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

The 2010 Public Procurement Law provides that a public administration can limit their participation through domestic preference granted to national and regional companies. Art. 37.5 considers nationality, residency, regional presence, and cooperation partners as criteria to provide a preference that would result in a reduction in the tenderer's financial offer. Art. 86 of Decree No. 10/22, laying down guidelines for the application of the Law related to Public Procurement, requires tender offers to explicitly mention "national preference" when publishing tenders that apply this requirement.

DRC is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) nor does it have observer status.

According to Art. 40 of Law No. 20/017 on Telecommunications and Information and Communication Technologies, the legal entity benefiting from a licence must adopt the form of a Société Anonyme (‘S.A’). Without prejudice to agreements and conventions to which the Congolese State is a party, at least thirty per cent (30%) of the share capital of the aforementioned company must be allocated as follows:
- At least 25% must be held by Congolese natural or legal persons whose shares are owned by Congolese natural persons. This subscription must be paid within three years of the company’s incorporation.
- 5% is reserved for Congolese employees of the company.
In the event that the 30% threshold mentioned above is not met, the company may still be incorporated, provided the share reserved for Congolese workers is guaranteed.

It is reported that, in practice, the DRC requires foreign investors to hire local agents and participate in a joint venture with the government or local partners.

The Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the Consumer Protection Law of 2021 Ν.112(Ι)/2021. The law gives the Consumer Protection Service wider authority to impose sanctions, including administrative fines, and to apply to the court for injunctions in cases of violations. The legislation consolidates the laws in relation to consumer rights, unfair commercial practices, misleading and comparative advertising, unfair terms in contracts, indication of product prices, conditions for the sale of goods at discount prices, and product guarantees.

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

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

Cyprus 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 EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) covers traditional broadcasting services as well as audiovisual media services provided on-demand, including via the Internet. Art. 13.1 provides for Member States to secure a minimum 30% share of European works in the catalogues as well as "ensuring prominence" of those works. "Prominence" involves promoting European works by facilitating access to such works using any appropriate means to ensure their prominence. The Directive has been implemented by Member States in different ways, ranging from very extensive and detailed measures to a mere reference to the general obligation to promote European works.
In Cyprus, the EU Directive was transposed into domestic law through the amendment of Law 7(I)/1998 of May 2021 (197(I)/2021). According to Art. Art. 31Α of the law, audiovisual service providers are required to retain at least 30% of their catalogues for European works and to display them prominently. Cyprus has not implemented financial contribution obligations to VOD service providers.

It is reported that passive sharing is mandated and is effective in both the mobile (based on commercial agreements) and fixed sectors. In addition, Directive 2014/61/EU (Art. 3.2) establishes that Member States shall ensure that, upon written request of an undertaking providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, any network operator must meet all reasonable requests for access to its physical infrastructure under fair and reasonable terms and conditions, including price, with a view to deploying elements of high-speed electronic communications networks. Such written request shall specify the elements of the project for which the access is requested, including a specific time frame.

The Cypriot State owns the majority of shares of the Cypriot Telecommunications Authority (Cyta), which is the incumbent telecom operator.

It is reported that Cyprus does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, obligated companies (i.e. companies that have been designated as such by a decision of the Commissioner for a relevant market) must prepare and make available to the Commissioner their separate accounts of revenues and costs of supply of goods and/or services.