Art. 37 of the Law L/2016/035/AN sets a minimum retention period for documents relating to electronic transactions. These documents must be kept for at least 10 years. During this period, the information must be accessible and retrievable, kept in its original format, and traceable to its origin and destination.

Under Arts. 96 to 105, Law No. 2016-037 permits a "competent authority" to require legal or natural persons who offer internet access to carry out surveillance on their subscribers’ activities without specifying the role of the judicial authority in triggering the surveillance procedure.
Moreover, according to Arts. 48 and 49 of Part II of the Law, an authorised cryptographic service provider or the person responsible for processing personal data may not oppose professional secrecy to the Personal Data Protection Authority and may be required to provide all data if requested.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Guinea's law and jurisprudence.

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

According to Art. 67 of the Law L/2016/037/AN, access to internet services from cyber cafes is subject to prior identification of users. The modalities will be determined by the Ministerial Order of the Minister in charge of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy.

Art. 36 of the Telecommunications Act requires the identification of all telecommunication service subscribers. It also requires operators to transmit the identification data to the “competent authorities” upon request from the public prosecutor's office.

Guinea 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 Guinea in 2002.

There is an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Guinea to deliver telecom services to end users. According to Art. 82 of Law No. 2015/018/AN, the Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications (ARPT) ensures the introduction of infrastructure-sharing offers in the interconnection catalogue of the dominant operators in the relevant market. These offers concern all passive infrastructures such as poles or ducts, dark fibre, and potentially active infrastructures.
Moreover, according to Decree D/2021/091/PRG/SGG, the request for infrastructure sharing cannot be refused if it does not cause any disruption or technical difficulty in terms of the proper functioning of the network and the proper operation of the service (Art. 4.4). In addition, infrastructure operators must meet requests for sharing from holders of public or private licences to operate telecommunications networks and from providers of telecommunications services under objective, transparent and non-discriminatory conditions. They must publish a catalogue of infrastructure sharing for each year (Art. 5).

According to Art. 29 of Decree D/2021/091/PRG/SGG, telecommunication network operators in Guinea must maintain separate accounting for their interconnection activities. Furthermore, it is reported that Guinea mandates functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

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

According to Art. 69 of the Law L/2010/02/CNT, subject to a reciprocity clause in the press sector, foreigners may not make an acquisition which has the effect of increasing, directly or indirectly, their holding to more than 30% of the share capital or voting rights of a press company (including online press) in the Republic of Guinea.

Art. 14 of Law L/2022/0010/CNT provides that operators or companies working on their behalf are obliged to employ Guinean personnel in accordance with the following minimum quota by category:
- Executives: 30% of staff, including the human resources manager, from the start of operations; 40% of staff from the fourth year of operation; 50% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
- Management staff: 25% of staff from the start of operations, 40% of staff from the fourth year of operation, and 70% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
In the event that it is duly established by the operator, by means of documents or detailed reports sent to the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle du Contenu Local (ARCCL), that the above quotas cannot be met at these various stages, due to a lack of expertise or availability, the operator shall draw up a detailed training programme and a timetable for the gradual replacement of foreign staff by nationals.
Operator refers to both the company in charge of carrying out public projects and investors in private sector projects covered by the investment code or companies working on their behalf, regardless of the sector.

According to Art. 5 of the Investment Code of the Republic of Guinea, natural or legal persons of private law, regardless of their nationality, may not undertake some activities on Guinean territory without authorisation. The sectors include postal and telecommunications services. Furthermore, according to Art. 25 of the law, for work not requiring a specific qualification, the investor should exclusively recruit a local workforce.

Art. 18 of Law L/2022/0010/CNT provides that before commencing their activities, operators shall draw up an overall local content plan, including, among other information and documents, the percentage of turnover that will be devoted to community, social and educational projects for the populations in the basin concerned by the project. This plan is subject to approval by the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle du Contenu Local (ARCCL) under conditions determined by decree. Yet, the implementing decrees are not yet available. Therefore, Art. 18 is not yet applicable.
Operator refers to both the company in charge of carrying out public projects and investors in private sector projects covered by the investment code or companies working on their behalf, regardless of the sector.
Art. 17 further specifies that the ARCCL issues a certificate of compliance to operators who meet the local content local content requirements. The certificate of compliance referred to in this article is taken into account in the assessment of the performance of operators. However, this article cannot be applicable without the implementing decrees.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Guinea, 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.