Art. 47 of the Tender Law states that the State can use limited contracts in cases the nature of the contract requires restricting the participation in the tender to specific suppliers, contractors, or consultants within or outside the Sultanate who satisfy the required conditions.

The Tender Board Circular No. 3/2016 introduces the In-Country Value (ICV) policy in government procurement. The policy seeks to incentivise companies, including foreign companies, to procure local goods and services and provide training to Omani national employees. The government includes bidders' ICV as one factor in all government tender awards. It is reported that foreign companies find this requirement prohibitive.

Art. 36 of the Tender Law states that local SMEs may receive a bidding preference in government tenders within a 10% price differential.

Oman is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 2001.

The MOCIIP Ministerial Decision No.209/2020 introduces a “negative list” of investments that bans foreign investment in certain sectors to safeguard national security interests. The list includes retail sales of mobile phones, their accessories, and cards of telecommunications services licensed in the Sultanate.

Oman is a signatory of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of 1996 but is not a signatory of its 2015 expansion (ITA II).

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is NOK 350 (approx. USD 32), below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). However, there is an exception to this rule, which comes from the VAT on E-Commerce (VOEC) scheme. Under this scheme, online retailers who export more than 50,000 NOK (approx. 4591 USD) worth of low-value goods (less than 3000 NOK, approx. 275 USD) into Norway annually are exempt from paying customs duty and instead must charge VAT at point-of-sale and register with the Norwegian Tax Administration, as if they were a Norwegian retailer. In effect, this creates a de minimis threshold of 3000 NOK for which customs duties are no longer imposed.

Only Norwegian organisations and private individuals over the age of 18 can subscribe to a Norwegian domain name. Organisations must be registered with the Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities (Enhetsregisteret), and individuals must be registered in the National Population Register with a national identity number. Further, all subscribers must have a Norwegian postal address.

The Act on the Processing of Personal Data (Personal Data Act) implements the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union in Norway. Art. 27 of the GDPR requires a local representative for data controllers or processors not established in the EU.

Act No. 35 establishes a comprehensive framework for consumer protection, which is applicable to online transactions. Moreover, consumer purchases made via the Internet are regulated by the Act Relating to Consumer Purchases, which implemented Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees (this directive was subsequently repealed and replaced by Directive (EU) 2019/771 of the European Parliament and the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects relating to contracts for the sale of goods). Chapters 5 and 6 of the Act Relating to Consumer Purchases, for instance, delineate consumer rights in cases of late delivery and with respect to defective goods. Furthermore, Regulation No. 910/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (eIDAS) has been fully incorporated into Norwegian law through the Act on Electronic Trust Services (LOV-2018-06-15-44).

Norway has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Norway has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Norway has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

The Regulations on Electromagnetic Compatibility (2017) implement Directive 2014/30/EU of the European Parliament and the Council in Norway. Chapter 4 establishes a self-certification mechanism, which is fully detailed in Annex II of the regulations.