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Removal from the Trade Register in Algeria: procedure, documents and cost

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Removal is the act by which the Centre national du registre de commerce (CNRC) puts an end to the registration of a trader or of a company in the trade register. It is not a simple exit formality: it requires an attestation de situation fiscale (tax clearance certificate) issued by the tax services, and for a company a notarial deed of dissolution published in the BOAL. This guide sets out the grounds, the documents, the costs and what remains after removal.

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Trade register deregistration request template

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The wording stays in French, the language this request is filed in at the counter. The text below is the text of the Word file, reproduced so you can read, copy or adapt it without downloading anything. The items in blue are the fields to replace with your own details.

DEMANDE DE RADIATION DU REGISTRE DU COMMERCE

Covering letter addressed to the Centre National du Registre du Commerce, individual trader version and legal entity version

This letter accompanies the request drawn up on the forms supplied by the CNRC, it does not replace it. The internal trade ministry sheet on deregistrations requires the request to be drawn up on those forms. The letter below stays in French, the language it is filed in.

How to use this template

  • The template comes in two versions. The first is for the individual trader. The second is for the dissolved legal entity.
  • Start with the tax office, not with the CNRC. The tax position certificate issued by the competent tax service is required for the individual and for the legal entity alike, and the file is not admissible without it.
  • It is the original trade register extract that is filed, not a copy. A lost extract therefore has to be replaced before the deregistration is started.
  • For a legal entity, the notarial deed of dissolution goes with the resolution that decided it. The two documents travel together.
  • If the trader has died, attach the death certificate. Heirs who wish to carry on the activity fall under a different formality from deregistration, and the choice is made before filing.
  • Where the deregistration follows a court decision, attach that decision.

Version 1, commerçant personne physique

[NOM ET PRÉNOM DU COMMERÇANT]

Registre du commerce numéro [NUMÉRO DU REGISTRE DU COMMERCE]

[ADRESSE DU LOCAL COMMERCIAL]

[COMMUNE], [WILAYA]

Téléphone : [NUMÉRO DE TÉLÉPHONE]

Courriel : [ADRESSE ÉLECTRONIQUE]

À Monsieur le Directeur du Centre National du Registre du Commerce

Antenne locale de [COMMUNE OU WILAYA DU CNRC]

[VILLE], le [DATE]

Objet : demande de radiation du registre du commerce

Monsieur le Directeur,

J'ai l'honneur de solliciter la radiation de mon inscription au registre du commerce, immatriculée sous le numéro [NUMÉRO DU REGISTRE DU COMMERCE], au titre de l'activité de [ACTIVITÉ DÉCLARÉE] exercée à l'adresse indiquée ci-dessus.

La radiation est demandée pour le motif suivant : [MOTIF DE LA RADIATION, PAR EXEMPLE CESSATION VOLONTAIRE D'ACTIVITÉ]. La cessation est intervenue le [DATE DE CESSATION D'ACTIVITÉ].

Vous trouverez ci-joint les pièces suivantes :

  • la demande établie sur les formulaires fournis par le CNRC, dûment remplie et signée,
  • l'extrait original du registre du commerce,
  • l'attestation de situation fiscale délivrée par les services fiscaux compétents,
  • [LE CAS ÉCHÉANT, L'ACTE DE DÉCÈS DU DÉFUNT],
  • [LE CAS ÉCHÉANT, LA DÉCISION DE JUSTICE AYANT ENTRAÎNÉ LA RADIATION],
  • la quittance justifiant le paiement des frais de radiation.

Je certifie l'exactitude des renseignements portés sur la présente demande et sur les pièces qui l'accompagnent, et je sollicite la délivrance de l'attestation de radiation correspondante.

Dans l'attente d'une suite favorable, je vous prie d'agréer, Monsieur le Directeur, l'expression de ma considération distinguée.

Le demandeur

Nom et prénom :

Signature :

Version 2, personne morale dissoute

[DÉNOMINATION SOCIALE]

[FORME JURIDIQUE]

Registre du commerce numéro [NUMÉRO DU REGISTRE DU COMMERCE]

Siège social : [ADRESSE DU SIÈGE SOCIAL]

[COMMUNE], [WILAYA]

À Monsieur le Directeur du Centre National du Registre du Commerce

Antenne locale de [COMMUNE OU WILAYA DU CNRC]

[VILLE], le [DATE]

Objet : demande de radiation du registre du commerce à la suite de la dissolution de la société

Monsieur le Directeur,

Agissant en qualité de [QUALITÉ DU SIGNATAIRE, PAR EXEMPLE GÉRANT OU LIQUIDATEUR] de la société [DÉNOMINATION SOCIALE], immatriculée au registre du commerce sous le numéro [NUMÉRO DU REGISTRE DU COMMERCE], j'ai l'honneur de solliciter la radiation de cette inscription.

La dissolution a été décidée par [ORGANE AYANT DÉCIDÉ LA DISSOLUTION] le [DATE DE LA DÉLIBÉRATION], puis constatée par acte notarié reçu par [NOM DU NOTAIRE], notaire à [VILLE DU NOTAIRE], le [DATE DE L'ACTE NOTARIÉ]. Elle a fait l'objet d'une insertion au Bulletin officiel des annonces légales et dans un quotidien national.

Vous trouverez ci-joint les pièces suivantes :

  • la demande établie sur les formulaires fournis par le CNRC, dûment remplie et signée,
  • l'acte notarié portant dissolution de la société, joint à la délibération y afférente,
  • la copie de l'insertion de la dissolution au Bulletin officiel des annonces légales et dans un quotidien national,
  • l'extrait original du registre du commerce,
  • l'attestation de situation fiscale délivrée par les services fiscaux compétents,
  • [LE CAS ÉCHÉANT, LA DÉCISION DE JUSTICE AYANT ENTRAÎNÉ LA RADIATION],
  • la quittance justifiant le paiement des frais de radiation.

Je certifie l'exactitude des renseignements portés sur la présente demande et sur les pièces qui l'accompagnent, et je sollicite la délivrance de l'attestation de radiation correspondante.

Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Directeur, l'expression de ma considération distinguée.

Le représentant légal

Nom et prénom :

Qualité :

Signature et cachet :

Worth knowing before you file

  • Stopping trading and being struck off are two different situations. As long as the entry stays active, the tax filing obligations and the social contribution keep running.
  • The tax position certificate is the real critical path. A business behind on its returns has to regularise first, which can cover several financial years.
  • Keep the deregistration certificate. It is the document that administrations, banks and social security bodies ask for as proof that you have left the register.
  • For a legal entity, the beneficial owner information and its supporting documents are kept for five years from the expiry, the dissolution or the deregistration, under article 19 of executive decree no. 26-163 of 20 April 2026.
  • The documents required and the fees due are published by the internal trade ministry and by the CNRC, and can change. Check them before you travel.

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What removal from the trade register is

Removal is the entry that closes a trader's file in the register. Until it has been granted, the entity remains registered and is deemed to be trading, even if the premises have been shut for months and no invoice has been issued. That is the central misunderstanding on this subject: ceasing to trade and being removed from the register are two different things, and only the second one produces legal effects.

The consequence is immediately financial. A registration that is left in place keeps feeding the obligations that flow from it: periodic tax returns, the social security contribution of the manager or of the trader, the filing of the annual accounts for a company. Entrepreneurs discover years later a backlog built up over a period during which they genuinely believed they had stopped everything.

Removal is also the normal exit point of a dissolved company. It comes at the end of a sequence that begins with the shareholders' decision, continues with the notarial deed of dissolution and its publication, and ends with the entry in the register. The CNRC does not remove a company on simple request: it records a dissolution that has been properly decided and published.

Finally, removal can be imposed. Since law no. 26-12 of 8 June 2026, published in Official Gazette no. 44 of 18 June 2026, the court may order removal from the trade register where a trader has not regularised their situation within the three months following the administrative closure of their premises. This is the last step of an escalation detailed on our page devoted to amendments (/modification-registre-commerce-algerie).

The grounds for removal

The fact sheet of the ministry of internal trade distinguishes the documents according to the cause of the removal. It is that cause which governs the file.

The case of death deserves a clarification, because it places the heirs before a choice. They may apply for removal, and the file then includes the death certificate of the deceased. They may also wish to continue the activity, which falls under a formality other than removal. The two routes are not handled in the same way and the choice must be made before filing.

The case of dissolution is the heaviest, because it adds up steps taken outside the CNRC: the shareholders' resolution, the notarial deed, publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces légales (BOAL) and in a national daily newspaper. Removal comes at the end of that chain, not at the beginning.

CauseEntity concernedDecisive document
Voluntary cessation of activityNatural personAttestation de situation fiscale
Death of the traderNatural personDeath certificate of the deceased
Court decisionNatural person or legal personThe court decision that led to the removal
Dissolution decided by the shareholdersLegal personNotarial deed of dissolution attached to the resolution
Removal ordered by the court (law 26-12)Natural person or legal personThe decision of the court

The tax prerequisite: the attestation de situation fiscale

This is the document on which everything else depends. The fact sheet of the ministry of internal trade requires, for the natural person as well as for the legal person, an attestation de situation fiscale (tax clearance certificate) issued by the competent tax services. Without it, the removal file is not admissible at the CNRC.

That requirement explains why removal takes time in businesses that have let their filing obligations slide. The tax administration will not certify a position it is not in a position to assess. In practice, you have to be up to date with your returns before you can hope to obtain the certificate, which sometimes means regularising several financial years beforehand.

The order of operations is therefore counter-intuitive for many directors. You do not start with the CNRC and then inform the tax office. You start with the tax office, you obtain the certificate, and you then go to the CNRC with it. Any attempt to do the opposite ends in a rejected file.

It should be added that removal from the trade register and closure of the tax file are two distinct operations, each partly conditioning the other. A complete exit means carrying both through to the end, and not stopping at whichever one completes first.

The documents to provide

List drawn up from the fact sheet of the ministry of internal trade on the removal of natural persons and legal persons. The documents marked where applicable are required only in the corresponding situation.

  • Natural person: an application drawn up on the forms provided by the CNRC.
  • Natural person: the original extract from the trade register.
  • Natural person: the death certificate of the deceased, where applicable.
  • Natural person: the court decision that led to the removal, where applicable.
  • Natural person: the attestation de situation fiscale issued by the competent tax services.
  • Natural person: the receipt evidencing payment of the removal fee.
  • Legal person: an application drawn up on the forms provided by the CNRC.
  • Legal person: a notarial deed effecting the dissolution of the company, attached to the corresponding resolution.
  • Legal person: a copy of the notice of dissolution published in the Bulletin officiel des annonces légales and in a national daily newspaper.
  • Legal person: the original extract from the trade register.
  • Legal person: the attestation de situation fiscale issued by the competent tax services.
  • Legal person: the court decision that led to the removal, where applicable.
  • Legal person: the receipt evidencing payment of the removal fee.

As with an amendment, it is the original extract that is filed and not a copy, since the formality puts an end to the registration that the extract embodies. A lost extract must therefore be replaced before starting the removal, which adds a prior formality detailed on our page devoted to the extract (/extrait-registre-commerce-algerie).

For a legal person, the notarial deed of dissolution must be attached to the resolution that decided it. The two documents go together: the deed without the resolution is not enough, and neither is a resolution not followed by a notarial deed.

How much a removal costs

The two official sources do not give exactly the same amounts, because they do not cover the same perimeter: the ministerial fact sheet states the removal fee to be attached to the file, while the CNRC schedule shows the tariff charged at the counter for the formality. The basic registration duties, for their part, come under the order of 31 October 2016 published in Official Gazette no. 01 of 4 January 2017. Budget for the higher amount and have it confirmed at the competent counter.

These amounts represent only part of the real cost of dissolving a company. The notary's fees for the deed of dissolution, the cost of the notices in the BOAL and in a national daily newspaper, and where applicable the cost of the prior tax regularisation weigh considerably more.

FormalityAmountSource
Removal fee, natural person1,200 DARemovals fact sheet of the ministry of internal trade
Removal fee, legal person2,080 DARemovals fact sheet of the ministry of internal trade
Removal, natural person1,440.00 DACNRC fee schedule, sidjilcom.cnrc.dz
Removal and dissolution, legal person2,496.00 DACNRC fee schedule, sidjilcom.cnrc.dz
Filing of the deed of dissolution768.00 DACNRC fee schedule, sidjilcom.cnrc.dz

The procedure step by step

  • Settle the decision. For a company, this is the shareholders' resolution deciding the dissolution; for a trader, the decision to cease the activity.
  • Regularise the tax position and obtain the attestation de situation fiscale from the competent tax services. This is the step that governs the timetable.
  • For a company, have the notary draw up the deed of dissolution, attached to the resolution.
  • For a company, have the dissolution published in the Bulletin officiel des annonces légales and in a national daily newspaper, and keep the proofs of publication.
  • Gather the original extract from the trade register, together with the death certificate or the court decision where the cause of the removal requires it.
  • Pay the removal fee and keep the receipt.
  • File the complete application with the competent CNRC office and collect the certificate of removal.

No official source consulted sets a regulatory deadline specific to the filing of the removal application, and we will not claim to know of one. The timing pressure lies elsewhere: every month during which the registration remains active continues to generate tax and social security obligations for the entity, even though it no longer carries on any activity.

Expect the tax step to absorb most of the total time. A business that is up to date with its returns obtains its certificate without particular difficulty; a business in arrears must first catch up, which can represent several financial years.

What survives the removal

Removal puts an end to the registration, not to every obligation. The one most often overlooked concerns the beneficial owner. Article 19 of executive decree no. 26-163 of 20 April 2026, published in Official Gazette no. 32 of 4 May 2026, provides that the information in the register of beneficial owners, the corresponding supporting documents and the basic information are kept for five years from the expiry, the dissolution or the removal of the legal person from the trade register.

Article 8 bis of law 05-01, as drafted by law no. 25-10 of 24 July 2025, requires for its part that the internal register be kept for a period that may not be less than five years from the dissolution of the legal person. Our dedicated page sets out that regime (/beneficiaire-effectif-algerie).

You also need to think about the annual accounts for the last financial year. A company dissolved during the year remains bound by the obligations that arose before the dissolution, including the filing of the accounts approved by the general meeting (/depot-comptes-sociaux-algerie).

Finally, the certificate of removal itself must be kept. It is the document that administrations, banks and where applicable social security bodies will ask for in order to establish that the entity has indeed left the register, and therefore to stop the clock on their side.

Having UpGrowth handle your removal

Removal is the formality where the gap between the apparent difficulty and the real difficulty is widest. On paper it is a file of six documents. In practice everything turns on the attestation de situation fiscale, and therefore on the state of the returns for past financial years, which the director rarely has in mind at the moment of deciding to stop.

UpGrowth Connect starts with a review of the tax position before committing anything at the CNRC. We identify what has to be regularised in order to obtain the certificate, we cost that regularisation, and we then run the complete chain: notarial deeds of dissolution for a company, notices in the BOAL and in a national daily newspaper, the CNRC file and collection of the certificate of removal.

We also work upstream, for directors still hesitating between de facto dormancy, which is often expensive, and a clean exit. The initial diagnostic is free and takes thirty minutes.

Our service commitments apply: a firm quote within 48 hours of the diagnostic, no hidden fees, and a WhatsApp reply within 4 working hours.

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