Congo does not have comprehensive trade secret legislation. Yet, there are 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 ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Congo since 2002.

It is reported that there is an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in the Republic of Congo to deliver telecom services to end users. It is practised in both the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements.

According to Art. 11 of Decree No. 2009-162, public contracts for the supply of goods or services should be open to international competitive bidding only when they have a value greater than or equal to CFAF 500 million (approx. USD 820,000).

Art. 62 of the Government Procurement Code permits the preferential treatment of Congolese businesses if provided for in the tender documents. It allows domestic bidders' offers to be reduced by up to 15%. In addition, as part of the evaluation of the tenders, bids from candidates based in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) zone have a 10-point advantage.

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

According to Art. 52 of Law No. 8-2001, when a press publishing company is incorporated, the majority of shares (that is 51%) are reserved for Congolese citizens. This applies also to online newspapers.

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

Comoros lacks a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that applies to online transactions.

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

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

Comoros 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 indicator "7.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 3 in Comoros for the year 2024. This corresponds to "Rarely but there have been a few occasions throughout the year when the government shut down domestic access to Internet."

According to Arts. 13-19 of the Decree No. 15-093/PR, terminal equipment and radioelectric installations may only be imported if they have been approved in advance by the National Regulation Authority of Information and Communications Technology (ANRTIC). The applicant needs to send an application detailing information on the equipment and installations submitted for approval to ANRTIC.
According to Art. 1 of the Decree, terminal equipment is defined as any device, equipment or set of equipment intended to be connected to a network termination point for the purpose of transmitting, processing or receiving information. Only equipment providing access to electronic communications services is covered, excluding audiovisual communications services. Radioelectric installations are defined as any transmission system, switching or routing equipment and other resources used to transmit signals by cable, regardless of the type of information transmitted.