It has been reported that intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement agencies lack the necessary resources and inter-agency cooperation to improve enforcement. In addition, it is reported that pirate websites have kept local filmmakers suffocated in recent years by uploading popular titles to the Internet for download once such films hit theatres or debut on streams platforms.

Nigeria is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Niger has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Niger has a national structure responsible for developing standards called the Nigerien Standardisation of Metrology and Certification Agency. According to Art. 2.1 foreign companies are not authorised to be members of this standardisation organisation. However, upon request from economic partners or if necessary, technical standardisation committees are created (Art. 3). The foreign companies can express their opinions in this technical committee.

Type approval procedures in Niger are regulated by the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP). The conformity requirements are basically identical to those of the European Union (Declaration of Conformity according to EU Directive 2014/53/EU). The homologation process in Niger does not require local laboratory testing or contact with local representatives.
According to Arts. 2, 3 and 14 of of Law No. 2002-028, third-party certification from Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) that are recognised (or approved) by the regulator are accepted. However, certification from CABs is not always mandatory.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 20, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Law No. 2015-24 and Law No. 2019-50 provide a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions.

Niger has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications.

Niger has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Law No. 2022-059 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Niger. This law repealed Law No. 2017-28, which was previously regulating data protection.

According to Art. 13 of Law No. 2022-059, IT specialists or other employees of companies who are required to provide information to or testify before the High Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (HAPDP) are exempted from the obligation of professional secrecy. Art. 87 also specifies the supervisory powers of the sworn officers of the HAPDP and provides that they have access to the places, premises, facilities and installations used for the processing of personal data. The practical arrangements are yet to be laid down by decree. The necessity of a judicial warrant is not clearly settled.

Arts. 8-11 of the Law No. 2019-03 establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries for copyright infringements. Service providers operating as electronic communications operators cannot be held civilly or criminally liable for any content transmitted over their network or the network to which they provide access. They are not subject to a general obligation to monitor the information they transmit or store, nor to a general obligation to seek facts or circumstances to detect unlawful activities, with the exception of possible offences defined by the law on cybercrime.

Arts. 8-11 of the Law No. 2019-03 establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries beyond copyright infringements. Service providers operating as electronic communications operators cannot be held civilly or criminally liable for any content transmitted over their network or the network to which they provide access. They are not subject to a general obligation to monitor the information they transmit or store, nor to a general obligation to seek facts or circumstances to detect unlawful activities, with the exception of possible offences defined by the law on cybercrime.