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Loi n°2017-20 portant Code du Numérique en République du Bénin, Livre VI (cybersécurité), sécurité des réseaux et essai de vulnérabilité des produits

Loi n°2017-20 du 20 avril 2018, Livre VI, Titre I, Chapitre XIII, Article 598, portant Code du Numérique en République du Bénin

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In force since 20 April 2018.

A product security requirements rule binding private bodies.

As of 18 September 2026.

What it requires

Before or while selling an information and communication technology product in Benin, have an independent security expert accredited by the ministry in charge of electronic communications carry out a vulnerability test and a security assurance evaluation of the product.
Inform consumers of every vulnerability detected in that test, together with the solution recommended to remedy it.

If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureNo

Private right of actionNo

Who enforces it

Enforcement body

Ministère chargé des communications électroniques, which accredits the independent security experts who must carry out the vulnerability test and security assurance evaluation; no distinct sanction naming this article specifically was located

Settledness

As of

18 September 2026

Open questions

Does Article 601's fine for failing to maintain a previously established protection measure reach a vendor's own Article 598 vulnerability-testing and disclosure duty, or is it confined to the electronic-communications operator's own Article 599 event-detection duty in the same Chapter?
Does the accreditation requirement reach a vendor with no physical establishment in Benin that sells an information and communication technology product to a consumer located there?

What it reaches

Obligation class

Security, Disclosure

What this law does

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A vendor of an information and communication technology product must have an independent security expert, accredited by the ministry in charge of electronic communications, carry out a vulnerability test and a security assurance evaluation of the product. The vendor must then inform consumers of every vulnerability detected in the product, along with the solution recommended to remedy it.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

Loi n°2017-20 portant Code du Numérique, official consolidated text as republished by Benin's Ministère de l'Économie et des Finances

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