Business licences may be required for certain activities such as banking, insurance, the exportation of gold and precious stones and the sale of specific products such as pesticides.
Exchange control exists.
Loans by a non Franc Zone resident, to an Ivorian resident, investments by non Franc Zone residents and generally, payments by transfer of funds of any nature to foreign countries, in favour of non residents, are subject to exchange control approval, which is generally easily obtained. Except for essential products, there is no restraint on trade. No entity regulates acquisitions and takeovers even where a change of control occurs. The Abidjan Stock Exchange has regulations governing securities listed on it. The treaty generally provides for the creation of a common area of jurisdiction, the implementation of a system of legal and judicial security for economic operators and adopts uniform laws adapted to the realities of the business environment.