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BURKINA FASO

Since March 2021

Pillar Cross-border data policies  |  Indicator Ban to transfer and local processing requirement
Law No. 001-2021/AN Protecting People with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data (Loi No. 001-2021/AN portant protection des personnes à l'égard du traitement des données à caractère personnel)
According to the Art. 37 of Law No. 001-2021/AN, health data allowing the direct or indirect identification of individuals must be stored on national territory. An exception can be granted if the Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (Commission de l'Informatique et des Libertés, CIL) ensures that the use of information and communication technologies for the purpose of processing personal data does not pose a threat to individual or public freedoms and privacy (Art. 56).
Coverage Horizontal

BURKINA FASO

N/A

Pillar Cross-border data policies  |  Indicator Participation in trade agreements committing to open cross-border data flows
Lack of participation in agreements with binding commitments on data flows
Burkina Faso has not joined any agreement with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders.
Coverage Horizontal

BURKINA FASO

Since March 2021

Pillar Domestic data policies  |  Indicator Framework for data protection
Law No. 001-2021/AN Protecting People with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data (Loi No. 001-2021/AN portant protection des personnes à l'égard du traitement des données à caractère personnel)
Law No. 001-2021/AN provides a comprehensive data protection regime in Burkina Faso. The 2021 Act repealed and replaced Law No. 010-2004/AN on the Protection of Personal Data, enacted in 2004, which made Burkina Faso one of the first adopters of a modern data protection law in the region. The 2021 Act strengthens the protection of the privacy of individuals, including by broadening its geographical scope to offshore data controllers who carry out processing operations from Burkina Faso (irrespective of whether they use local means of processing), by supervising transborder transfers and by providing a more comprehensive right to be informed.
Coverage Horizontal

BURKINA FASO

Since November 2009

Pillar Intermediary liability  |  Indicator Safe harbour for intermediaries for copyright infringement
Law No. 45-2009/AN Regulating Services and Electronic Transactions in Burkina Faso (Loi No. 45-2009 portant règlementation des services et des transactions électroniques au Burkina Faso)
Law No. 45-2009/AN establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries for copyright infringements. According to Art. 134, intermediaries are not responsible for information transmitted if they do not initiate the transmission or select the recipient of the transmission and do not select or modify the information transmitted.
Coverage Internet intermediaries

BURKINA FASO

N/A

Pillar Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)  |  Indicator Effective protection covering trade secrets
Lack of comprehensive trade secret regime
Burkina Faso does not have a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them. In particular, the country has established provisions addressing disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information in the course of industrial or commercial activities by third parties in Art. 6 of Annex VIII of the Bangui Agreement, which has been ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Burkina Faso in 2002.
Coverage Horizontal

BURKINA FASO

Since November 2008

Pillar Telecom infrastructure & competition  |  Indicator Passive infrastructure sharing obligation
Law No. 061-2008/AN on the General Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services (Loi No. 061-2008/AN portant réglementation générale des réseaux et services de communications électroniques au Burkina Faso)
Arts. 5.k, 74.f, 144 and 145 of the Law No. 061-2008/AN impose an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing to deliver telecom services to end users. Moreover, passive infrastructure sharing is practised in the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements.
Coverage Telecommunications sector

BURKINA FASO

N/A

Pillar Telecom infrastructure & competition  |  Indicator Presence of shares owned by the government in telecom companies
Presence of shares owned by the government in telecom companies
The government owns 28.6% of the shares of Moov Africa Burkina.
Coverage Telecommunications sector

BURKINA FASO

Since November 2008

Pillar Telecom infrastructure & competition  |  Indicator Functional/accounting separation for operators with significant market power
Law No. 061-2008/AN on the General Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services (Loi No. 061-2008/AN portant réglementation générale des réseaux et services de communications électroniques au Burkina Faso)
Arts. 72 and 81 of Law No. 061-2008/AN stipulate that the regulatory authority can take measures to introduce functional and accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.
Coverage Telecommunications sector
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BURKINA FASO

ITA signatory? I II

Pillar Tariffs and trade defence measures applied on ICT goods  |  Indicator Effective tariff rate on ICT goods (applied weighted average)
Effective tariff rate to ICT goods (applied weighted average)
9.69%
Coverage rate of zero-tariffs on ICT goods (%)
5.58%
Coverage: ICT goods

BURKINA FASO

N/A

Pillar Tariffs and trade defence measures applied on ICT goods  |  Indicator Participation in the WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and 2015 expansion (ITA II)
Lack of participation in the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and in ITA Expansion Agreement (ITA II)
Burkina Faso is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).
Coverage ICT goods

BURKINA FASO

Since February 2017

Pillar Public procurement of ICT goods and online services  |  Indicator Other limitations on foreign participation in public procurement
Decree No. 2017-0049/PRES/PM/MINEFID on Procedures for Awarding, Executing, and Settlement of Public Contracts and Delegations of Public Service (Décret No. 2017-0049/PRES/PM/MINEFID portant procédures de passation, d'exécution et de règlement des marchés publics et des délégations de service public)
Arts. 111-112 of Decree No. 2017-0049/PRES/PM/MINEFID provide a margin of preference of 10% for local enterprises and enterprises established in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
Coverage Horizontal

BURKINA FASO

N/A

Pillar Public procurement of ICT goods and online services  |  Indicator Signatory of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) with coverage of the most relevant services sectors (CPC 752, 754, 84)
Lack of participation in the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Burkina Faso is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) nor does it have observer status.
Coverage Horizontal

BURKINA FASO

Since September 2015

Pillar Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in sectors relevant to digital trade  |  Indicator Maximum foreign equity share
Law No. 058-2015/CNT on the Legal Status of the Online Press in Burkina Faso (Loi No. 058-2015/CNT portant régime juridique de la presse en ligne au Burkina Faso)
According to Art. 25 of Law No. 058-2015/CNT, at least 51% of the share capital for online press must be held by nationals.
Coverage Online press

BURKINA FASO

Since February 1999, entry into force in February 2002, last amended in December 2015
Since December 2019, entry into force in March 2020

Pillar Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)  |  Indicator Practical or legal restrictions related to the application process for patents
Bangui Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Constituting a Revision of the Agreement Relating to the Creation of an African and Malagasy Office of Industrial Property (Bangui (Central African Republic), 2 March 1977) (Accord de Bangui relatif à la création d'une organization Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle, constituant révision de l'Accord relatif à la création d'un Office Africain et Malgache de la Propriété Industrielle (Bangui (République centrafricaine), le 2 mars 1977)

Regulations on the profession of Authorised Agent before the African Intellectual Property Organization (Règlement sur la profession de Mandataire agréé auprès de l'organization Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle)
According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Burkina Faso, 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.
Coverage Horizontal

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