Senegal

Find details about Senegal's beneficial ownership transparency reforms

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Records last updated: 08 November 2023

Contact person: Favour Ime

Current ongoing work

We are supporting the Senegal Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative and the Ministry of Justice with the automation of the beneficial ownership (BO) declaration system, and the simplification of existing legislation on BO disclosures.

Committed to one or more

  • Live register
    Following the launch of one or more beneficial ownership registers, a country is labelled as Live register.
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Implementation details

Senegal EITI Register

Name
Senegal EITI Register
Central register implemented
Yes
Public access
Yes
Scope
Sectoral: Extractives
Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
2%

Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier (RCCM)

Name
Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier (RCCM)
Central register implemented
Yes
Public access
No
Scope
Sectoral: Extractives
Register launched
2021
Threshold used to determine beneficial ownership
25%

Commitment details

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  • As an Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) member, Senegal has committed to beneficial ownership transparency for the extractives sector. [25 February 2016]
  • Senegal issued Presidential Decree 2020-791 in March 2020 to create a legal obligation on the government to establish an electronic register of beneficial ownership information of companies active in the extractive sector [02 March 2020]