Art. 14 of Law L/2022/0010/CNT provides that operators or companies working on their behalf are obliged to employ Guinean personnel in accordance with the following minimum quota by category:
- Executives: 30% of staff, including the human resources manager, from the start of operations; 40% of staff from the fourth year of operation; 50% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
- Management staff: 25% of staff from the start of operations, 40% of staff from the fourth year of operation, and 70% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
- Skilled workers: 50% of staff from the start of operations, 70% of staff from the fourth year of operation, and 85% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
- Unskilled workers: 100% of staff from the start of operations.
In the event that it is duly established by the operator, by means of documents or detailed reports sent to the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle du Contenu Local (ARCCL), that the above quotas cannot be met at these various stages, due to a lack of expertise or availability, the operator shall draw up a detailed training programme and a timetable for the gradual replacement of foreign staff by nationals.
Operator refers to both the company in charge of carrying out public projects and investors in private sector projects covered by the investment code or companies working on their behalf, regardless of the sector.

Art. 22 of Law L/2022/0010/CNT provides that without prejudice to provisions more favourable to the access of local businesses to public contracts, preference is given to a tender that complies with the tender or consultation documents submitted by a local business if that tender is for a higher amount than the lowest evaluated compliant offer from a tenderer who is not a local company and falls within a margin of preference. Such a percentage is at least 10% for works and 15% for supplies and services. The national preference is quantified in the tender or consultation documents as a percentage of the amount of the tender.
Contracts for temporary groupings of foreign operators concluded with Guinean natural or legal persons also benefit from this national preference, provided that 40% of the services are entrusted to a small or medium-sized local company, either as a co-contractor or sub-contractor or that a minimum number of key national experts is proposed.
The implementing decrees are not yet available.

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

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

Pursuant to Art. 78 of Decree No. D/333/PRG/SGG, during public procurement procedures, preference is accorded to bids submitted by domestic companies, provided they meet the requirements set forth in the tender or consultation documents. This preferential treatment applies even if the domestic bid exceeds the amount of the closest evaluated bid from a non-national company as long as the difference falls within the margin of preference outlined in Art. 79. This article specifies that the percentage of national preference should not exceed 7% for works and 15% for supplies and services.
The national preference regime can, however, only be granted under the following conditions:
- For consulting and engineering firms, 30% of inputs must be from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Community), and 50% of managers and employees must be nationals;
- For consultancies, national participation must be more than 50% of the study;
- For suppliers of goods in Guinea, 30% of the added value of a manufactured good must be of Guinean origin;
- For the supply of imported goods, the supplier must have Guinean nationality.
For legal entities, there are additional conditions:
- The majority of the capital of the legal entity must be held by nationals;
- The management body must be controlled by Guinean nationals.
Art. 79 further provides that temporary groupings of foreign operators concluded with Guinean individuals or legal entities may benefit from national preference if their offer meets the conditions mentioned in the article and if it provides that a significant part of the contract is entrusted to a small or medium-sized national company either through co-contracting or subcontracting, or if a minimum number of key national experts is proposed.

Art. 8 of Law L/2022/0010/CNTA obliges economic operators to source Guinean goods and services as part of their activities in the Republic of Guinea, in accordance with a list of goods and services drawn up by order of the Ministry responsible for the private sector. Each year, operators must send the Ministry responsible for local content and the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle du Contenu Local (ARCCL) a list of their suppliers of goods and their providers of services. All companies, whether local or foreign, regardless of their sector of activity, are subject to the provisions of Art. 8, with the exception of local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Operator refers to both the company in charge of carrying out public projects and investors in private sector projects covered by the investment code or companies working on their behalf, regardless of the sector.
Art. 11 further specifies that in the event that the supply of local goods or services proves impossible due to unavailability or insufficiency, operators subject to local content are authorised, on the favourable opinion of the ARCCL, in conjunction with the ministry in charge of the private sector, to obtain supplies on the external market.

Art. 12.1 of Law L/2022/0010/CNT provides that operators, within the framework of public procurement contracts, systematically set up co-contracting arrangements with local companies. Under this co-contracting arrangement, the local company must be responsible for at least 40% of the volume of services to be carried out, in particular, the technical feasibility studies for the project, the environmental and social impact studies, the execution studies and the project implementation work. Co-contracting refers to the situation in which two or more companies form a temporary consortium with the aim of maintaining legal, economic and financial links between them for the joint completion of a project.
Art. 12.4 further specifies that in all projects where the amount of investment is equal to or greater than the thresholds defined by decree and involving, in particular, the production of a good or the provision of a service with a high technological value, the co-contracting arrangement put in place must provide for the creation of an industrial production or processing unit, depending on the sector to which the project concerned relates. At least 34% of the capital of this company must be open to local industrialists. The terms and conditions for the creation of these local industrial units, as well as the specific advantages granted to operators, are to be specified by decree.
In addition, Art. 13 provides that operators under public procurement contracts systematically subcontract part of the services to local companies. As part of this subcontracting, the local company is responsible for at least 40% of the volume of services to be carried out, in particular, the technical feasibility studies for the project, the environmental and social impact studies, the execution studies and the project implementation work. The implementing decrees are not yet available.
As the implementing decrees are not yet available, it is not clear when any of the scenarios presented above apply.

Art. 13.2 of Law L/2022/0010/CNT mandates technology and knowledge transfer to local subcontractors. According to Art. 13.2.1, specifically in structuring projects, the contracting authorities must ensure the effective transfer of technology and knowledge to local companies. Art. 13.2.4 provides that, prior to the implementation of its project, the operator submits to the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle du Contenu Local (ARCCL) and the contracting authority a technology transfer programme for the benefit of local companies. This programme is specified in the contractual documents, in the specifications, and in any reference document concerning the project or the investment programme.
Operator refers to both the company in charge of carrying out public projects and investors in private sector projects covered by the investment code or companies working on their behalf, regardless of the sector.
Art. 13.2.3 further specifies that in the event that the technology used or developed by the operator is covered by a patent, the competent authority will define the terms and conditions to encourage technology transfer.

Guatemala does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties.

In accordance with Art. 14 of the Guatemalan Commercial Code, the companies legally constituted abroad that wish to establish or operate in any form in the country or want to have one or more branches or agencies must have permanently in the country, at least, one representative.

The Consumer and User Protection Law provide a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions

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

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