Burundi Debt Collection – No Win No Fee
Creditreform operates a global specialist International debt collections service. We have local offices and fully approved expert international debt collection agency partners in every country worldwide. All our International debt collection agency partners and offices operate on a No Win No Fee basis charging an agreed commission against monies recovered only.
Main reasons why a local country debt recovery agency is so important rather than trying to recover from a debt collection agency UK are as follows:
The local International Debt collection Partners know:
- The local cultures
- The languages
- The laws
- Are in the same time zones
Herewith details of our debt collection service Burundi
Location of debt recovery office in Burundi
Bujumbura
Number of debt collection staff
The office has 19 staff : 11 lawyers (4 partners and 7 associates) and 7 supportive staff
How long have you been operating a debt recovery service in Burundi
Since 2001
What type of debt collection services do you provide? Do you do commercial debt recovery (B2B) and consumer debt recovery (B2C)?
We do both Business-to-business and business-to consumer collections.
Statue of Limitation in Burundi
Debt recovery is subject to statute of limitation. In fact, Obligations arising from a business between traders, or between traders and non-traders, are prescribed by five years, unless special provisions to the contrary.(article 11 of the Burundian Commercial code)
An example of such exception is found in contract of carriage for which limitation period is of two years only ( article 27 of a Decree of 1920)
How many companies registries in Burundi for businesses (i.e. UK has just 1 central registry)
There is only one registry
General comments regarding process in Burundi for debt collection and how differs from UK / other European countries:
The process of debts collection in Burundi is slower than UK
What is the debt collection process in Burundi
Collection process in Burundi can follow two different routes :
- When a debt is certain, of a fixed amount and due, an order for payment can be claimed before the commercial court.
Three situations can be envisaged as a result:
- Order for payment order: the judge orders the debtor to pay the amount claimed by the creditor.
- Order of rejection: when the Court finds that the evidence provided by the Creditor is insufficient to justify an order to pay.
- Partial payment: the court grants the creditor a partial payment.
If there is no opposition from the debtor within fifteen days from the date of service of the order or in case of withdrawal of the debtor who filed the opposition, the creditor may request enforce-ability of the court order
The enforce-ability produces all the effects of a judgment and is not subject to appeal. The pay order is ineffective if the request for the attachment of the enforcement order has not been made within two months following the expiry of the opposition period or the discontinuance of the debtor
- If there has been a mortgage guarantee, the banking Act requires the mortgagor to realize his mortgage within 1 year after formal notice by his creditor
Average length of time to collect a debt?
In case of realization of the mortgage guarantee, the process will take about 1 year and 2 months
In case of payment order, the process will take about 6 months provided that there have been no opposition from the debtor
Can late payment fees / interest to be added to claims?
Yes, a default interest of 8% can be applied for each year
Details on legal service / process in Burundi
The creditor can obtain the injunction the pay order without prior notification of the debtor concerning the procedure. This eases the recovery process.
Specialist Debt Recovery Experts
There are many unique requirements to recovering international debts in all countries including Burundi debt collection services which differ from the UK debt collection agency services and therefore it is very important that cases are handled directly by our expert international debt collection agencies and not from debt collectors UK. This method of international debt collection sets Creditreform aside from the competition who in many cases try and recover debts from a UK debt collector only. Using the local offices and partners enables us to achieve a far greater success rate and our No Win No Fee service together with competitive commission rates against monies recovered only ensures you get the best service.
