Burundi: Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations including unilateral conduct regulation entered into force

On 4 December 2025, the Competition and Consumer Protection Regulations, including unilateral conduct regulation, entered into force. The Regulations prohibit abuse of a dominant position by one or more undertakings operating in the Common Market. It also lists prohibited conduct, including imposing unfair prices or trading conditions, limiting production, restricting market entry, eliminating competitors, or applying discriminatory conditions to trading partners. It further addresses abuse of economic dependence and introduces specific restrictions for digital “gatekeepers”, prohibiting practices including self-preferencing, use of business-user data to compete against those users, anti-steering provisions, and restrictions on data portability or platform switching.