Art. 85 of the Utilities Directive (2014/25/EU) contains provisions allowing contracting public entities to reject foreign goods not covered by any EU international commitments from its tender procedures. In these cases, a tender submitted for the award of a supply contract may be rejected where the proportion of the products originating in third countries exceeds 50% of the total value of the products constituting the tender (Art. 85.2). Additionally, in cases of equivalent offers, the provisions provide for a preference for European tenders and tenders covered by EU's international obligations. In practice, this possibility has rarely been used.
In Finland, the Directive has been transposed with the "Act on Public Contracts and Concessions of Entities Operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Postal Services Sectors (1398/2016)".

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

Estonia 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 Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the Consumer Protection Act. The Act includes provisions on the right to information, safety and quality of goods or services, unfair commercial practices. The Act also safeguards 'distance contracts'. E-commerce is regulated by the Estonian Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority.

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

It is required to appoint a local contact person if the residence of at least one-half of the directors of the branch of a foreign company are not in Estonia.

It is required to appoint an administrative contact for application for ".ee" domain name. The administrative contact has to be a citizen of Estonia with an Estonian personal identification code, or an European Economic Area (EEA) citizen.

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 through facilitating access to such works using any appropriate means to ensure prominence of European works. 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.
Estonia has implemented Article 13 via the Media Services Act. For European works, Section 8(3) Broadcasters shall reserve at least 51% of their transmission time (excluding the time allotted to news, sports events, competitive entertainment programmes, advertising, teleshopping and teletext services) for European works. For European works independent from broadcasters, Section 8(4) Broadcasters shall reserve at least 10% of their transmission time (excluding the time allotted to news, sports events, competitive entertainment).

The Estonian government issues sanctions on Russian app Yandex. The reason provided is that individuals using the application Yandex must provide access to a considerable amount of personal data, which is processed by the company on the servers located in Russia. To prevent the collection and use of Estonian data by the Russian authorities, the government is banning the application, requiring app stores to restrict downloads of the Yandex application.

Current tensions with Russia has induced the Estonian regulatory authority to block Russian websites for geo-political reasons. It is reported that in February 2022, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) ordered telecommunications operators to restrict online broadcasting of six pro-Kremlin TV channels, including RTR-Planeta, RTVI, Rossiya 24, REN TV, NTV Mir, and PBK, for twelve months in an effort to limit Russian war propaganda. In March 2022, the TTJA ordered the blocking of another TV channel RBK (RBC TV), seven websites (ntv.ru, ren.tv, 5-tv.ru, 78.ru, 1tv.com, lenta.ru, and tass.ru.), and 12 internet channels, whose “content incites to commit offenses towards national security and national defense, to the detriment of the security of society,” according to a TTJA press release.

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
The Information Society Services Act (ISSA) is based on the EU e-Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC).

The Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive) is the legal basis governing the liability of Internet Services Providers (ISPs) in the EU Member States and includes a conditional safe harbor. Not all Member States have transposed the relevant articles consistently, leading to divergent national case law that could cause legal insecurity on an EU level.
The Information Society Services Act (ISSA) is based on the EU e-Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC).

Under the EU Directive on Data Retention, operators were required to retain certain categories of traffic and location data (excluding the content of those communications) for a period between six months and two years and to make them available, on request, to law enforcement authorities for the purposes of investigating, detecting and prosecuting serious crime and terrorism. On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the Directive invalid. However, not all national laws which implemented the Directive have been overturned.
In Estonia, the Law on Electronic Communications requiring traffic and location data retention remains in place. § 111 and § 112 provide for the requirement of communications undertakings to retain various communications metadata (including, but not limited to, location data) for the period of one year from the date of the communication.

Estonia has a telecommunications authority: the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (ETRA). However, it is reported that the decision-making process of this entity is not fully independent from the government.

It is reported that there is no requirement for functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom sector. However, accounting separation is required in certain cases.