Unofficial translaction ARTICLE95-Forall direct electronic transmissionincludingbyemail, the applicant or the declarant shall use his qualified electronicsignature. ARTICLE 96-Individual files, copies or extracts provided for by the Uniform Acts may be sent electronically, including by prior scanning under conditions ensuring their reproduction in the same manner pursuant to recommendations issued by the Technical Committee for the Standardization of Electronic Procedures provided for in article 81 of this uniform Act. Information is deemed to have been sent electronically when they are issued and received at the other end through processing electronic devices, including digital compression, and data storage, and deemed entirely transmitted, directed and received by wire, radio, optical or otherelectromagnetic means pursuant to mechanisms set out bytheStatesparties,but enabling interoperability between the information system of transmitters and receivers. Acknowledgment receipts shall be sent by recipient bodies to the issuing agencies. They bear the qualified electronic signature of the clerk or the person in charge of the competent body in the State party of the recipient agency. CHAPTER V: PUBLICITY AND ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF REGISTERS INFORMATION ARTICLE97–Anyone may obtain informationcontainedontheformsfiledwith theRegister of Commerce and Securities electronically in accordance with conditions set forth by this uniform Act or the Uniform Act on securities interests. Anyone may also receive information on extracts or copies of all or part of the documents published in the Register of Commerce and Securities pursuant to this Uniform Act, the Uniform Act on commercial companies and the economic interest group and the Uniform Act with respect to the organization and harmonization of corporateaccounting. ARTICLE 98-The clerk or the competent body in the State party overseeing the Register of Commerce and Securities, after using the scan systemunder conditions ensuring verbatim reproduction, may proceed with the electronic copy of all or part of an individual file onpaper. The information provided electronically shall not be certified true unless specifically requested by the applicant. In the absence of certification, the information provided shall be considered for information purposes only. The certification of electronic copies must both authenticate their source and the integrity of their content through, at least, a qualified electronic signature of the authority overseeing the Register of Commerce and Securities. The authentic copy shall also include the date and the image of its seal. This shall be indicated in the copy issued certifyingits conformity to the original. Information, extracts and full copies of a document may be sent to theelectronic address OHADA / Uniform Act / Unofficial Translations P. - 38 - of 78