Directorate General

Composition

A managing director appointed for a five -year term renewable once
An Deputy Directors General
A financial controller

General manager

Denis L. Bohoussou

(Ivory Coast)

Mondésir Oualou Panouala

Deputy Managing Director

(Central African Republic)

Serigne Toure

Financial controller

(Senegal)

Attributions

Executive body of the organization
Represents OAPI in all acts of civil life
Develop budget, program and action plan projects
Executes the budget and implements the programs adopted by the board of directors
Reports on its management to the board of directors
Delivered industrial property securities
Prepare and organize the meetings of the Board of Directors
Ensures the secretariat of the various commissions instituted by the Bangui Agreement

Functioning

Headquarters in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Composed of several sectoral departments (patents, distinctive signs, legal affairs, cooperation, etc.)
Works in close collaboration with national liaison structures (SNL) in each Member State
Appeals must be formed within sixty days from the notification of the contested decision

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