A new framework sets information duties for public bodies and brings fresh visibility to anyone who contracts with the State.
Equatorial Guinea has enacted Law No. 9/2026 of 30 June on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Governance in Public Finance Management. The law has been published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and is fully in force.
Who is covered
The law sets a framework for institutional transparency, accountability and integrity in how State resources are managed. It applies to public bodies, to entities that administer public funds and to senior State officials.
Key elements
- A right of access to public information, exercised through legally established procedures.
- Active publication duties covering institutional, budgetary, financial and contractual information.
- Greater transparency on budgets, expenditure, public debt, subsidies and the use of public resources.
- Tighter oversight of public procurement, administrative concessions and publicly funded operations.
- Integrity obligations for certain public officials, including conflict-of-interest prevention.
- A regime of infringements and sanctions for non-compliance.
Reading the law alongside your own contracts
This summary is high level. Procedures, thresholds and sanction levels sit in the law itself, and any specific arrangement should be checked against the published BOE text. The point to take from the structure is direction: the law pushes information about budgets, procurement, concessions and contracts into the open, and it attaches sanctions to non-compliance.
What this means for clients
Public institutions, companies that contract with the State, recipients of public funds and economic operators generally should expect new information obligations and stronger controls over public resources. Contracting parties should expect more of their dealings with public bodies to become visible.
Companies with State contracts or concessions should map which of their arrangements fall within the law’s scope and review their compliance procedures accordingly. A sensible starting point is to list each State-facing contract, concession or funding arrangement, and to check how its confidentiality provisions sit alongside the new publication duties on contractual information. Teams that deal with procurement should also review their conflict-of-interest processes. Lechêne, Iñiguez & Partners can help you assess your position.
