Trade sanctions screening is the process of checking a transaction against product-related restrictive measures. These measures affect imports and exports, but also the facilitation of transactions involving restricted items through brokering, financing, or the provision of technical assistance. In fact, you do not need to export or import any physical goods to violate trade sanctions.

Classify the product to HS or CN code, establish the destination, direction of movement and transaction date, then check that code against the annexes of every EU regulation applicable to that destination.

Ten regulatory frameworks, including Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 (Russia), (EC) No 765/2006 (Belarus), (EU) No 267/2012 and (EU) 2023/1529 (Iran), (EU) No 36/2012 (Syria), (EU) No 692/2014 (Crimea), (EU) 2022/263, the anti-torture Regulation (EU) 2019/125 and the EU Common Military List.

No. Restricted-party screening matches counterparty names against designation lists. TRADESANCTIONS.EU screens goods — the product codes you trade — against the trade annexes. The two controls are complementary, and most compliance suites do party screening well and goods screening barely at all.

Not necessarily. A hit may indicate an authorisation requirement, a value threshold, or a prohibition subject to exemptions or derogations — for example, for pre-existing contracts, humanitarian or medical purposes, or during a wind-down period. The tool identifies the relevant restriction and available exceptions, helping you determine whether the transaction is prohibited, permitted under certain conditions, or requires authorisation.

Screening runs in your browser. The codes and catalogues you check are processed locally and are not transmitted to us or stored against your account — your product portfolio is commercially sensitive, and the architecture reflects that.