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OHADA Act on Cooperative Societies and Mutual Associations

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The OHADA Uniform Act on the Law of Cooperative Societies (AUSCOOP, adopted 2010) governs cooperative formation and operation across all 17 OHADA member states in West and Central Africa. Requires: minimum 7 founding members, registered statutes, an annual general assembly, audited accounts for cooperatives above threshold. AUSCOOP harmonises cooperative law across Francophone Africa — Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and others — enabling cross-border cooperative structures for cotton, cocoa, coffee, and mineral producers.

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LEGISLATION IDENTIFIER: OHADA AUSCOOP (2010)
LEGISLATION JURISDICTION: West Africa
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EXTERNAL REFERENCE: https://www.ohada.com/textes-ohada/actes-uniformes.html
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY: in-effectstatus West African smallholder cooperatives using Commons3 to aggregate cotton, cocoa, coffee, or artisanal mineral production for collective export must meet OHADA AUSCOOP governance requirements. Signed member production records and aggregated lot documentation are the internal audit trail that satisfies the annual assembly and accounts requirements — and the provenance evidence that international buyers and development finance institutions require.reason commonsappliesSectors appliesTriggers appliesMaterials 7jurisdictionRank

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