According to the Instruction No. 8/GR/2019 issued by the Governor of the Bank of Central African States to facilitate the interpretation and implementation of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) Regulation 02/18/CEMAC/UMAC/CM, there is a limit of 1 million XAF (approx. USD 1,700) per month and per person for the remote settlement of transactions, including online payments. According to Arts. 7-8, justification needs to be provided above this limit. The Instruction provides guidance on the provision of Art. 34 of the Regulation, which implements certain limits for using electronic payment instruments outside the CEMAC and applies to the six CEMAC member states, including Congo.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 12, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Congo does not have a legal framework that applies consumer protection to online transactions.

Congo has signed and ratified the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Art. 130 of the Electronic Communication Sector Law requires user identification for telecommunications service providers. This is to record and maintain personal information on mobile telecommunication subscribers. Decree No. 12524 clarifies that both the national identity card and the full address are required for identification.

The Republic of Congo has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Art. 145 of the Law on Electronic Communication mandates the persons or suppliers of cryptology services to disclose the technical characteristics of the source code of the software to be used by the National Agency for Information Systems Security (ANSSI).

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.

Despite many private companies operating in the electronic communications market, the fully state-owned company CONGO TELECOM holds the monopoly for the fixed telephone.

It is reported that The Republic of Congo has established both functional and accounting separation by law for the operator with significant market power.

According to the Electronic Communication Law (Art. 6), electronic communications activities are exercised freely in Congo. There are no discriminatory conditions for foreign companies. However, the supply of electronic communications networks and services is conditional on obtaining, depending on the case of a licence, authorisation, agreement, declaration, or experimentation.
It is reported that in the Republic of Congo, different minimum capital requirements are established to obtain different types of licenses:
- 10.000.000.000 F.CFA for 3G and 4G (approx. USD 15,196,000);
- 11.000.000.000 F.CFA for 2G (approx. USD 16,716,000).

The Republic of Congo has not appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

It is reported that the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARPCE), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Law No. 29-2019 states that the transfer of data abroad is possible if:
- the third country ensures a sufficient level of protection of privacy, fundamental rights and freedoms of people (Art. 23),
- the person to whom the data relates has agreed to their transfer;
- the transfer is necessary to protect that person's life, to safeguard the public interest and to execute the contract between the interested party and the data manager (Art. 24).