Procedures
French-derived procedure with OHADA enforcement
Civil procedure follows the received French model and OHADA's recovery and enforcement Act governs execution. The Cour suprême is the final national instance, with the CCJA taking Uniform Act questions.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — Tribunaux de grande instance, Cours d'appel, Cour suprême, and the CCJA for Uniform Act points.
- Deadline — Appel: one month from service
- Deadline — Injonction de payer: opposition within fifteen days
Governing law
- Code de procédure civile, commerciale, administrative et financière
- Acte uniforme portant organisation des procédures simplifiées de recouvrement et des voies d'exécution
In practice
The single Congolese procedural code covers civil, commercial, administrative and financial matters together, which is unusual and means administrative claims follow substantially the same forms as private ones.