REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND
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DECREE No. 2025/013 of 14 January 2025 to lay down the reorganization and functioning of the Cocoa and Coffee Sector Development Fund
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,
Mindful of the Constitution;
Mindful of Law No. 95/11 of 27 July 1995 to organize the marketing of cocoa and coffee, as amended and supplemented by Law No. 2004/025 of 30 December 2004;
Mindful of Law No. 2017/010 of 12 July 2017 to lay down the general rules and regulations governing public establishments;
Mindful of Law No. 2018/011 of 11 July 2018 to lay down the Cameroon Code of Transparency and Good Governance in public finance management;
Mindful of Law No. 2018/012 of 11 July 2018 relating to the fiscal regime of the State and other public entities;
Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 11 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018;
Mindful of Decree No. 2018/366 of 20 June 2018 to institute the Public Contracts Code;
Mindful of Decree No. 2019/320 of 19 July 2019 to lay down conditions for implementing some provisions of Law No. 2017/010 and Law No. 2017/011 of 12 July 2017;
Mindful of Decree No. 2019/322 of 19 June 2019 to lay down the categories of public establishments, the remuneration, allowances and benefits of their managers;
Mindful of Decree No. 2020/375 of 7 July 2020 to lay down the general rules and regulations governing public accounting;
HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1: This decree lays down the reorganization and functioning of the Cocoa and Coffee Sector Development Fund, abbreviated to “CCODEF” and hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”.
ARTICLE 2: (1) The Fund shall be a public economic and financial establishment with legal personality and financial autonomy.
(2) It shall be headquartered in Yaounde. However, the head office may be transferred to any other locality within the national territory by decree of the President of the Republic.
(3) Branches, offices or representations may be set up in or out of the country by resolution of the Board of Directors as and when necessary.
ARTICLE 3: (1) The duty of the Fund shall be to finance and pay for services relating to: - supporting and reviving the cocoa and coffee sectors; - supporting applied research on these produce and improving their quality; - supporting cocoa and coffee sector stakeholder training and information programmes; - promoting local processing and consumption of cocoa and coffee.
(2) The Fund may carry out any other financial, commercial, movable and immovable property transactions directly or indirectly related to the activities laid down in (1) above or likely to promote cocoa and coffee sector development.