The Dominican Republic has established minimum capital requirements for limited liability companies. According to Art. 91 of Law No. 479-08 the amount of capital stock of limited liability companies cannot be less than 100,000 Dominican pesos (approx. USD 1,840). In the case of certain types of limited liability companies, Art.160 establishes that the minimum amount of authorized capital shall be 30 Million Dominican pesos (approx. 550,000 USD).

The Dominican Republic is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 2022.

It is reported that public procurement in the Dominican Republic is not carried out in a transparent manner and that corruption is a problem.

Law No. 488-08 establishes a regulatory regime for the development and competitiveness of MSMEs. According to Art. 25, state institutions must reserve 15% of purchases of goods and services to national MSMEs. Moreover, Art. 26 establishes that when MSMEs are managed by women that have a shareholding or capital stock of more than 50%, then the percentage of purchases by state institution reserved for MSMEs goes up to 20%.

Art. 16 of Law No. 340-06 provides that public tenders may be international in the following cases:
- When the purchase or contracting is covered by a treaty or agreement in force between the Dominican Republic and another State or multilateral or bilateral credit agency;
- When, previously, a technical evaluation indicates that the national bidders do not have sufficient capacity to provide the goods or services or execute the projects or works;
- When a previous national public tender has been declared void.

The Dominican Republic is a signatory of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of 1996, but is not a signatory of its 2015 expansion (ITA II).

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

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

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

Resolution 54 of 2018 provides a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions. Section 5 of the Resolution, establishes the principles of consumer protection, while Section 6 dictates the rights of consumers. Furthermore, Chapter IV of Resolution 42 of 2020 lists consumer rights and supplier obligations.

It is reported that the high cost for the registration of domain names represents a restriction as it is three times higher than the average for the Americas region, costing approximately USD 950.

According to Resolution No. 42/2020 in its first special provision, the method of payment, through the use of the national payment card or any other authorized means, and the claims, doubts or divergences on transactions made through the payment gateway, are made and formulated in accordance with the provisions of the legislation in force by the Central Bank of Cuba. In addition, the terms of services of TuEnvio.cu state that payments can be made only through Tranfermóvil and Enzona, two phone applications that can be associated with cards issued by the Central Bank of Cuba, Banco Metropolitano, Banco de Crédito and Commerce and the Popular Savings Bank.

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

There are no formal licensing requirements in Cuba in the electronic commerce sector. However, Cuba has only one online trading platform called Tuenvio.cu, which is managed by the state-owned company CIMEX. This, indirectly, represents a restriction that excludes foreign companies that want to seek licenses to manage an electronic commerce platform.