CIPC (Company Intellectual Property Commission) previously CIPRO has recently been accredited by the DTi as a BBBEE Verification Agency and that it is now extending its service to include the issuing of BBBEE Certificates.
CIPC will now become the third regulatory body issuing BBBEE certificates over and above Association of BBBEE professionals (ABP) previously ABVA and IRBA Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors.
The announcement also talks of CIPC self-service terminals that will be installed throughout the country with biometric identification at various service centres. This may be an indication of the DTi’s approach solution for affidavits and the issuing of 51%+ black owned EME and QSE BEE Certificates.
Issued by: Property Sector Charter Council – 10 March 2015
