According to Art. 13 of Law No. 2006/018, foreign operators wishing to carry out any advertising activity in the territory of Cameroon must conclude an agreement of representation to this effect with a Cameroonian operator duly approved for the advertising profession concerned. This also applies to online advertising.

According to Art. 6 of Law No. 2006/018, any advertising company must have a principal officer (i.e. the person managing the enterprise and representing the latter in all acts of civil life) who is a Cameroonian national or, failing that, show proof of having fulfilled the conditions for foreigners to engage in commercial activities in Cameroon. This also applies to online advertising.

Cameroon has a screening process, which is applicable to all domestic and foreign investments. This screening process ensures that investors meet the criteria to qualify for private investment incentives, such as employment and export quantities. These are specified in Chapter 1, Section 14 of the Law No. 2013/004 of 2013 to lay down private investment incentives in the Republic of Cameroon.

Cameroon 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.

Sub-section VII (of the National Preference) of the New Public Procurement Code of Decree No. 2018/366 imposes restrictions for participation of foreign companies in public procurement. Art. 106 states that:
- When awarding a contract within the framework of an international consultation, a margin of preference is granted, to equivalent offers and in order of priority to the tenders presented by: a) a natural person of Cameroonian nationality or a legal person under Cameroonian law; b) a company whose capital is wholly or mainly held by persons of Cameroonian nationality; c) a natural person or a legal person justifying an economic activity on the territory of Cameroon; d) a group of companies associating Cameroonian companies;
- Tenders are considered equivalent when they have fulfilled the required technical conditions;
- For quantifiable works and services contracts, the national preference margin is 10% for the companies referred to in paragraph 1 above;
- For supply contracts, the national preference criterion can only be taken into account if the supply undergoes a transformation at the local or regional level of at least 15%;
- There is no national preference for non-quantifiable service contracts including intellectual services;
- National preference can only be applied when the tender documents provide for it.

Art. 132 of the New Public Procurement Code of Decree No. 2018/366 stipulates in its paragraph (3) that "The services subject to subcontracting must as a priority be granted to national SMEs of which at least 51% of the capital is held by nationals, and in case of insufficiency or deficiency, to SMEs and large companies of which at least 33% of the capital is held by nationals.

Cameroon is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Cambodia has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Cambodia 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 Law on Consumer Protection and the Law on Electronic Commerce provide a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions. According to Art. 27 of the Law on Consumer Protection, it is required for businesses to disclose information related to the kind, grade, safety, quantity, origin, function of use, maintenance, composition, design, assembly, usage, price, packaging, advertising or supplying, manufacturing date and expiry date, information about production or information related to the supply of goods or services. The application of these requirements to e-commerce is confirmed by Art. 33 of the Law on Electronic Commerce, which requires any person using electronic communications for commercial activities with consumers shall comply with all other provisions and regulations related to consumer protection.

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

In March 2021, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) enforced the Circular on E-KYC Guidance and Transaction Limit for Payment Service in Cambodia, clarifying procedures and information required for payment service institutions to identify customers and to set limits on the daily transaction amounts allowed for each type of customer. The Circular established the Bakong Payment System by the NBC, which is a centralized platform that allows customers to make bank transfers across banks and payment institutions. Based on the Circular, the size of daily transactions permitted depends on the platform, the personal information provided by the customer, and the stage of the payment service institution’s review of the customer’s information. In accordance with the different customer risk levels, customer identification procedures are determined by the four following transaction types: (i) Transactions between Bakong Accounts; (ii) Transactions between Bakong Accounts and Bank Accounts/E-Wallet Accounts; (iii) Transactions between E-Wallet Accounts and E-Wallet Accounts/Bank Accounts and; (iv) Transactions between Bank Accounts and Bank Accounts via Bakong (Backbone).
For transactions falling under items 1 – 3 above, customers are classified into three categories:
- Basic Customers: The transaction limit is KHR 2 million (approx. USD 500) per day;
- Partial KYC: The transaction limit is KHR 12 million (approx. USD 3,000) per day;
- Full KYC: The transaction limit is KHR 40 million (approx. USD 10,000) per day.
- For transactions falling under item 4, customers are considered as full KYC customers and the transaction limit is KHR 200 million (approx. USD 50,000) per day.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 50, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Pursuant to Art. 7 of Sub-Decree No. 287 and joint Notification No. 873, issued by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC), registered companies in Cambodia are required to use a local domain name such as ".com.kh" for their websites and email addresses. The domain names are valid for one year before they have to be renewed.