Verification of Conformity
Our verification of conformity service helps ensure that shipments conform to local importing standa…
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Cotecna is authorised by the Gabonese Standard Agency AGANOR (Agence Gabonaise de Normalisation) to support the Gabonese Conformity Assessment Programme PROGEC (Programme Gabonais d’évaluation de la Conformité) and verify the conformity to applicable standards of all regulated products imported into Gabon.
Cotecna’s mandate consists in performing documentary verifications, inspections (when applicable) in order to issue Certificates of Conformity (COC) for goods complying with applicable standards (Gabonese, Regional and International standards). The objective of this programme is to better protect consumers from substandard, counterfeit and potentially dangerous goods.
In the absence of a valid COC at Customs, concerned products will be refused and the importer exposed to the relevant sanctions as proscribed by the Law.
Food Products (HS Chap 1-24) are not subject to PROGEC requirements.
To find out if your product(s) is subject to regulation, please contact us.
Cotecna’s mandate includes the physical inspection, sampling and testing of goods in fully ISO 17025 accredited laboratories. Factory audits may also be carried out to ensure production is compliant with standards.
To assess the conformity of a shipment, the Verification of Conformity process will follow one of the three following ways of compliance called “Routes”, depending on the profile of the exporter:
To learn more about our verification of conformity programmes, or to request a Certificate of Conformity (COC) for your shipment, please download our VOC contact list mentioned above.
Please note that to receive a quote you will need to have at least the following export documents ready:
Please note that all fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
From 30 November – 1 December was hosted the “Seminaire de Formation des Importateurs et Exportateurs," at the headquarters of the Conseil Gabonais de Chargeurs in Libreville.
Cotecna team visited AGANOR headquarters office in Libreville, Gabon and met with General Director.
Get to know the PROGEC certification process and what you need to start exporting to Gabon.
Following the notice sent by AGANOR to the inspection companies in charge of PROGEC, Decree 1080-20 of July 16 2020 has been postponed until August 1st, 2021.