The membership conditions are as follows:

• Being a European majority capital company
• Complete the membership form
• Obtain the sponsorship of two CIES members (complete the sponsorship form)
• To have the vote of acceptance of the members of the CIES office
• Pay the entrance fees and the annual fee

In order to submit the membership application to the CIES’ Governing body, documents demonstrating the nature of the legal structure of the company in Senegal must be provided. These are: the RCS (Commerce Register in Senegal), NINEA (National Identification Number of Companies and Associations) as well as pages 5 to 7 of the SYSCOA tax package that correspond to the FIRD, the Information Sheet and Miscellaneous information.

The entrance fee and the annual subscription amount to CFA 200,000 respectively. For any membership starting from July of the current year, the amount of the contribution will be CFA 100,000 (50%).

For all new members, it is also necessary to provide a description of the company in Word or html format, as well as the company logo in electronic version of good quality.

As of September 1, 2017, CIES had 150 members. One-third of them are subsidiaries of major European groups and two-thirds are small or medium-sized enterprises and industries (SMEs / SMIs) with predominantly European capital.

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