REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND
DECREE NO. 2025/293 10 JUL 2025 to reorganize the Road Fund
# THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,
Mindful of the Constitution; 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. 2018/012 of 11 July 2018 relating to the financial regime of the State and other public entities; Mindful of Law No. 2019/024 of 24 December 2019 to institute the General Code of Regional and Local Authorities; Mindful of Law No. 2022/007 of 27 July 2022 relating to the protection of national roads asset; Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018,
HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1: This decree lays down the reorganization and functioning of the Road Fund.
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ARTICLE 2: (1) The Road Fund, hereinafter referred to as “the Fund”, shall be a special public establishment.
(2) It shall have legal personality and financial autonomy.
(3) It shall be headquartered in Yaounde. However, the head office may be transferred to any other locality of the national territory by decree of the President of the Republic.
(4) Branches, offices or representations may be set up in other parts of the country by resolution of the Board of Directors, as and when necessary.
ARTICLE 3: The Fund shall carry out the following missions, in conjunction with the relevant government services:
- collect the required resources to finance road and motorway projects, study, compensation, investment and maintenance programmes;
- finance programmes for the protection of the national roads asset, road safety, and the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of non-conceded roads and motorways;
- manage tolls on non-conceded roads and motorways;
- source and mobilize financing needed to implement the said programmes or projects on the domestic and international markets;
- pay for services and works eligible for funding.
To that end, it shall be responsible for:
A. Resource mobilization and collection:
i. collecting directly, with the assistance of government services in charge of financial and tax issues or any other partner, the resources relating to:
- proceeds from the transit tax;
- the road toll fee or, in the case of a concession, the concession fee;
- income from funds invested in banks or operations deemed profitable for the Fund;
ii. mobilizing from government services in charge of financial and tax issues, the resources relating to:
- the share of proceeds from fines for damage to road assets;
- the share of the special tax on petroleum products;
- grants and subsidies;
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- funds from various sources directly related to road usage;
iii. providing technical assistance to Government in setting up resource mobilization mechanisms to finance public-private partnership projects;