arrêté du Ministre de l’Urbanisme et Habitat n°
027/CAB/MIN.URB.HAB/CJ/AP/CEH/2012 du 3 mars 2012 has delegated the signature on the
permit to the local authority.
The documents required for a construction permits are as follows:
• Leasing contract
• Cadastral extract
• Request for construction permit
• Plan de situation échelle 1/2000
• Plan de masse échelle 1/500
• Plan de situation et d’implantation (rues, voisins, hauteur construction)
• Plan exécution échelle 1/50
4 Receive inspection during construction 1 day no charge
Agency : Ministère de l’Urbanisme et de l’Habitat
This second inspection is to check whether the construction is in compliance with the plans;
whether the right construction materials are being used and whether the builder is respecting the
schedule.
5 Request and receive final inspection 1 day no charge
Agency : Ministère de l’Urbanisme et de l’Habitat
According to Article 19 Of the Arrêté ministériel n° CAB/MIN-ATUHITPR/006/2014 portant
réglementation de l’octroi du Permis de construire en République Démocratique du Congo of 4
April 2014, BuildCo must request a certificate of conformity in writing. A notice acknowledging that
the certificate of conformity has been applied for is issued to BuildCo. The Ministry will proceed
with a final inspection to check if the warehouse is in compliance with the approved plans and
according to existing urban law.
6 Obtain the certificate of conformity 30 days no charge
Agency : Ministère de l’Urbanisme et de l’Habitat
7 Request a new property title at the Property Registry 7 days USD 60
Agency : Conservateur des Titres Foncier et Immobiliers
The Conservateur will first issue a «Note de Frais» to the attention of BuildCo. This note de frais
must be delivered to the DGERAD agent located in the Property Registry. A “Note de Perception”
is issued and must be paid at a commercial bank. Once payment is made at the bank, proof of
receipt is delivered to the accounting department and a copy is given to the Conservateur.
8 Receive inspection of the property and obtain PV de mise en valeur 15 days no charge
Agency : Cadastre
An agent will visit the property to check the mise en valeur and will establish a new cadastral map
in the name of BuildCo to reflect the construction.
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9 Obtain the new property title 7 days no charge
Agency : Conservateur des Titres Foncier et Immobiliers
The PV de mise en valeur (the new cadastral map) is given to the Conservateur, who will then
issue the Property title. This cadastral extract, along with all other documentation, are signed by
the Director of the Cadastre Division.
Apply to the water corporation for connection to the water mains 1 day USD 100
10 Agency : REGIDESO
The time required to connect to the water main depends on how far the building or land is situated
from the water source. The time varies between one day and one week. The minimum fee is USD
100.00.
11 Receive inspection by water corporation and receive cost estimate 1 day no charge
Agency : REGIDESO
12 Obtain connection to water mains 14 days no charge
Agency : REGIDESO
Build septic tank 6 days USD 1,575
13 Agency : Private firm
Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.
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Details – Dealing with Construction Permits in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Measure of Quality
Answer Score
Building quality control index (0-15) 10.0
Quality of building regulations index (0-2) 2.0
How accessible are building laws and regulations in your economy? (0-1) Available online; Free 1.0
of charge; In official
gazette.
Which requirements for obtaining a building permit are clearly specified in the building regulations or on any List of required 1.0
accessible website, brochure or pamphlet? (0-1) documents; Fees to
be paid; Required
preapprovals.
Quality control before construction index (0-1) 1.0
Which third-party entities are required by law to verify that the building plans are in compliance with existing Licensed architect. 1.0
building regulations? (0-1)
Quality control during construction index (0-3) 2.0
What types of inspections (if any) are required by law to be carried out during construction? (0-2) Inspections at various 1.0
phases.
Do legally mandated inspections occur in practice during construction? (0-1) Mandatory 1.0
inspections are
always done in
practice; Mandatory
inspections are done
most of the time
during construction.
Quality control after construction index (0-3) 2.0
Is there a final inspection required by law to verify that the building was built in accordance with the approved Yes, final inspection 2.0
plans and regulations? (0-2) is done by
government agency.
Do legally mandated final inspections occur in practice? (0-1) Final inspection does 0.0
not always occur in
practice.
Liability and insurance regimes index (0-2) 1.0
Which parties (if any) are held liable by law for structural flaws or problems in the building once it is in use Owner or investor. 0.0
(Latent Defect Liability or Decennial Liability)? (0-1)
Which parties (if any) are required by law to obtain an insurance policy to cover possible structural flaws or Construction 1.0
problems in the building once it is in use (Latent Defect Liability Insurance or Decennial Insurance)? (0-1) company.
Professional certifications index (0-4) 2.0
What are the qualification requirements for the professional responsible for verifying that the architectural plans University degree in 1.0
or drawings are in compliance with existing building regulations? (0-2) architecture or
engineering; Being a
registered architect or
engineer.
What are the qualification requirements for the professional who supervises the construction on the ground? (0- University degree in 1.0
2) engineering,
construction or
construction
management; Being
a registered architect
or engineer.
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Getting Electricity
This topic measures the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse. Additionally,
the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index measures reliability of supply, transparency of tariffs and the price of electricity. The most recent round of data
collection for the project was completed in May 2019. See the methodology for more information.
What the indicators measure Case study assumptions
Procedures to obtain an electricity connection (number) To make the data comparable across economies, several assumptions about the warehouse, the
electricity connection and the monthly consumption are used.
• Submitting all relevant documents and obtaining all necessary
clearances and permits The warehouse:
• Completing all required notifications and receiving all necessary - Is owned by a local entrepreneur and is used for storage of goods.
inspections
- Is located in the economy’s largest business city. For 11 economies the data are also collected for
• Obtaining external installation works and possibly purchasing the second largest business city.
material for these works - Is located in an area where similar warehouses are typically located and is in an area with no
physical constraints. For example, the property is not near a railway.
• Concluding any necessary supply contract and obtaining final - Is a new construction and is being connected to electricity for the first time.
supply
- Has two stories with a total surface area of approximately 1,300.6 square meters (14,000 square
Time required to complete each procedure (calendar days) feet). The plot of land on which it is built is 929 square meters (10,000 square feet).
• Is at least 1 calendar day The electricity connection:
• Each procedure starts on a separate day - Is a permanent one with a three-phase, four-wire Y connection with a subscribed capacity of 140-
kilo-volt-ampere (kVA) with a power factor of 1, when 1 kVA = 1 kilowatt (kW).
• Does not include time spent gathering information
- Has a length of 150 meters. The connection is to either the low- or medium-voltage distribution
• Reflects the time spent in practice, with little follow-up and no network and is either overhead or underground, whichever is more common in the area where the
prior contact with officials warehouse is located and requires works that involve the crossing of a 10-meter road (such as by
excavation or overhead lines) but are all carried out on public land. There is no crossing of other
Cost required to complete each procedure (% of income per
owners’ private property because the warehouse has access to a road.
capita)
- Does not require work to install the internal wiring of the warehouse. This has already been
• Official costs only, no bribes completed up to and including the customer’s service panel or switchboard and the meter base.
• Value added tax excluded The monthly consumption:
The reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index (0-8)
- It is assumed that the warehouse operates 30 days a month from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (8 hours
• Duration and frequency of power outages (0–3) a day), with equipment utilized at 80% of capacity on average and that there are no electricity cuts
(assumed for simplicity reasons) and the monthly energy consumption is 26,880 kilowatt-hours
• Tools to monitor power outages (0–1) (kWh); hourly consumption is 112 kWh.
• Tools to restore power supply (0–1) - If multiple electricity suppliers exist, the warehouse is served by the cheapest supplier.
- Tariffs effective in January of the current year are used for calculation of the price of electricity for
• Regulatory monitoring of utilities’ performance (0–1)
the warehouse. Although January has 31 days, for calculation purposes only 30 days are used.
• Financial deterrents limiting outages (0–1)
• Transparency and accessibility of tariffs (0–1)
Price of electricity (cents per kilowatt-hour)*
• Price based on monthly bill for commercial warehouse in case
study
*Note: Doing Business measures the price of electricity, but it is
not included in the ease of doing business score nor in the ranking
on the ease of getting electricity.
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Getting Electricity - Congo, Dem. Rep.
Standardized Connection
Name of utility Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL)
Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) 10.0
City Covered Kinshasa
Indicator Congo, Dem. Sub-Saharan OECD high Best Regulatory
Rep. Africa income Performance
Procedures (number) 6 5.2 4.4 3 (28 Economies)
Time (days) 44 109.6 74.8 18 (3 Economies)
Cost (% of income per capita) 13108.0 3,187.5 61.0 0.0 (3 Economies)
Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) 0 1.6 7.4 8 (26 Economies)
Figure – Getting Electricity in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Score
50.0 88.7 0.0 0.0
Reliability of supply and transparency of
Procedures Time Cost
tariff index
Figure – Getting Electricity in Congo, Dem. Rep. and comparator economies – Ranking and Score
DB 2020 Getting Electricity Score
0 100
82.3: Rwanda (Rank: 59)
54.1: Angola (Rank: 156)
50.4: Regional Average (Sub-Saharan Africa)
45.4: Malawi (Rank: 171)
34.7: Congo, Dem. Rep. (Rank: 177)
26.4: Burundi (Rank: 184)
Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of getting electricity is determined by sorting their scores for getting electricity. These scores are the simple average of the
scores for all the component indicators except the price of electricity.
Figure – Getting Electricity in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
Time (days) Cost (% of income per capita)
12000
40
Cost (% of income per capita)
10000
35
30 8000
Time (days)
25
6000
20
15 4000
10
2000
5
0 0
1 2 3 *4 5 6
Procedures (number)
* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.
Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the
time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures
Page 16Doing Business 2020 Congo, Dem. Rep.
reflected here, see the summary below.
Figure – Getting Electricity in Congo, Dem. Rep. and comparator economies – Measure of Quality
7
6
6
Index score
5
4
3
2
2 1.6
1
0 0 0
0
Congo, Angola Burundi Malawi Rwanda Sub-Saharan
Dem. Africa
Rep.
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Details – Getting Electricity in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
No. Procedures Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit connection application, including the private substation plans, and await site 5 calendar days USD 59
inspection
Agency : Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL)
The application for electricity connection can be submitted online. The following documents have
to be provided: Letter of intention, photocopy of identity card of the customer, photocopies of the
cadastre documents, and the approval of the electricity connection of the warehouse. The
documents do not need to be notarized. After submitting the documents, the customer has to wait
for the external inspection and the estimate. For a medium voltage connection, the SNEL does not
require the plans of the internal wiring.
2 Receive external site inspection by SNEL and await estimate 5 calendar days USD 2,411
Agency : Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL)
There is an external inspection of the warehouse by SNEL engineers in order to authorize and
produce the quote for the new connection. Once the quote is received, the client pays it.
3 Have electrical contractor build private substation 20 calendar days USD 55,000
Agency : Electrical Contractor
A load of 140 kVA cannot be accommodated in this area by a simple hook-up and cannot be
connected to the low-voltage network. The limit is 59.5 KW, or 112 Ampere. Therefore, the
customer has to build a private substation to connect medium-voltage to low-voltage according to
the regulation of SNEL. The customer has to buy all the material. He can buy it at any store of his
choice. The works to build a substation cannot be done by a licensed electrician, but has to be
done by a licensed electrical company. This company has to be licensed by the Ministry of Energy
and by SNEL.
4 Obtain excavation permit from road authority 5 calendar days USD 2,492.28
Agency : OVD (Office de Voirie et Drainage), One-Stop Shop (Guichet Unique) at SNEL
Customers need to go to the OVD (Office de Voirie et Drainage) in person to obtain an excavation
permit. With the implementation of the one stop shop at the SNEL, the client can apply and pay for
the permit at the one stop shop.
In some situations that require a prompt connection to the grid, the customer can obtain the permit
within SNEL.
5 Receive external inspection of private substation by SNEL 4 calendar days USD 0
Agency : Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL)
After the substation has been built, the customer - or the contractor - notifies the SNEL so that an
inspection can be conducted. The purpose of this inspection by SNEL technicians is to check if the
substation has been constructed according to security and environmental protection norms. The
customer or the electrical contractor has to purchase the material for the connection and have it
controlled by SNEL. A person representing the customer has to be present at the control.
6 Sign supply contract and receive the meter installation and final connection by SNEL 10 calendar days USD 4,266.99
Agency : Société Nationale d'Electricité (SNEL)
After the substation is approved by the SNEL, the SNEL comes to the site to do the external
connection works and connect the substation to the network. The electricity has to be shut down
during the connection works for the medium-voltage connection. The installation of the meter and
connection works are done at the same time by the same department by SNEL. If meters are not
available, the meter can be installed after the actual connection has been done. The electricity will
start flowing after the supply contract is signed. The SNEL will also request from the client a
security deposit which depends on the power demand of the client.
Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.
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Details – Getting Electricity in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Measure of Quality
Answer
Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) 0
Total duration and frequency of outages per customer a year (0-3) 0
System average interruption duration index (SAIDI) ..
System average interruption frequency index (SAIFI) ..
What is the minimum outage time (in minutes) that the utility considers for the calculation of SAIDI/SAIFI N/A
Mechanisms for monitoring outages (0-1) 0
Does the distribution utility use automated tools to monitor outages? No
Mechanisms for restoring service (0-1) 0
Does the distribution utility use automated tools to restore service? No
Regulatory monitoring (0-1) 0
Does a regulator—that is, an entity separate from the utility—monitor the utility’s performance on reliability of supply? No
Financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages (0-1) 0
Does the utility either pay compensation to customers or face fines by the regulator (or both) if outages exceed a certain cap? No
Communication of tariffs and tariff changes (0-1) 1
Are effective tariffs available online? Yes
Link to the website, if available online http://www.snel.cd/clients/
conseils/comprendrefact.p
hp
Are customers notified of a change in tariff ahead of the billing cycle? Yes
Note:
If the duration and frequency of outages is 100 or less, the economy is eligible to score on the Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index.
If the duration and frequency of outages is not available, or is over 100, the economy is not eligible to score on the index.
If the minimum outage time considered for SAIDI/SAIFI is over 5 minutes, the economy is not eligible to score on the index.
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Registering Property
This topic examines the steps, time and cost involved in registering property, assuming a standardized case of an entrepreneur who wants to purchase land and a
building that is already registered and free of title dispute. In addition, the topic also measures the quality of the land administration system in each economy. The quality
of land administration index has five dimensions: reliability of infrastructure, transparency of information, geographic coverage, land dispute resolution, and equal access
to property rights. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in May 2019. See the methodology for more information.
What the indicators measure Case study assumptions
Procedures to legally transfer title on immovable property To make the data comparable across economies, several assumptions about the parties to the
(number) transaction, the property and the procedures are used.
• Preregistration procedures (for example, checking for liens, The parties (buyer and seller):
notarizing sales agreement, paying property transfer taxes)
- Are limited liability companies (or the legal equivalent).
• Registration procedures in the economy's largest business city. - Are located in the periurban (that is, on the outskirts of the city but still within its official limits)
• Postregistration procedures (for example, filling title with area of the economy’s largest business city. For 11 economies the data are also collected for the
municipality) second largest business city.
- Are 100% domestically and privately owned.
Time required to complete each procedure (calendar days) - Perform general commercial activities.
• Does not include time spent gathering information The property (fully owned by the seller):
• Each procedure starts on a separate day - though procedures - Has a value of 50 times income per capita, which equals the sale price.
that can be fully completed online are an exception to this rule
- Is fully owned by the seller.
• Procedure is considered completed once final document is - Has no mortgages attached and has been under the same ownership for the past 10 years.
received - Is registered in the land registry or cadastre, or both, and is free of title disputes.
- Is located in a periurban commercial zone (that is, on the outskirts of the city but still within its
• No prior contact with officials
official limits), and no rezoning is required.
Cost required to complete each procedure (% of property - Consists of land and a building. The land area is 557.4 square meters (6,000 square feet). A two-
value) story warehouse of 929 square meters (10,000 square feet) is located on the land. The warehouse
is 10 years old, is in good condition, has no heating system and complies with all safety standards,
• Official costs only (such as administrative fees, duties and building codes and legal requirements. The property, consisting of land and building, will be
taxes).
transferred in its entirety.
• Value Added Tax, Capital Gains Tax and illicit payments are - Will not be subject to renovations or additional construction following the purchase.
excluded - Has no trees, natural water sources, natural reserves or historical monuments of any kind.
- Will not be used for special purposes, and no special permits, such as for residential use,
Quality of land administration index (0-30) industrial plants, waste storage or certain types of agricultural activities, are required.
- Has no occupants, and no other party holds a legal interest in it.
• Reliability of infrastructure index (0-8)
• Transparency of information index (0–6)
• Geographic coverage index (0–8)
• Land dispute resolution index (0–8)
• Equal access to property rights index (-2–0)
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Registering Property - Congo, Dem. Rep.
Indicator Congo, Dem. Sub-Saharan OECD high Best Regulatory
Rep. Africa income Performance
Procedures (number) 8 6.1 4.7 1 (5 Economies)
Time (days) 38 51.6 23.6 1 (2 Economies)
Cost (% of property value) 10.1 7.3 4.2 0.0 (Saudi Arabia)
Quality of the land administration index (0-30) 9.0 9.0 23.2 None in 2018/19
Figure – Registering Property in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Score
41.7 82.3 32.5 30.0
Procedures Time Cost
Quality of the land administration index
Figure – Registering Property in Congo, Dem. Rep. and comparator economies – Ranking and Score
DB 2020 Registering Property Score
0 100
93.7: Rwanda (Rank: 3)
64.9: Malawi (Rank: 90)
62.6: Burundi (Rank: 100)
53.6: Regional Average (Sub-Saharan Africa)
46.6: Congo, Dem. Rep. (Rank: 159)
43.3: Angola (Rank: 167)
Note: The ranking of economies on the ease of registering property is determined by sorting their scores for registering property. These scores are the simple average of
the scores for each of the component indicators.
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Figure – Registering Property in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
Time (days) Cost (% of property value)
6
35
5
Cost (% of property value)
30
25 4
Time (days)
20
3
15
2
10
1
5
0 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Procedures (number)
* This symbol is shown beside procedure numbers that take place simultaneously with the previous procedure.
Note: Online procedures account for 0.5 days in the total time calculation. For economies that have a different procedure list for men and women, the graph shows the
time for women. For more information on methodology, see the Doing Business website (http://doingbusiness.org/en/methodology). For details on the procedures
reflected here, see the summary below.
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Figure – Registering Property in Congo, Dem. Rep. and comparator economies – Measure of Quality
35
30 28.5
Index score
25
20
15
10.5
10
9.0 9.0
7.0
4.5
5
0
Congo, Angola Burundi Malawi Rwanda Sub-Saharan
Dem. Africa
Rep.
Details – Registering Property in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Procedure, Time and Cost
No. Procedures Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Conduct a title search at the Registrar of Properties 2 days USD 15
Agency : Registrar of Property (Conservateur des Titres Immobiliers)
Parties conduct a search title to verify the history of the property, the validity of the title and the
right owners. Encumbrances are written on the back of the title at the "Conservateur des Titres
Immobiliers", and the legality/authenticity of the title is also checked during this process.
Within the Ministry of Land Affairs (Ministère des affaires Foncières), there are two divisions: one
responsible for the cadastre and the other for registration (Les titres immobiliers). The cadastre
being technical service deals with the inventory of properties and it's integrated by surveyors,
draftsman, and real estate experts. The registration office deal with the transfer of titles and their
preservation.
To be confident of the results obtained, it is necessary to ensure this verification within these two
divisions because it happens that the contents of the files held by these two divisions for a real
estate property are different.
There are a lot of fakes property titles in DRC, making this an essential step previous to the
property transaction.
2 Sign the sales agreement with a lawyer 2 days USD 1,225; (5% of the
Agency : Lawyer property value)
While there is no obligation by law to hire the services of a lawyer to prepare the sales agreement,
it is common practice for companies (as in the Doing Business case study) to employ such
services. The lawyer would generally be in charge of collecting the necessary documents to
prepare the sales agreement and present the file to the Land Registry (Conservation des titres
immobiliers.).
The transfer file of a commercial building must contain the following elements:
1. Letter of transfer request addressed to the Property Registrar;
2. The original seller's registration certificate;
3. Three original copies of the deed of sale notarized;
4. The legalized power of attorney;
5. Photocopy of identity documents;
6. Certified copy in accordance with the final judgment (if applicable)
7. Original of the certificate of non-appeal;
8. Original of the certificate of non-opposition (if applicable)
3 Sale deed authenticated by the Property Registrar and application made for replacement of 7 days USD 260; ($ 80 - $120 - a
registration certificate photograph of the seller
Agency : Registrar of Property (Conservateur des Titres Immobiliers) and buyer
The parties present the sale agreement to the Registrar (Conservateur) acting as a notary, for its
$100 notarized sale
authentication. Simultaneously the parties apply for replacement of the registration certificate at
agreement
the Registry Office. The buyer submits both the registration certificate and the concession
$ 60 new property title)
certificate to the “Conservateur des Titres Immobiliers” (Registry Office) to check their validity.
Since 1973, the law has allowed for the Registrar to act as a notary for the specific purpose of
registering property titles, being standard in practice. The Conservateur will establish a “Note de
Frais” which the buyer must give to the DGRAD agent located in the Registry. The Agent will
establish a “Note de perception" to be paid at the bank.
Also, pictures of all parties involved in the transaction (buyer, seller, lawyers, and witnesses) are
taken at the Land Registry.
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4 A land surveyor from the cadastre inspects and values the property and prepares the 7 days USD 75; ($50 - $100 (paid
cadastral plan to the surveyor; including
Agency : Cadastre - Registry Office (Conservateur) surveying fees and
The cadastre being a technical service deals with the inventory of properties and is composed of
expenses))
surveyors, draftsman, surveyor engineer, and real estate experts. Once the Registry Office has
verified that all taxes are paid, it will transfer the file to the Cadastre. The role of the Cadastre is to
confirm that the property is correctly described, determine its value and prepare the cadastral
extract. The land surveyor designated by the Cadastre, will inspect the property to assess its
value, measure its limits and prepare the cadastral plan. The Cadastre checks that the parcel is
correctly described and that taxes have been paid on the correct value of the property. After this
process is completed, the Cadastre returns the new file to the Registry office.
The Registry office will then prepare the new certificate with the name of the buyer (new owner)
including information from the report prepared by the surveyor and information provided by the
parties.
5 An order of payment for state taxes is issued by the tax agent (DGRAD) 3 days no charge
Agency : General Direction of Administrative and Judicial Revenues (Direction générale des
recettes administratives, judiciaires, domaniales et de participations, DGRAD)
The Direction Générale des Recettes Administratives, Judiciares, Domaniales et de Participation
(DGRAJ, General Direction of Administrative and Judicial Revenues) will prepare the official form
order to pay the state rights in a commercial bank.
6 The state fees are paid at a commercial bank 1 day USD 735; (3% of the
Agency : Commercial Bank property value for the
Payment for all fees is made at a commercial bank. A receipt is obtained. This receipt must be registration fee)
deposited at the accounting department of the DGRAD and copy delivered to the Registrar as
proof of payment.
Transfer fees are determined by the Arreté Interministériel n°18/CAB/MIN.AFF.FONC/2016 et
n°156/CAB/MIN/FINANCES/2016.
7 A new registration certificate in the name of the buyer is issued 14 days no charge
Agency : Registrar of Property (Conservateur des Titres Immobiliers)
The Registrar will ask for payment of any additional taxes, if applicable. Once these are paid, the
Registrar nullifies the old title deed (Certificat d’Enregistrement) in the name of the seller and
issues a new title deed in the name of the buyer. It serves as the buyer’s new ownership
entitlement.
8 Submit the registration certificate to be digitized at Congo Check 2 days USD 170; ($90 - $250 for
Agency : Congo Check Sarl a commercial-industrial 2-
Since August 2016 it is required for the owner to submit the updated registration certificate for story building depending
computerization of the records (scanned documents). Once the transfer is completed at the
the location in the
Registrar, the new owner proceeds to Congo Check to deposit the required documents. As a
Commune of Kinshasa)
result, Congo check will produce a certificate of registration including the information on the
property and its owner.
Takes place simultaneously with previous procedure.
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Details – Registering Property in Congo, Dem. Rep. – Measure of Quality
Answer Score
Quality of the land administration index (0-30) 9.0
Reliability of infrastructure index (0-8) 1.0
Type of land registration system in the economy: Title Registration
System
What is the institution in charge of immovable property registration? The Land Registry
(Les titres immobiliers
)
In what format are past and newly issued land records kept at the immovable property registry of the largest Paper 0.0
business city of the economy —in a paper format or in a computerized format (scanned or fully digital)?
Is there a comprehensive and functional electronic database for checking for encumbrances (liens, mortgages, No 0.0
restrictions and the like)?
Institution in charge of the plans showing legal boundaries in the largest business city: Land Cadastre (Le
Cadastre Foncier)
In what format are past and newly issued cadastral plans kept at the mapping agency of the largest business Paper 0.0
city of the economy—in a paper format or in a computerized format (scanned or fully digital)?
Is there an electronic database for recording boundaries, checking plans and providing cadastral information No 0.0
(geographic information system)?
Is the information recorded by the immovable property registration agency and the cadastral or mapping agency Separate databases 0.0
kept in a single database, in different but linked databases or in separate databases?
Do the immovable property registration agency and cadastral or mapping agency use the same identification Yes 1.0
number for properties?
Transparency of information index (0–6) 4.0
Who is able to obtain information on land ownership at the agency in charge of immovable property registration Anyone who pays the 1.0
in the largest business city? official fee
Is the list of documents that are required to complete any type of property transaction made publicly available– Yes, online 0.5
and if so, how?
Link for online access: Note circulaire
n°007/CAB/MIN/AFF.
FONC/2014 du 28
novembre 2014
http://www.leganet.cd
/Legislation/Droit%20
des%20biens/Note.cir
culaire.28.11.2014.ht
m
Is the applicable fee schedule for any type of property transaction at the agency in charge of immovable Yes, online 0.5
property registration in the largest business city made publicly available–and if so, how?
Link for online access: https://www.investindr
c.cd/fr/climat-des-
affaires/indicateurs-
doing-
business/transfert-de-
propriete/arrete-
interministeriel-n-128-
cab-min-aff-fonc-
2016-du-12-aout-
2016-modifiant-l-
arrete-du-26-mars-
2016-portant-fixation-
des-taux-des-droits-
taxes-et-redevances-
a-percevoir-a-l-
initiative-du-
ministere-des-
affaires-foncieres
Does the agency in charge of immovable property registration agency formally commit to deliver a legally Yes, online 0.5
binding document that proves property ownership within a specific timeframe –and if so, how does it
communicate the service standard?
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