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

According to Section 45.1 of the Ghana Procurement Act, international competitive tendering is required effective competition cannot be achieved in national competitive tendering without the participation of foreign firms. In addition, according to the Fifth Schedule of the Act, international competitive bidding must be used for the procurement of goods with a contract value threshold above GHS 10 million (approx 625,000 USD) and for technical services with a contract value threshold above GHS 5 million (approx. 300,000 USD). There are no value thresholds for other types of tendering methods, such as restricted and sole-source tendering, or for technical and consultancy services; however, their use is subject to approval by the Public Procurement Authority.

The Public Procurement Act seeks to increase the competitiveness of domestic businesses by the application of a margin of preference. In accordance with Section 60.3, the Public Procurement Board is required to issue guidelines for implementing margins of preference for domestic contractors and suppliers of goods, works and services. The Guidelines that apply to current tenders open to international competitive bidding give a margin of price preference of 7.5% to 20% to domestic suppliers of goods and services.

According to Art. 59 of the Ghana Public Procurement Act, certain aspects such as technology transfer, countertrade arrangements, and inclusion of local content may be considered when awarding tenders.

According to the DENIC terms of service, §3 (4), ".de" domain holders not domiciled in Germany shall name an authorised representative domiciled in Germany within two weeks of a corresponding request by DENIC.

According to Art. 92 of the Interstate Media Agreement, providers of media intermediaries must designate an authorised recipient in Germany. Furthermore, according to Art. 115 of the law, a broadcaster also commits an administrative offence if it, as the provider of a media intermediary, does not designate an authorised recipient in Germany.

Under Section 5 of Act to Improve Law Enforcement in Social Networks (NetzDG), providers of social networks for which no other Member State is the country of establishment or is considered to be the country of establishment pursuant to Section 2 of the Digital Services Act must appoint an authorised representative in Germany and draw attention to this representative on their platform in an easily recognisable and directly accessible manner.

The Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the "Law to Adapt the Formal Requirements of Private Law to Modern Legal Transactions."

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

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

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

Art. 17 of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive) mandates that providers of content-sharing services seek authorisation from rights holders and implement technical solutions to remove and prevent unauthorised uploads by their users (so-called upload filters) under penalty of losing their liability safe harbour. Further arrangements are envisaged for complaints and dispute resolution mechanisms. Such upload filters are reported to be a significant cost for online platforms. Graduated exemptions are expected to be put in place for new providers active in the EU for less than three years with a turnover under EUR 10 million, and with fewer than five million users. The provision is subject to a challenge in the Court of Justice by Poland (C-401/19).
To implement Directive 2019/790, the Bundestag has adopted the Act on the Adaptation of Copyright Law to the Requirements of the Digital Single Market, therefore making online content-sharing service providers partially liable for copyright violations on their platforms.

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 by facilitating access to such works using any appropriate means to ensure their prominence. 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.
In Germany, the EU Directive was transposed into domestic law through the Interstate Treaty on Broadcasting and Telemedia. According to Art. 77 of the Treaty, to represent the diversity in the German-speaking and European regions and to promote European film and television productions, providers of television-like telemedia (VOD) must ensure that the proportion of European works in their catalogues is at least 30%.

§9b of the Act on the Federal Office for Information Security requires that critical components register with the Federal Ministry of the Interior before their first use. The use of these components can be prohibited on three grounds: if the producer is controlled by a third state government, its military or other public authorities, directly or indirectly; if the producer has previously been involved in activities with negative consequences on the public safety or order of the Federal Republic of Germany, other member states of the EU, the European Economic Area or the North Atlantic Treaty; or if the use of the critical component is in contradiction with the security interests of the Federal Republic of Germany, the EU or the North Atlantic Treaty.

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 harbour. 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.
Under §7-10 of the Telemedia Act, there are liability exemptions for intermediaries in cases where these have not actively triggered a transmission, chosen its recipient, where they have no knowledge of illegal content or activities or where they immediately remove related content. This broadens the scope of Art. 14 of the EU E-Commerce Directive, which only refers to "knowledge".