Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade General Organization for Export and Import Control

Service description

• Obtaining a negative or positive certificate about the position of the establishment or company regarding registration in the commercial agents register
• The beneficiary of the service
  • At the request of the commercial agent
  • At the request of government agencies (courts - taxes..etc.)

Place of service

MAROUF

Service Obtaining Documents

First, the documents and procedures required to request a data certificate at the request of the official authorities (government)

Required Documents

• An original official letter to the government agency’s correspondence requesting a certificate of data about the facility or company, provided that it is stamped with the true seal of the Republic’s emblem. 
  Noting that the data certificate based on an official letter from a government agency is exempt from fees

Service Procedure

1. Receive the letter
2. Search in the system
3. Review the file, if existed
4. Certificate preparation and approval
5. Certificate delivery

Second, the documents and procedures required to request a data certificate at the request of the commercial agent

Required Documents

1. The origin of the data certificate request form signed by the person concerned, or whoever has the right to manage and sign, or his representative
2. A copy of the national ID card or passport of the applicant and the original for viewing
3. A copy of the registration card in the Commercial Agents Register (if existed) 
   Or a copy of the tax card 
   Or an official extract from the commercial register
4. If the applicant is an agent
   • A copy of a notarized power of attorney from the real estate registry and the original for review (even a second agent is accepted only)
   • Acknowledgment of the validity of the power of attorney signed by the agent

Service Procedure

1. Book an appointment through the GOEIC's website 
   Please see the instructions for use when booking the appointment
2. Fee estimation by financial reference
3. Pay the fees to the authority’s treasury with a visa
4. Search in the system
5. File review (if existed)
6. Preparing and approving the data certificate
7. Receipt of the certificate

Important Notes

1. Obtaining document forms from the GOEIC’s website only
2. To find out the steps for booking an appointment through the GOEIC’s website, please enter the following link
3. It takes into account the placement of the stamp with 1pound and the stamp of resource development on the power of attorney
4. If the person concerned or who has the right to manage and sign outside the country and delegate his legal representative to submit an application for obtaining the service at the authority, the power of attorney issued by a foreign authority must be certified by the Egyptian embassy or consulate abroad and deposited in the real estate registry in Egypt
5. In the case of a request for a data certificate (negative / positive) from all the general departments of commercial registrations according to a letter from an official governmental body, the data certificate is prepared in coordination between the register of importers, exporters, agents, commercial intermediaries and the General Administration of Production Requirements
6. In the event of a request for a statement of the size of the facility’s business, a report is requested from the Business Sector Department at the main headquarters at Cairo Airport

Book an appointment

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