Copyright is not adequately enforced online in the CAR. It is reported that the Central African market is flooded with piracy in the area of online music, and more generally authorities do not have the resources to enforce IPRs in the country.

The CAR has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

The CAR is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

The Revised Bangui Agreement is a regional intellectual property law that is not only a regional convention applicable in all member states but also serves as a national intellectual property law in Central African Republic and each of the other member states. The Revised Bangui Agreement contains provisions on copyright in Annex VII: Chapter IV (Limitations to Economic Rights) and establishes a regime of copyright exceptions, which enables the lawful use of copyrighted work by others without obtaining permission. In addition, Chapter II of Ordinance No. 85.002 also provides for limitations on copyright.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Central African Republic, applicants resident outside the territory of the member States must file through an agent selected in one of those member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the Profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

According to the Revised Uniform Act on the Law of Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groups, adopted by the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA), and directly applicable and binding in Central African Republic, the amount of the share capital is freely determined by the partners. However, the Uniform Act sets a minimum share capital of 10,000,000 CFA Francs (approx. USD 16,800) for certain companies (Arts. 65 and 387).

According to Art. 4 of Law No. 16-006 on the Commercial Code in the CAR, any commercial company with foreign capital should have prior approval unless its head office is established in the CAR and at least 51% of the capital is effectively or indirectly held by natural persons of Central African nationality. Art. 17 stipulates that: if the planned activity is subject to specific regulations, authorization can only be given after a favorable technical opinion from the Ministry responsible for the activity.

According to Art. 103 of the Revised Uniform Act relating to the Law of Commercial Companies and Economic Interest Groups of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) applied by the CAR, the founders of companies must be domiciled in one of the States Parties. OHADA includes 17 countries, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

CAR is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) nor does it have observer status.

According to Law No. 08-017 on the Public Procurement Code in CAR, when awarding a public contract or a public service delegation, preference may be given to the bid submitted by a company with its head office in the Central African Republic. Firms having their registered office in a CEMAC Member State may benefit from the above-mentioned preference rules. This margin of preference, quantified as a percentage of the amount of the bid, may in no case exceed 15% for national firms and 10% for firms having their headquarters in CEMAC countries (Art. 64).
Moreover, a contract applicant who plans to subcontract at least 30% of the total value of the contract to a company in a CEMAC member state may be granted a margin of preference not exceeding 5%, which may be added to the preference referred to in Art. 64 of this law (Art. 26). This applies to contracts for a local authority or one of its public establishments.

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

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

Legislation Framework law No. 2011/012 of May 6, 2011 on consumer protection in Cameroon provides a comprehensive consumer protection framework that applies to online transactions.

Cameroon has signed and ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.