It is reported that Gabon mandates functional and accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

Gabon has not appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

It is reported that the Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority (ARCEP), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

There are no limits on foreign ownership or control in Gabon. Investments in Gabon are governed by the Gabonese 1998 Investment Charter of 1998, which is aligned with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) investment regulations. The Charter provides the same rights to foreign companies operating in Gabon as to domestic firms.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Gabon, 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 Organization (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

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

According to Art. 119 of the Public Procurement Code 2018, when awarding a contract, in case of equivalent offers, priority is given to a tender presented either by (i) a natural or legal person of Gabonese law; (ii) a natural or legal person proving an economic activity on Gabonese territory; (iii) a small and medium-sized national company whose capital is majority owned by people of Gabonese nationality or Gabonese law; and (iv) business groups associating Gabonese companies or providing for significant subcontracting to nationals. In the regional framework, a community preference can be attributed to the offer presented by a company from the area of ​​the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). In accordance with Art. 119, the margin of preference is 10% for works contracts and 15% for supply contracts.

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

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

The EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) covers traditional broadcasting services as well as audiovisual media services provided on-demand, including via the Internet. Art. 13.1 provides for Member States to secure a minimum 30% share of European works in the catalogues as well as "ensuring prominence" of those works. "Prominence" involves promoting European works by facilitating access to such works using any appropriate means to ensure their prominence. The Directive has been implemented by Member States in different ways, ranging from very extensive and detailed measures to a mere reference to the general obligation to promote European works.
In France, the EU Directive was transposed into domestic law through Decree 2021-793 on On-Demand Audiovisual Services. According to Art. 28 of the Decree, service providers must reserve a minimum share of the total number of feature-length cinematographic and audiovisual works made available to the public, specifically at least 60% for European works and 40% for original French-language works.
Furthermore, under Art. 14 of the Decree, providers of audiovisual streaming services operating in the French market are required to invest 25% of their annual turnover in France into European or French-language productions if they exhibit at least one cinematic work that has been released in theatres within the previous 12 months. In all other cases, the investment requirement is reduced to 20%. The specific details of this investment can be established in an agreement with the Superior Audiovisual Council.

Under the "Act aiming to preserve the interests of defence and national security in the framework of exploiting mobile radioelectric networks", any components used to connect consumers with mobile telecommunications networks are subject to prior approval by the Prime Minister, whose decision is based on the permanence, integrity, security and the availability of networks, as well as the confidentiality of the messages transmitted. Fourth-generation networks and older generations are exempted.

Under the Certification framework for cloud service providers, only providers who are certified under the SecNumCloud standard have access to public procurement tenders for cloud services. The SecNumCloud standard requires providers to use root certificates emitted by the certification authority of an EU Member State in the presence of the provider.

According to Art. 45-3 of the Postal and electronic communications code, ".fr" domains can only be registered by physical persons residing in the territory of an EU member state or legal persons established there.