According to Art. 2 of Law No. 1 of 1955, the entry, exchange, or trade of any Israeli goods, commodities, or products into Lebanon is prohibited. Goods and commodities manufactured in Israel, or those incorporating any component of Israeli origin, are deemed to be Israeli goods, whether imported directly or indirectly from Israel. Similarly, goods and products reshipped from Israel, or manufactured outside Israel for export on behalf of Israel, are also considered Israeli goods.

According to Art. 252 of Decree No. 126 of 1959, the import of wireless transmission devices, or devices capable of both transmitting and receiving signals, along with their accessories, is prohibited unless specifically authorised for installation and use.
Pursuant to the "Statement of the Procedure for Licensing the Import of Communications Devices and Equipment, including the Approval of the Customs Declaration", the Minister of Communications may, by decree, issue annual licences for the importation and sale all communications devices and equipment intended for connection to communications networks or for public use. Such import licences are granted, in accordance with applicable legal procedures, to entities duly authorised to provide communications services or to companies and institutions engaged in the trade of communications equipment.

It is reported that Lebanon’s customs administration faces severe structural and operational deficiencies, with staffing critically inadequate, organisational models outdated and core information technology systems nearing collapse. The Lebanese Customs Administration operates under the Customs Law currently in force (1984, amended in 2001), which provides for modern features such as risk management, paperless declarations, pre-arrival information, summary declarations upon arrival, and appeals. However, these provisions remain unimplemented. It is further reported that the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) is almost inoperative, as the Customs IT Centre possesses only a single obsolete server and lacks qualified personnel to maintain or develop system functionalities. In addition, customs personnel work on a significantly reduced schedule because budgetary constraints make full-time employment financially unfeasible.

According to Art. 1 of Law No. 1 of 1955, it is prohibited for any natural or legal person to enter into an agreement, either directly or through an intermediary, with entities or individuals residing in Israel, holding Israeli nationality, or acting on behalf of or for the benefit of Israel, when such agreements concern commercial transactions, financial operations, or any other dealings of any kind. This prohibition applies horizontally across all sectors of the economy, including the export of goods or services to Israel. In addition, under Art. 4 of the law, the Council of Ministers is mandated to take the necessary measures to prevent the export of goods that are proven to be re-exported to Israel by the importing country.

Under the Type Approval Regulation, products are classified into four RTTE categories. Under Art. 22, products falling within class 0 are subject only to a self-declaration scheme. Under Arts. 23-25, products in classes 1, 2, and 3 are subject to different third-party assessment procedures for each class. Appendix A presents the product classifications.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Lebanon's law and jurisprudence. Nevertheless, Arts. 69 and 70 of Law No. 81 of 10 October 2018 on Electronic Transactions and Personal Data stipulate that network service providers are not bound to monitor information, and must promptly remove or block access to information they send or store temporarily upon the sender’s request or pursuant to a decision issued by a competent court, under penalty of law. Similarly, data hosts are required to remove or disable access to such information immediately once they become aware of its unlawful nature.

It is reported that Lebanon requires mobile network operators to collect and store user's personal information and proof of identity for SIM registration. The relevant legislation could not be found.

Through judicial orders submitted to the Cybercrimes Bureau of the Internal Security Forces, the Lebanese government has reportedly imposed restrictions on access to certain Isreali websites. One notable example is the Israel-based web-hosting service Wix, which has been inaccessible on mobile networks and several internet service providers since December 2018. This action was based on a court ruling that invoked the Israel Boycott Law.

It is reported that the LGBT+ dating application Grindr, initially blocked in 2019 on Alfa and Touch, which are the two primary mobile network operators in Lebanon, remained inaccessible throughout 2024. Also, in 2020, the judiciary ordered the Ministry of Telecommunications to block applications accused of spreading false information about unofficial currency exchange rates, and during this process Google’s Firebase service was also blocked. In 2021, OGERO, the state-owned telecommunications provider, and several private internet service providers extended these measures to platforms offering unofficial currency exchanges. It remains uncertain whether these restrictions persisted into 2024.

The indicator "7.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 3 in Lebanon for the year 2024. This corresponds to "Rarely but there have been a few occasions throughout the year when the government shut down domestic access to Internet."

Lebanon does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, it is reported that an obligation of accounting separation can be found in the Significant Market Power Regulation (Decision No. 3/2009). Moreover, according to Art. 30 of the Telecommunications Law, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) may require SMP operators to comply with accounting rules or take any other precautionary measures as deemed appropriate to ensure a competitive market.

Reports indicate that the licensing framework set out in the Telecommunications Law is not operational and independent. In fact, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), which woud be in charge of issuing new licences, has operated without a functioning board for most of the past two decades. As such, the telecommunications sector remains entirely owned, managed, and regulated by the Ministry of Telecommunications.

Lebanon has not appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments. In fact, the country is not a member of the WTO.

Lebanon maintains a telecommunications regulatory body known as the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). Nevertheless, evidence suggests that the decision-making processes within this entity are not entirely autonomous from governmental influence. While the Lebanese telecommunications legislation is formally overseen by the TRA, which functions as a semi-independent advisory body reporting directly to the Council of Ministers, in practice, the TRA possesses limited authority, thereby rendering the Ministry of Telecommunications the de facto regulatory authority. It is further reported that, although the TRA is nominally independent, its operations are frequently subject to the influence of dominant political factions, which significantly undermines its effectiveness. Former Ministers of Telecommunications have asserted that the TRA lacks substantive power, as the legislative provisions conferring its authority have yet to be fully implemented.

It is reported that the Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) has mandated that digital service providers host their data within the country and refrain from utilising cloud-based solutions. In addition, CBL requires all banking institutions to maintain data backups domestically, with the same obligation extending to service providers.