Niger
2 regulators · 5 laws & regulations · 5 obligations · 6 enforcement actions
| Law or regulation | Type | Year | Regulator | Summary | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction n°006-05-2018 du 16 mai 2018 fixant les modalités d'application des sanctions pécuniaires prononcées par la Commission Bancaire de l'UMOA à l'encontre des établissements de crédit de l'UMOA (Instruction on applying the Banking Commission's pecuniary sanctions to UMOA credit institutions) status not recorded | Direction | 2018 | Commission Bancaire de l'UMOA (UMOA Banking Commission) | Divides infractions into three categories and caps fines at FCFA 300 million for banks… | official |
Divides infractions into three categories and caps fines at FCFA 300 million for banks and FCFA 90 million for financial establishments with a banking character (Arts. 2-4). The BCEAO collects the fines (Art. 5). | |||||
| Circulaire n°04-2017/CB/C relative à la gestion des risques dans les établissements de crédit et les compagnies financières de l'UMOA (Circular on risk management in UMOA credit institutions and financial holding companies) status not recorded | Circular | 2017 | Commission Bancaire de l'UMOA (UMOA Banking Commission) | Adopted in Abidjan on 27 September 2017, in force from 2 July 2018, repealing Circulaire… | official |
Adopted in Abidjan on 27 September 2017, in force from 2 July 2018, repealing Circulaire 003-2011/CB/C (Art. 57). It covers operational risk (Arts. 28-32), information systems (Art. 12), outsourcing (Arts. 33-38) and business continuity plans tested at least once a year (Arts. 39-41). | |||||
| Décret n°2017-682/PRN/MET/PS du 10 août 2017 portant partie règlementaire du Code du Travail (Decree setting out the regulatory part of the Labour Code) status not recorded | Act | 2017 | — | Implements Loi n°2012-45 for all employers and workers nationwide (Art. 2). Art. 122… | official |
Implements Loi n°2012-45 for all employers and workers nationwide (Art. 2). Art. 122 prohibits sexual harassment and bars sanctions against a worker who testified about or reported it; labour inspectors supervise apprenticeship contracts (Art. 93) and disability hiring quotas (Art. 6). | |||||
| Convention portant création du Conseil Régional de l'Epargne Publique et des Marchés Financiers (Convention establishing the Regional Council for Public Savings and Financial Markets) status not recorded | Act | 1996 | — | Signed on 3 July 1996 by Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and… | official |
Signed on 3 July 1996 by Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. Art. 1 sets the body's missions of organising and supervising public offerings and of authorising and supervising regional market participants. | |||||
| Règlement Général relatif à l'organisation, au fonctionnement et au contrôle du marché financier régional de l'UMOA (General Regulation on the organisation, operation and supervision of the UMOA regional financial market) status not recorded | Regulation | — | — | Sets the rules for public offerings, the regional exchange (BRVM), the central… | official |
Sets the rules for public offerings, the regional exchange (BRVM), the central depository, intermediaries such as SGI and portfolio managers, and collective investment schemes. It has no AML/CFT provisions, but Art. 25 requires intermediaries to keep clients' identity documents for ten years after the relationship ends. The text read gives no adoption date. | |||||
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