Registration of Technology Transfer Agreements in Nigeria with NOTAP

NOTAP stands for the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion. The following documents are required for the registration of imported Technology in Nigeria;

• Completed Application Form, NOTAP Questionnaire, and TAA Pre-Qualification Form.
• Draft Copy of the Technology Transfer Agreement to be Registered.
• Company’s Memorandum and Article of Association.
• Certificate of Incorporation.
• Completed Monitoring Form (where applicable).
• Annual Report.
• Tax Clearance Certificate and Tax Identification Number (TIN).
• Performance Bond for Advance Payment.
• Engineering Drawings, Feasibility Study, Report where applicable.
• Approval\Licenses Obtained from Appropriate Authorities and Bodies.
• Transferor/Licensor Profile.H

Procedure for Registering TTA (Technology Transfer Agreement)

Step 1 – The applicant has to obtain the Application Form, sends in the completed Form for filing accompanied by copies of TTA and the above listed required documents, and pay the prescribed fee for initiating the application. This should be done within 30 days from the date of execution of the Transfer Agreement.

Step 2 – This involves the screening of the required documents, evaluation, and analysis of the TTA by NOTAP. The agreement is evaluated from the legal, economic, and technical perspectives, It must comply with the Guidelines for Registration of TTA.

Step 3 – Upon compliance with all the criteria and payment of the prescribed fee, the schedule officer will verify and resubmit the file for clearance. Where the agreement is not in compliance with the criteria, the agreement will be recommended for review, the applicant is to respond and re-submit the amended agreement(s), where no issue is raised or issues raised have been appropriately responded to, a letter of approval will be issued indicating the amount to be paid as registration fee and for submission of 2 certified copies of the agreement one of which must be the original copy for processing, after which the approved agreement will be stamped and a Certificate of Registration issued.

Step 4 – this stage involves the collection of Certificate of Registration, this will be issued to the applicant along with the original copy of the Transfer Agreement certified by the office at the Director general’s Office, while the second copy is filed in NOTAP for record purposes.

Step 5 – After issuance of the Certificate, the applicant is to proceed to his bank for confirmation of reasonableness and remittance of the prescribed fee, the bank will request that NOTAP confirms the authenticity of the certificate and the appropriate fees to be paid.  NOTAP has to issue a letter of confirmation, it is usually forwarded to the applicant along with the CTC of the Certificate of Registration.

Processing Registration of TTA from the date of filing to the issuance of confirmation of reasonableness takes an average of 60 Days.

Finally, it is worthy to note that additional requirements may be requested for specific types of TTA, however, the main procedure and requirements for registration of TTA with NOTAP are as stated above.

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