Under Section 5.1, the Public Procurement Regulation states that the Policy Office may, in the case of procurement through open international bidding, issue instructions relating to the criteria and the applicable percentage preference for domestic or regional goods, services or contractors.
Under Section 35A, a public body may grant an advantage to domestic goods provided that the criteria to grant the advantage are spelt out in the bidding documents and are in accordance with such directive as the Policy Office may issue.

As per Directive No. 42, which enacts the benefits for SMEs announced in the FY2020/21 budget, the following measures have been established: (i) SMEs producing locally manufactured goods with the "Made in Moris" certification from the Mauritius Manufacturers' Association will be granted a preference margin of 30%-40%; and (ii) non-SMEs will receive a 20% margin for their locally manufactured goods.

It is reported that, under Directive 50 (Ensuring Minimum Domestic Content of 30% in Purchases of Goods), ministries and government bodies are required to have a minimum domestic content of 30% in their purchases of goods. However, this directive is not available online.

Mauritania does not have a legal framework that applies consumer protection to online transactions. Law No. 2020-007 on consumer protection does not frame the protection of consumers for goods and services online.

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

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

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

Type approval procedures in Mauritania are regulated by the Autorité de Régulation (ARE). It is reported that the conformity requirements are similar to those of the European Union. The homologation process in Mauritania does not require local laboratory testing or contact with local representatives.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 25, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Mauritania has not joined any agreement with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders.

Law No. 2017-020 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Mauritania.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Mauritania's law and jurisprudence.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Mauritania's law and jurisprudence.

It is reported that Mauritania imposes an identity requirement for SIM registration. Anyone wanting to purchase a SIM card has to provide their national ID card or a passport in case of foreigners to activate a new prepaid SIM card.

The government of Mauritania has reportedly imposed two internet shutdowns in 2024, following two similar incidents in 2023. In July, mobile internet services were suspended for several weeks amid post-election protests. This was followed by another disruption in August, when authorities restricted access during the administration of the national baccalaureate exams. In addition, the indicator "7.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 3 in Mauritania for the year 2024. This corresponds to "Rarely but there have been a few occasions throughout the year when the government shut down domestic access to Internet."