Art. 4 of the Commercial Companies Code states that any company that does not have its effective headquarters in Cabo Verde but wishes to carry out its activities there for more than one year must establish a permanent representation. The previous Commercial Companies Code contained the same requirement in Art. 106.

Decree-Law No. 46/2007 and Law No. 88/V/98 provide a comprehensive consumer protection framework that applies to online transactions.

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

Cabo Verde has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Cabo Verde has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

In accordance with Art. 7 of Regulation No. 001/CR-ARC/2019, organisations engaged in advertising activities may not start their activities without registering with the ARC (Media Regulatory Authority). According to Art. 3, the registration shall be accompanied by the following documents:
- An application containing information about the advertising agency (name, address and contact details of the person in charge);
- A copy of the identity card of the person in charge of the advertising agency and, in the case of representation, of the legal representative;
- A current certificate of trade registration;
- In the case of a public limited company, an itemised list of the shareholders and an indication of the number of shares held by them; and
- Proof of payment from banking services.
The Advertising Code applies to any form of advertising, regardless of the medium used to disseminate it.

Arts. 39 and 40 of Law No. 56/V/98 provide that local and foreign media companies or organisations are subject to compulsory registration with the media department of the government. Art. 3 clarifies that this applies also to online media.
Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 40, the Government enacted Decree-Law No. 47/2018, which regulates the registration of media companies in general. Art. 5 of this Decree-Law states that the companies subject to registration include: periodicals, non-periodicals and digital media or companies using any type of electronic process; news companies; advertising agencies; operators of audiovisual on-demand and distribution services; organisations carrying out opinion polls and surveys; among others.
In addition, Art. 24 of Law No. 73/VII/2010 provides that public or private organisations carrying out press, publishing and news agency activities shall be subject to registration before starting their activities. Art. 2 clarifies that this also applies to online activities.

Commercial operators, i.e. importers, exporters, wholesalers, retailers, commercial agents, marketers or traders, are subject to a licensing and registration system under Decree-Law No. 69/2005 (Arts. 19.1, 21.1 and 22.1) and Decree-Law No. 30/2009 (Art. 5). Commercial operators have to register with the Department responsible for commerce at the Conservatory of Commercial Registry and obtain an operating permit.

Under Art. 23.1 of Decree-Law No. 71/95, radiocommunications transmitter or transmitter-receiver equipment cannot be sold unless the radiocommunications supervisory authority has approved it. Yet, third-party certification from Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) that the regulator recognises is accepted (Art. 23.4).
In addition, it is reported that telecommunication equipment requires an import permit that has been raised against a certificate of conformity, and a certificate of conformity must accompany electrical goods. A Declaration of Conformity confirming that goods to be imported conform to the applied national and international standards is required for certain goods. CE-marked products are accepted as conforming to the required standards.
It is also reported that the Multisectoral Regulatory Agency for the Economy (ARME) and the Regulatory Agency for Health (ERIS) are responsible for inspecting and certifying products entering the market.

According to Art. 2.2.4 and Art. 205.1 of Decree-Law No. 39/2019, the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is 10.000 Escudos (approx. USD 100). This is below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

The Law No. 133-V-2001 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Cabo Verde, and it is enforced by the "Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados Pessoais" (CNPD, National Commission of Data Protection), which became operational in 2015.

Art. 29.1 of Law No. 133/V/2001, as amended in 2021, provides for an assessment of the impact of the planned processing operations on the protection of personal data whenever a particular type of processing, in particular one using new technologies, is likely to involve a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, taking into account its nature, scope, context and purpose. Moreover, Art. 30.1 of the law requires the controller and the processor to appoint a data protection officer (DPO) and Art. 30.2 allows a group of companies to appoint a single DPO.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringements is absent in Cabo Verde law and jurisprudence.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Cabo Verde's law and jurisprudence.

Cabo Verde has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.