Bureau Veritas wins a concession to implement and operate the Single Window in Togo

20 February 2014

The Republic of Togo has awarded a concession to Bureau Veritas Group and its partner, Soget, to set up and run a technological platform system to facilitate trade, called a Single Window. This management tool operates in a simplified and secured environment at each step of the supply chain.

"Reducing costs and dwell times, simplifying processes and enhancing transparency in business to government relations are the main benefits of implementing a Single Window", says Thibaud de Mauduit, Operations Director, Government Services & International Trade, at Bureau Veritas.

A particularly innovative billing system lies at the heart of the new Togolese Single Window whereby all payments and transactions are listed on a single document enabling costs and taxes to be monitored more efficiently.

The contract was signed on the 10/10/2013.

About Bureau Veritas:
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in conformity assessment and certification services. Created in 1828 the Group has over 60,000 employees in around 1,330 offices and laboratories located in 140 countries. Bureau Veritas helps its clients to improve their performances, by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructures and processes meet standards and regulations, in terms of quality, health, and safety, environment protection and social responsibility. Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the Next 20 index (Compartment A, code ISIN FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI)



The Government Services and International Trade Business of Bureau Veritas, which includes the subsidiary BIVAC, provides assistance to government authorities, implementing trade facilitation programs to maximize State revenues and check that products meet specified standards. Bureau Veritas is accredited ISO 17020 in respect of pre-shipment inspection services and verification of conformity of products. Over 90 trade facilitation programs have been delivered to Governments in 30 years.

Bureau Veritas press release