Côte d'Ivoire has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Côte d'Ivoire has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Under Art. 16 of Decree No. 214-105, competent administrative or judicial authorities can access secret codes of encrypted data upon request to the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency of Cote d'Ivoire (ARTCI) or order decryption of data through the help of ARTCI.

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

Arts. 43.4 and 73 of Ordinance No. 2019-679 provide that any contracting authority must apply a margin of preference of not more than 15% to:
- A bid submitted by a bidder who intends to subcontract at least 30% of the overall value of the contract concerned to a local small and medium-sized enterprise.
- Any bid submitted by a bidding community enterprise, that is, an enterprise whose registered office is located in a Member State of the West African Economic and Monetary Union.

Art. 19.4 of Ordinance No. 2019-679 provides that each contracting authority must set aside annually for small and medium-sized enterprises a minimum share of 30% of the estimated value of contracts for works, goods or services.

The public procurement process is reported to be legally open, but in some cases, it is perceived as opaque in practice, and public contracts are occasionally awarded outside of public tenders. Some foreign companies reportedly win contracts through long-standing relationships with government officials or with the help of partnerships with Ivorian business entities closely linked to the government. During tender negotiations, the Ivorian government imposes local content requirements on foreign companies. In addition, although there are regulations governing sole-source procurement, there have been instances where the government has awarded sole-source tenders without competitive bidding, citing a company's high technical capacity or declaring an emergency. Many companies continue to identify corruption as an obstacle to a transparent understanding of procurement decisions.

Côte d'Ivoire is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 2020.

Law No. 2013-546 does not lay down any obligations regarding the maximum share of foreign capital for investment.

Ordinance No. 2012-293 provides for licenses under which a company is allowed to establish, operate networks or provide telecommunications services. Obtaining an individual license is subject to the following conditions: being a legal entity under Ivorian law, having the technical and financial capacity, having an operating plan for the individual license that complies with the criteria established in the specifications, committing to comply with the applicable law, in particular, this Ordinance and its implementing provisions, as well as the specifications appended to the license for which it applies (Art. 9). In practice, however, this requirement does not seem to prevent foreign providers from offering their services across borders.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Côte d'Ivoire, 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.

There is reportedly arbitrary, irregular or uneven application of customs regulations at the border. In addition, a lack of understanding of the proper application and enforcement of customs regulations by government inspectors can contribute to difficulties for trading partners and investors.

Certification of conformity must be approved by the Congolese Agency of Normalization and Quality (ACONOQ). ACONOQ is responsible for certifying the conformity of products, goods, services, management systems, and personnel competencies to standards. Furthermore, all imports into Congo must have a conformity certificate issued by ACONOQ. Although the homologation process does not require local labouratory testing or contact with local representatives, product samples must be submitted to the authority for inspection.