According to Art. 1197 of the Civil Code, companies incorporated abroad are required to establish a representation with domicile in the country, in addition to the particular domiciles resulting from other legal causes.

Paraguay does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties. The country removed the de minimis threshold of 100 USD for electronic purchases in 2017. Resolution No. 1298 of 2018 of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce established that electronic purchases up to USD 100 that are not subject to prior import licenses are required to pay only the casual VAT of 13% and the transportation payment. As for operations between USD 100 and USD 1,000, they must pay between 15% and 35% of the Common External Tariff, as applicable.

According to Art. 6 of Resolution 588/2009, the commercialization, installation, and operation of telecommunications apparatus or equipment are only allowed with prior approval by CONATEL (National Telecommunications Commission). According to Art. 2, the goods that need to be homologated are: telecommunications equipment and devices intended to be connected to public telecommunications networks or connected through a network termination; telecommunications equipment and devices that make use of the Radioelectric Spectrum (including antennas); equipment that does not fall into the previous categories, which are subject to some technical regulation, at the discretion of CONATEL. Certification by foreign suppliers is allowed, but the application must be submitted to the regulatory body for equipment homologation (Art. 17). Once equipment type testing has been performed, a Paraguayan representative must apply for the CONATEL’s certificate of approval by submitting the required documentation, as well as send a type approval request letter addressed to the president of the CONATEL. It is also reported that the following ICT goods need to be homologated: car audio systems; RF transceivers; BT speakers; modems; wireless microphones; RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) equipment.

According to Art. 6 of Resolution 588/2009, the importation, manufacture and/or commercialization within Paraguay of telecommunication devices or equipment is only allowed with the prior approval of CONATEL (National Telecommunications Commission).

According to Art. 3 of Law No. 5653, any Internet service providers shall develop and offer free software to detect, filter, classify, delete and block harmful information and they shall provide clients with such software and its teaching manual that explains how to install and use it.

It is reported that Paraguay 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.

Paraguay has a safe harbour regime in place for intermediaries for copyright infringements. According to Art. 11 of Law No. 4868, if the data is provided by the service receiver, the intermediary service provider shall not be responsible for the information transmitted under several circumstances, including when the transmission is not initiated by providers or data is not changed by providers. Art.16 requests all providers shall establish a mechanism to remove content that violates copyright and related rights and industrial property laws from the network. This mechanism must be public and accessible to any user.

Paraguay has a safe harbour regime in place for intermediaries for any activity other than copyright infringement. According to Art. 11 of Law No. 4868, if the data is provided by the service receiver, the intermediary service provider shall not be responsible for the information transmitted under several circumstances, including when the transmission is not initiated by providers or data is not changed by provides.

According to Art. 1 of Resolution No. 1350, telephone service providers shall store a detailed call log of all Paraguayan users for a period of six months.

Paraguay lacks a comprehensive data protection framework, although a legislative proposal is currently underway. Law No. 6534 on the Protection of Personal Credit Data (Ley No. 6534 de Protección de Datos Personales Crediticios) provides the protection of anyone's credit data, regardless of their nationality, residence or place of residence, regulating the activities of collecting and obtaining credit information data, as well as the composition, organization, operation, rights, obligations and termination of legal persons involved in obtaining and providing credit information, so as to safeguard basic rights, privacy, information self-determination, freedom, security and fair treatment.

According to Art. 10 of Law No. 4868, intermediary service providers and data service providers shall store the connection and traffic data generated during the established communication for at least six months.

Paraguay has joined agreements with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders. According to the Art. 7.2 of the Mercosur Agreement on E-Commerce signed by Paraguay, each Party shall permit the cross-border transfer of information when the purpose of such transfer is to realize commercial activities of a person of a Party. The agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the ratification of the second Mercosur State Party. For subsequent ratifying States Parties, this agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the date on which each of them deposits its respective instrument of ratification. To date, only Uruguay has ratified it.
According to the Art. 7.11 of the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Paraguay, each Party shall permit the cross-border transfer of information by electronic means, where such activity is for the conduct of the business of a person of a Party. The agreement shall enter into force 90 days after the "Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración" (ALADI) notifies the parties that the last deposit of the instrument of ratification has been received.

Paraguay has not appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

According to Law No. 642 of Telecommunications, the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Law No. 642 regulates the concession, license or authorization to provide telecommunication services. These will be subject to the payment of a fee, which must be verified within 60 days of obtaining them or renewing them only once in each period. For renewals, the payment of the fee will be determined on the basis of extensions or new investments. According to Art. 70 of the law, the commercial exploitation of the services will be subject to the payment of an annual fee of up to 1% of the gross income of the provider. In addition, according to Art. 64 of Decree No. 14,135, any foreign company that wants to provide telecommunication service in the country shall be domiciled or establish a representative office in Paraguay.