Paraguay reviews e-commerce law

Paraguay’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce is drafting a bill to reform the country’s e-commerce law and plans to share it with the private sector in the coming weeks. The initiative, led by Vice Minister of Commerce and Services Alberto Sborovsky, is still being developed and will be presented for input before moving ahead.

What changes are being considered?

Among the changes under review are the addition of artificial intelligence, stronger cybersecurity measures and updates to align the rules with the new data protection law. The reform also seeks to close gray areas around sales that begin through channels such as WhatsApp, an issue noted as part of the regulatory review.

What official framework is the reform part of?

The law review is part of an agenda presented by the Paraguayan government to speed up digital transformation for micro, small and medium-size businesses and strengthen e-commerce. That official package also includes 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 proposal for updating e-commerce rules. According to official coverage cited by Infobae, the Paraguayan Chamber of Electronic Commerce will be included in that process, and input from other countries will be used to inform the proposal.

The official agenda also aims 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 ministry’s push and the drafting stage, but it does not specify a formal submission to Congress or a legislative timetable for the bill.