Paraguay reviews e-commerce law

Reform in the works

Paraguay’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce is working on a draft reform of the e-commerce law and expects to share it with the private sector in the coming weeks. Deputy Minister of Commerce and Services Alberto Sborovsky said the initiative is still being developed and will be presented for feedback before it moves forward.

Changes under review

Among the changes being considered are the addition of artificial intelligence, stronger cybersecurity, and updates to align the rules with the new data protection law. The reform also aims to close gray areas around sales that begin through channels such as WhatsApp, a point that was mentioned as part of the regulatory review.

Official agenda and public-private working group

The review of the law is part of an agenda presented by the Paraguayan government to speed up the digital transformation of micro, small and medium-sized businesses and strengthen e-commerce. That official package also includes the reform of the Electronic Commerce Law.

Industry and Commerce Minister Marco Riquelme also announced the creation of a public-private working group to develop the proposed update to e-commerce rules. According to official coverage cited by Infobae, the Paraguayan Chamber of Electronic Commerce will be included in that process, and experience from other countries will be used as input for the proposal.

The official agenda also seeks to expand the use of electronic payment methods and make it easier for companies to adopt digital commerce as a sales channel inside and outside the country. For now, the available material confirms the MIC’s push and the drafting stage, but it does not specify a formal submission to Congress or a legislative timeline for the proposal.