According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Guinea, applicants resident outside the territory of the Member States must file through an agent selected in one of those Member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the Profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

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.

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

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.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Guatemala's law and jurisprudence. Copyright Law No. 33-98 serves as the legal foundation for determining the liability of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Guatemala in cases involving the infringement of an author’s moral or economic rights. In instances of infringement, the rights holder may hold the direct infringer responsible for uploading the protected material. Additionally, under Art. 1645 of the Civil Code, legal action may be initiated against ISPs if negligence or carelessness on their part can be demonstrated. Since specific legislation addressing damages caused by ISPs is absent, this article is the principal legal reference for intermediary liability in Guatemala. According to the law, "any person who intentionally, or through carelessness or negligence, causes harm or damage to another is obligated to provide reparation unless the harm or damage is the result of inexcusable negligence or fault of the victim, and this is proven."

It is reported that a basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Guatemala's law and jurisprudence.