Foreign investment in retail of pharmaceutical products is reserved to Congolese phamarcists.
"Chapter I: Definitions
Section 1
For the purposes of this Order, the following terms are defined as follows: [...]
13. Manufacturing Laboratory: Product research, design and manufacturing facility:
- Pharmaceuticals; - Phytopharmaceuticals; - Organic; - Parapharmaceuticals, dietetics and cosmetics, materials and reagents for optical laboratories, medical equipment under the responsibility of the responsible pharmacist. [...]
16. Pharmaceutical dispensary or pharmacy: Pharmaceutical establishment of the pharmacist's office assigned to the execution of medical prescriptions, to magistral and officinal preparations and to the dispensing in detail of pharmaceutical products registered and authorized in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
[...]
Chapter II: Competence in granting the authorization to open and the conditions for the opening and operation of pharmaceutical establishments. [...]
Section 4
The opening conditions of any establishment
pharmaceutical are determined by the appendix to this Order.
[...]
Annex I: Criteria for granting an authorization to open a pharmaceutical establishment [...]
II. Specific criteria
A) Pharmacies
1. Be a pharmacist or a group of associate pharmacists of Congolese nationality; [...]
B) Wholesale establishment:
1. Be a pharmacist/or a group of associate pharmacists of Congolese nationality registered on the list of the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo, of which at least the titular pharmacist is registered in section C (Ordinance n° 91-018
of March 30, 1991, article 3);
2. Be a mixed group of associates, one of whose associates is a pharmacist of Congolese nationality registered on the board of the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo section C who has legal, scientific and technical responsibility or is willing a pharmacist registered with the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo section C; [...]
C) Manufacturing laboratories and quality control laboratory
1. Be a pharmacist/or a group of pharmacists of Congolese nationality registered on the list of the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo, of which at least the titular pharmacist is registered in section B (Ordinance n°91-018 of March 30 1991, article 3);
2. Be a mixed group of associates, one of whose associates is a pharmacist of Congolese nationality registered on the roll of the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo section B who has legal, scientific and technical responsibility or have a pharmacist registered with the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo in section B; [...]
D) Agencies representing pharmaceutical companies
1. Be a pharmacist/or a group of pharmacists of Congolese nationality registered on the table of the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo, of which at least the titular pharmacist is registered in section D (Ordinance n°91-018 of March 30 1991, article 3);
2. Be a mixed group of associates, one of whose associates is a pharmacist of Congolese nationality registered on the roll of the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo, section D, who has legal, scientific and technical responsibility or has 'a pharmacist registered on the roll of the Order of Pharmacists of the Democratic Republic of Congo in section D;[...]" (Ministerial Order No. 1250/CAB/MIN/SP/010/CPH/OMP/2015 of September 28, 2015 amending and supplementing Ministerial Order No. 1250/CAB/MIN/S/AJ/01 of March 14, 2000 on the conditions for granting authorizations to open and operate pharmaceutical establishments [google translation])
Ministerial Order No. 1250/CAB/MIN/SP/010/CPH/OMP/2015 of September 28, 2015 amending and supplementing Ministerial Order No. 1250/CAB/MIN/S/AJ/01 of March 14, 2000 on the conditions for granting authorizations to open and operate pharmaceutical establishments [google translation]
[<a href="http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/Cng189566.pdf">Order</a>]