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

In accordance with Art. 75 of Law No. 2020-26, a community preference of up to 15% of the bid amount must be granted to the bid submitted by a company that is a national of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). The preferential regime applies provided that:
- In the case of suppliers, if they offer goods whose manufacturing cost includes an added value for one of the member countries of the WAEMU of at least 30%;
- In the case of service providers or consultants resident in the WAEMU, if the service is valued at more than 5% of the value of the service or consultation provided.
In addition, the community preference scheme may only be granted to the legal entities referred to in this article:
- If more than half of their capital belongs to nationals, whether natural or legal persons, of one of the member states of the WAEMU.
- If half of their deliberative and management bodies are controlled or held by nationals of one of the member states of the WAEMU.
Temporary groupings of foreign operators concluded with natural or legal persons who are members of a state of the WAEMU may also benefit from community preference.

Art. 76 of Law No. 2020-26 provides that a foreign candidate who is not a community enterprise and who plans to subcontract at least 30% of the contract's total value to a Beninese enterprise may be granted a margin of preference up to 10%.

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

Belgium 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 Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the Chapters VI.-XII on Market Practices and Consumer Protection of the Code of Economic Law.

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

The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides a comprehensive framework for data protection that applies to all EU Member States. Belgium implemented the GDPR in 2018 through the Act on the Protection of Natural Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbour. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
Book XII of the Belgian Code of Economic Law transposes the Directive 2000/31/EC. Chapter 6, "Liability of intermediary service providers", of the Belgian Code of Economic Law includes specific provisions related to a safe harbour for information service providers providing mere conduit, caching and/or hosting activities.
The Belgian Code of Economic Law does not require service providers to remove illegal content as long as they are unaware of its illegal nature. As soon as the provider is aware of the illegal content, there is an obligation to remove the content. Internet intermediaries are thus passive in their responsibility and liability for the content on their platforms.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbour. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
Book XII of the Belgian Code of Economic Law transposes the Directive 2000/31/EC. Chapter 6, "Liability of intermediary service providers", of the Belgian Code of Economic Law includes specific provisions related to a safe harbour for information service providers providing mere conduit, caching and/or hosting activities.
The Belgian Code of Economic Law does not require service providers to remove illegal content as long as they are unaware of its illegal nature. As soon as the provider is aware of the illegal content, there is an obligation to remove the content. Internet intermediaries are thus passive in their responsibility and liability for the content on their platforms.

Providers of electronic communication services have the legal obligation to identify their customers, as regulated by the Electronic Communications Act.

Art. 17 of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive) mandates that providers of content-sharing services seek authorisation from rights holders and implement technical solutions to remove and prevent unauthorised uploads by their users (so-called upload filters), under penalty of losing their liability safe harbour. Further arrangements are envisaged for complaints and dispute resolution mechanisms. Such upload filters are reported to be a significant cost for online platforms. Graduated exemptions are expected to be put in place for new providers active in the EU for less than three years with a turnover under EUR 10 million and with fewer than five million users. The provision is subject to a challenge in the Court of Justice by Poland (C-401/19)
In 2022, the Chamber of Representatives adopted the Law Transposing Directive (EU) 2019/790, therefore making online content-sharing service providers partially liable for copyright violations on their platforms.

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 Belgium, the EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services is implemented in the three separate language communities. An example is the Decree on Radio and Television Broadcasting (Flemish Community), which, according to Art. 157, requires the programme catalogues of non-linear television broadcasters (VOD) to include at least 30% European works, with a significant proportion being Dutch-language European works. Additionally, the Flemish Government may set quotas to define what constitutes a significant proportion of Dutch-language European works.
Moreover, VOD services providers must contribute to the production of Flemish audiovisual works either through direct financial involvement or by contributing to the Flemish Audiovisual Fund. These contributions support high-quality, independent Flemish co-productions in series format.
According to Art. 3 of Decision of the Flemish Government Concerning the Participation of Private Non-Linear Television Broadcasters in the Production of Flemish Audiovisual Works, each year by 15 February, VOD services providers must send a registered letter to the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), the Flemish Regulator for the Media, and the Flemish Government, specifying their chosen form of participation in Flemish audiovisual production and the corresponding financial contribution. If no letter or required documents are submitted, the broadcaster is automatically considered to have opted for a fixed financial contribution of EUR 3,000,000 to the VAF. This amount is indexed annually, starting from 1 January 2020, based on the price index as defined in the Royal Decree of 24 December 1993.