The cocoa regulations we follow

Governs how cooperatives are created, registered, owned and run in OHADA member states: membership, shares, the General Assembly, Board of Directors, Supervisory Board, accounts and the allocation of surpluses.

Our articles of association were harmonised with the Uniform Act (articles 390 and 392). The cooperative is registered with the Registrar of Cooperatives of the Southwest Region, holds a members’ register, and is governed by its General Assembly, a nine-member Board of Directors and a five-member Supervisory Board.

Organises the cocoa and coffee trade in Cameroon following the liberalisation of the sector, and sets the framework within which producers, buyers and exporters operate.

We operate as a registered business within this framework and follow the implementing decrees and orders listed below.

Cocoa may only be marketed once it has been fermented and dried. Beans are classified into commercial types and grades, and are bought from producers at a price differentiated by quality, agreed between the parties on the basis of the reference prices published by the sector information system.

We buy only fermented, dried beans, assess the grade openly with the seller, pay by quality, and publish our price next to the national reference price.

Sets the practical conditions for buying cocoa. Only operators and agents holding a professional card issued by the inter-profession (CICC) may carry out cocoa purchasing operations.

Our buyers hold a valid CICC professional card for the season. Farmers are welcome to ask to see it.

Buyers, their agents and exporters must declare their commercial activity and hold a professional card issued by the CICC, renewed each season. A buyer is responsible for the conduct of its agents.

Our buyers hold the CICC professional card for the season, and we take responsibility for everyone who buys on our behalf.

Purchases from producers are to take place at organised markets and declared buying points. Buying at night and door-to-door buying are prohibited.

We buy only at our declared branches (Kombone Mission, Kake and Mbonge Road, Kumba), during daytime opening hours. We do not buy at night or door to door.

Scales used in trade must be approved and periodically verified by the state metrology service so that farmers are paid for the true weight of their produce.

Our scales are verified as required. Every weighing is done in front of the seller and the weight is written on the receipt.

Cocoa leaving Cameroon undergoes quality control supervised by the ONCC, and export levies fixed by order fund the ONCC, CICC and FODECC.

We prepare and store our lots to meet export quality requirements, and work only with licensed exporters.

Only pesticides approved for use in Cameroon, through the Central African Inter-State Pesticides Committee (CPAC) and MINADER, may be used on cocoa.

We use only approved products on our farms, applied by trained people with protective equipment, and advise our suppliers to do the same.

Sets the minimum working age and protects children from hazardous work. Cameroon has ratified the ILO conventions on minimum age and on the worst forms of child labour.

There is no child labour on our farms. We do not knowingly buy cocoa produced with child labour, and we raise awareness among our suppliers.

Regulates forests and protected areas. Farming is not permitted inside protected areas and forest reserves.

We do not plant or buy cocoa from protected areas or forest reserves.

Cocoa placed on the EU market must be deforestation-free (no deforestation after 31 December 2020), produced legally, and traceable to the plot of land where it was grown, with geolocation. Cameroon is building a national traceability system involving the CICC, FODECC and ONCC. Application is scheduled from 30 December 2026 for large and medium operators and 30 June 2027 for micro and small operators.

We record each supplier and farm plot, support plot geolocation, and keep lots traceable so our cocoa can meet EUDR requirements. How our traceability works.