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

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

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

Benin does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties. However, an informal threshold of 100 USD is reportedly applied.

Law No. 2007-21 on consumer protection in the Republic of Benin and Law No. 2017-20 on the Digital Code in the Republic of Benin provide a comprehensive consumer protection framework that applies to online transactions.

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

Pursuant to Art. 428 of Law No. 2017-20, where a type of processing, in particular through the use of new technologies and taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing, is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, the controller shall carry out, prior to the processing, an analysis of the impact of the envisaged processing operations on the protection of personal data, that is a data protection impact assessment (DPIA).

Law No. 2017-20 establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries for copyright infringements. Chapter II of Title I of Book Six of the Law is concerned with the responsibility of internet operators and establishes the general liability regime and the special liability regimes.

Law No. 2017-20 establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries beyond copyright infringement. Chapter II of Title I of Book Six of the Law is concerned with the responsibility of internet operators and establishes the general liability regime and the special liability regimes.

Art. 4 of Decree No. 2020-249 stipulates that no individual may benefit from an electronic communications service unless they have first been identified by the operator in question in accordance with the conditions set forth in this decree. The term "electronic communications services" is defined as encompassing all services that involve the emission, transmission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, or information of any nature or a combination of these functions. The 2020 decree repealed Decree No. 2016-465, which contained a similar requirement in Chapter II.

Arts. 19 and 20 of Decree No. 2020-249 stipulate that internet café operators must identify their users and collect the necessary information prior to providing their services. In addition to this information, cybercafé operators must record the identifier of the terminal used for connection and the date and time of the start and end of the connection. The 2020 decree repealed Decree No. 2016-465, which had already required in Art. 20 that operators of cybercafés identify their customers in advance.

It is reported that type approval procedures in Benin are regulated by the Autorité Régulation des Communications Electroniques et de la Poste (ARCEP). The homologation process in Benin does not require local laboratory testing or contact with local representatives. However, a product sample can be requested from the authority for viewing.

Benin has not joined any free trade agreement committing to open transfers of cross-border data flows.