Legal Framework
From The Report: Cote d’Ivoire 2019
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This chapter introduces the reader to the different aspects of the legal system in Côte d’Ivoire, in partnership with Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés. It also contains a viewpoint with Joachim Bilé-Aka and Michel K Brizoua-Bi, Founders, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés.

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Overview

Rules and regulation: A detailed look at Côte d’Ivoire’s legal system
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Côte d’Ivoire is a civil law country. As such, the legal system does not rely on prior decisions, but is instead structured by several different specific codes. The supreme law of the country is the constitution adopted by referendum on October 30, 2016. The legal hierarchy of the country puts the constitution at the top of the legal pyramid. This constitution is followed, respectively, by international treaties legally ratified by the National Assembly and laws adopted by the National…

Analysis

Authorised use: The four principles guiding the handling of personal data
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Similar to other ECOWAS member states such as Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde and Mali, Côte d’Ivoire has implemented a personal data protection legal framework in line with the ECOWAS Supplementary Act A/SA.1/01/10 on Personal Data Protection (2010). In Côte d’Ivoire, personal information processing is governed by Law No. 2013-450. This law establishes rules relating to the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data and the rules relating to the…

Viewpoint

Further adjustments: Joachim Bilé-Aka and Michel K Brizoua-Bi, Founders, Bilé-Aka, Brizoua-Bi & Associés, on tax incentives to attract investment
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Viewpoint:Joachim Bilé-Aka; Michel K Brizoua-Bi During the Cabinet statement given on August 1, 2018, the government introduced a new investment code to replace the previous one, which had been in force since 2012. The latest code is the third reiteration of the original investment code adopted in 1995. According to Emmanuel Essis Esmel, secretary of state for promoting investments in the private sector and former director-general at the Investment Promotion Agency of Côte d’Ivoire, the…