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fixed-capital companies; (iv) promotion of inter-relationships between actors
of the financial sector financier; (v) promotion of a long-term saving policy;
and (vi) the need to conduct a reflection on tax incentives for financial
institutions prepared to operate in rural areas or according to government
priorities.
Furthermore, a study on the proposed creation of a Caisse des dépôts et
consignation (CDC) in Burkina Faso is being finalized. The purpose of
establishing the CDC is to mobilize and consolidate public and private
savings for funding development projects at both the national and territorial
community levels.
To promote healthy and fair competition and ensure the competitiveness of
SMEs/SMIs, quality and metrology controls were carried out in 2012 on: (i)
3995 regulatory measuring instruments used by different socio-professional
categories; (ii) 162 non-regulatory instruments, which were calibrated or
verified at the request of companies and laboratories; (iii) 1,899 requests for
analysis that were received and treated; (iv) the issue of 716 National
Certificates of Conformity (CNC); (v) reception and instruction of 18
complaints; and (vi) regular monitoring of the market.
Concerning the issue of documents and authorizations for trade and
investment, a total of 50,471 documents were issued in 2012. The
predominant documents were still prior importation declarations, which
represent 80.22%, followed by professional trader cards and certificates of
origin, respectively 11.03% and 6.03%. Inversely, there has been a
significant decline of special export authorizations and compliances with the
investment code, which will be corrected with the implementation of the
national export promotion strategy.
The Agence burkinabè de normalisation, de la métrologie et de la qualité
(ABNORM) was created by Decree 2012-812/PRES/PM/MICA of 8 October
2012, the decree on approval of its special statutes having been adopted by
Cabinet on 26 September 2012. The new structure aims at ensuring that
Burkina Faso has a clear vision of quality assurance and contributing to