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Angola’s new Regulation of Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Companies Law

Duarte Marques da Cruz by Duarte Marques da Cruz
June 16, 2021
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Presidential Decree no. 94/21 of April 19 establishes proceedings for the classification, constitution, certification and provision of accounts as well as defines a differentiated treatment and the institutional support mechanisms regarding Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Companies (“MPME” in the Portuguese acronym).

The criteria that classify a company as micro, small or medium-sized are provided in the Micro, Small and Medium-sized Companies Law, and the classification is obtained in the act of registration.

This Regulation aims to:

• Simplify and accelerate the administrative treatment of the proceeding through which Micro, Small or Medium-sized Company status is required;

• Permit greater transparency in the definition of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Companies in the context of the different supports and programs made available by public entities and the Angolan Government;

• Ensure the existence of an adequate and complete information regarding these companies, available to the interested public entities;

• Assure that rules and supports directed to Micro, Small and Medium-sized companies only benefit companies which really have this status;

• Permit multipurpose certification in different services.

It is important to remember that Micro, Small and Medium-sized companies have access to a simplified proceeding for its constitution, which may be held in multiple institutions, namely in the “Guichet Único da Empresa”, a one-stop shop in which all the proceedings regarding the constitution of a company may be performed in a single site and at the same time.

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Micro, Small and Medium-sized companies have easiness in accessing to credit, namely with the existence of a credit access support service, which may be divided in the following assistances:

• Receipt of the credit request;

• Analysis and characterization of the application proceeding;

• Support in the constitution of the credit file;

• Assistance in the negotiation with financial institutions;

• Supervision of projects whose financing was approved.

With regard to the labour field, Micro, Small and Medium-sized companies shall send information annually about their employment relationships, filling a form approved by the Ministerial Department responsible for the Labor Sector.

After the first year of economic activity, Micro, Small and Medium Companies are obliged to inform their dismissals and new hires to the Ministry responsible for the Labor Sector.

Another benefit established for this type of companies is that when an inspection discovers any legal infringement for the first time, there is a tolerance, being these companies only notified to start complying with the breached rules. In other words, they are not punished at the first time in which they infringe a regulation.

In addition to the purposes of simplification and fighting the excessive bureaucracy, this new Regulation intends to facilitate the dynamization of the Micro, Small and Medium-sized companies sector, which is seen by the Angolan Government as essential for the growth and diversification of the Angolan economy.

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Duarte Marques da Cruz

Duarte Marques da Cruz

Duarte Marques da Cruz is partner of the Portuguese law firm MC&A, specialized in international business advisory, with a special focus in Lusophone markets. With extensive experience in the Energy sector (Renewables and Oil & Gas) and in International Taxation, he has supported international companies in major upstream, midstream transactions and projects, including in implementing, exploration and development programs. Duarte has also supported international clients in other areas of practice, namely, Mining, Transport & Logistics, Regulatory Compliance and Mergers & Acquisitions in Mozambique, Angola and Portugal.

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