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EU Trade Compliance

Here's what catches people: the EU sanctions list and the OFAC list update on different schedules. The average sync gap is about fourteen days. So an entity gets designated by one side, and for two weeks the other side hasn't caught up. If you're only screening against one, you've got a window where you're exposed.

Regulation 2021/821 covers dual-use across nine categories, but each member state issues its own export licenses — Germany's process looks nothing like Italy's. VAT on imports runs from 17% to 27% depending on which border the goods cross. The EU is not one compliance jurisdiction. It's twenty-seven, with a shared framework on top.

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