TY - BOOK AU - Martor, Boris ED - Kogan Page (Firm); ED - Organisation pour l'harmonisation en Afrique du droit des affaires. TI - Business law in Africa : : OHADA and the harmonization process SN - 0749439092 AV - KQC84.B87 .M11 PY - 2002/// CY - London ; Sterling, VA : PB - Kogan Page, KW - Commercial law -- KW - Afric KW - Law -- KW - Africa -- International unification N1 - Includes index; 1. What is OHADA? -- 2. Institutions -- 2.1 The Council of Ministers -- 2.2 The Permanent Secretariat -- 2.3 The Common Court of Justice and Arbitration (CCJA) -- 2.4 The Regional Training Centre for Legal Officers (ERSUMA) -- 3. General considerations on OHADA Uniform Acts -- 3.1 Principles laid down by the Treaty -- 3.2 Procedure for the adoption of Uniform Acts -- 3.3 Legal value of the provisions of the Uniform Acts and limits on their applicability -- 4. General commercial law -- 4.1 Status of commercial operators (commercants) -- 4.2 The Commercial Registry (RCCM) -- 4.3 Commercial leases -- 4.4 The business (Fonds de commerce) -- 4.5 Commercial intermediaries -- 4.6 Commercial sale agreements -- 5. Commercial companies and economic interest groups -- 5.1 General provisions -- 5.2 Societe Anonyme or SA -- 5.3 Societe a Responsabilite Limitee or SARL -- 5.4 Unlimited liability companies -- 5.5 Other structures -- 5.6 Restructuring and transformation -- 5.7 Public offerings -- 6. Acocunting law -- 6.1 Scope of the Uniform Act on Accounting Law -- 6.2 General accounting principles -- 6.3 New obligations created by the Uniform Act -- 6.4 Links with other existing accounting systems -- 7. Collective proceedings for the clearing of debts -- 7.1 Preventive settlement -- 7.2 Administration (redressement judiciare) -- 7.3 Liquidation -- 7.4 Management liabilities -- 7.5 International collective proceedings -- 8. Securities -- 8.1 Real securities (suretes reelles) -- 8.2 Personal securities (suretes personnelles) -- 8.3 Distribution of proceeds and ranking of securities -- 9. Simplified recovery procedures and enforcement measures -- 9.1 Simplified recovery procedures -- 9.2 Enforcement measures -- 10. Arbitration lwa -- 10.1 Uniform Act arbitration -- 10.2 CCJA arbitration -- 11. Future Uniform Acts -- 11.1 Uniform Acts on specific subjects defined in the Treaty -- 11.2 Subjects not specifically defined in the Treaty -- 12. The legal context beyond OHADA -- 12.1 Regional economic organizations -- 12.2 Specialized organizations. ER -