The Czech Republic and the European Union have adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty. The Czech Republic acceded to the Treaty on 10 October 2001, with its provisions coming into force on 20 May 2002. Subsequently, the European Union ratified the Treaty on 14 December 2009, and it entered into effect on 14 March 2010.

The Directive 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) is key in harmonising national laws concerning trade secrets. The Czech Republic has transposed Directive (EU) 2016/943 by introducing an amendment to the Act on the Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights in December 2018.

It is reported that passive sharing is mandated in the Czech Republic, and it is practised in the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements. In addition, Directive 2014/61/EU (Art. 3.2) establishes that Member States shall ensure that, upon written request of an undertaking providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, any network operator must meet all reasonable requests for access to its physical infrastructure under fair and reasonable terms and conditions, including price, with a view to deploying elements of high-speed electronic communications networks. Such written request shall specify the elements of the project for which the access is requested, including a specific time frame.

The Czech Republic does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, accounting separation is required in certain cases.
Pursuant to Art. 51 of Act No. 127/2005 Coll. on Electronic Communications, the Czech Telecommunications Office (CTU) is mandated to analyse the relevant markets, in order to assess whether they are effectively competitive. On the basis of the market analysis, the CTU may designate an undertaking as having significant market power and, where appropriate, impose specific obligations, including the obligation to maintain separate records of costs and revenues.

It is reported that the Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Art. 85 of the Utilities Directive (2014/25/EU) contains provisions allowing contracting public entities to reject foreign goods not covered by any EU international commitments from its tender procedures. In these cases, a tender submitted for the award of a supply contract may be rejected where the proportion of the products originating in third countries exceeds 50% of the total value of the products constituting the tender (Art. 85.2). Additionally, in cases of equivalent offers, the provisions provide for a preference for European tenders and tenders covered by EU's international obligations. In practice, this possibility has rarely been used.
In the Czech Republic, the Directive has been transposed with Act No. 134/2016 on Public Procurement.

Transparency issues are reported to pose significant challenges in public procurement procedures in the Czech Republic, particularly for foreign bidders. Concerns relate to overly narrow tender specifications and implicit biases that appear to favour domestic vendors and state-owned enterprises. Although the government has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to transparency, allegations of corruption persist, underscoring continuing concerns regarding the integrity of procurement processes.

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

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 100, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

DRC does not have a legal framework that applies consumer protection to online transactions.

DRC has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

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

The Democratic Republic of Congo has not joined any free trade agreement committing to open transfers of cross-border data flows.