{"id":4992,"date":"2025-08-15T10:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.formatsoftware.de\/?page_id=4992"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:13:09","slug":"sanctions-list-screening","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/en\/trade-compliance\/sanctions-list-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctions list screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"hero hero--image-outside space--large light\" \n                style=\"background-color: #0069b4; \">\n         <div class=\"container-fluid hero__container\">\n            <div class=\"grid__row hero__row\">\n                <div class=\"grid__item col-12 col-md-6\">\n                                        <div class=\"hero__image image image--4-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__file\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SAM-Hero-e1757664330902.jpg\" alt=\"Bild mit Lupe und Daumenabdruck das f\u00fcr das Thema Sanktionspr\u00fcfung steht.\" title=\"FORMAT-SAM\" \/><\/div>                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"grid__item col-12 col-md-6\">\n                    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__header title title--bold\">\n                            Sanctions list screening                                                        <span>We support your compliance with certainty<\/span>\n                                                    <\/h1>\n                        \n                        <div class=\"hero__text\"><p>Our sanctions monitor FORMAT-SAM automatically compares all personal and company addresses with the selected current sanctions lists for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>                           \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n         <\/div>\n        <\/section>    \n\t\t[vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Sanctions list checks are intended to ensure that you do not conduct business with individuals, organizations, suppliers or customers who are listed on an anti-terrorism list or a sanctions list. If you provide economic goods to a sanctioned natural person or legal entity, you may be breaching law.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning 2023, Germany installed a central office for the enforcement of sanctions. In parallel, the German Foreign Trade and Payments Act (AWG) was adapted. The amended Section 5a of the AWG now leads to an immediate implementation of UN embargolists into applicable law. This effectively means that german companies are obligated to comply with UN sanctions as soon as they are published.[\/vc_column_text]        \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/en\/contact\/\"\n            title=\"Contact us\"\n            target=\"_blank\">\n                <button class=\"button button--spacing button--default  button--icon-right\">\n                    Contact us                     <i class=\"material-icons\">arrow_forward<\/i>                <\/button>\n            <\/a>\n        \n        \n\t\t[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221; el_class=&#8221;section&#8211;with-bg section&#8211;with-bg-image bg-primary-a-200&#8243;][vc_row][vc_column]        <div class=\"section-header\">\r\n            <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">Features<\/p>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Features overview<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\t\t\t<div class=\"usp-cards \">\r\n                <div class=\"usp-cards__grid grid__row g-2\">\r\n                            <div class=\"grid__item col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\r\n            <div class=\"usp-card\">\r\n                <div class=\"usp-card__icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"usp-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/magnifying-glass.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>                <div class=\"usp-card__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"usp-card__text paragraph\">\r\n                        <b>Secure<\/b><br \/>\nThanks to our content team and the algorithm, your business contacts are checked against the sanctions list data at the highest level.                    <\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t        <div class=\"grid__item col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\r\n            <div class=\"usp-card\">\r\n                <div class=\"usp-card__icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"usp-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rotate.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>                <div class=\"usp-card__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"usp-card__text paragraph\">\r\n                        <b>Reliable<\/b><br \/>\nRegular automated list updates and reviews ensure you are always up to date.                    <\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t        <div class=\"grid__item col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\r\n            <div class=\"usp-card\">\r\n                <div class=\"usp-card__icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"usp-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/globe.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>                <div class=\"usp-card__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"usp-card__text paragraph\">\r\n                        <b>Location-independent<\/b><br \/>\nWhether at the reception desk or while travelling \u2013 check your contacts right away on the spot, even before establishing business relations.                    <\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t        <div class=\"grid__item col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\r\n            <div class=\"usp-card\">\r\n                <div class=\"usp-card__icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"usp-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/list-check.svg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>                <div class=\"usp-card__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"usp-card__text paragraph\">\r\n                        <b>Traceable<\/b><br \/>\nThanks to complete and gapless documentation, all checks and decisions can be traced back over years and are stored with comments in the history.                    <\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t                <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column]        <div class=\"section-header\">\r\n            <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">Functions<\/p>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Functions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using FORMAT-SAM ensures compliance by automatically comparing personal and company addresses with your individual selection of sanctions lists.<\/li>\n<li>FORMAT-SAM&#8217;s search algorithm ia one of the most advanced in the entire market. It actively monitors your database, using multiple checking strategies, displaying potential matches and\/or suspected cases based on adjustable match ratios. This minimizes errors and false alarms, enhancing match reliabillity and business security.<\/li>\n<li>FORMAT\u2018s Mission is to continiously improve dataquality by collaborating with national and internation authourities. Our dedicated Content Team reviews sanctionlists and regulations immediately after release of updates and cross checks the contained information with legally binding documents. We also feedback any flaws and errors back to authorities. This ensures that our customers are always operating on basis of most current and reliable data. Sanctions list updates are implemented into FORMAT-SAM within 24 hours fully automated with no impact to customer operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AVA: Extending your knowledge base<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AVA (Advanced Visual Analyzer for Entities and Relationship)) is an optional feature further extending our customers knowledge base. AVA provides our customers with a clear and conscise visualization of entities peviously scanned in FORMAT-SAM.<\/li>\n<li>As an option, AVA, in collaboration with Dow Jones Risk &amp; Compliance (SCO), visualizes business connections a sanctioned entity has with uncritical and\/or non-sanctioned entities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Technical<br \/>\nfunctions<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Language: English \/ German (others upon request)<\/li>\n<li>Capable of processing different data formats (e.g. CSV, XML, ODBC, SOAP)<\/li>\n<li>Returns validated results<\/li>\n<li>Update monitoring \/ history<\/li>\n<li>Decision and decision matrix logged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column]        <div class=\"section-header\">\r\n            <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">Our service for you<\/p>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;small&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>FORMAT Content-Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We have made it our mission to continuously improve the quality of our data in cooperation with national and international authorities. To this end, we have formed our own content team, which checks the sanctions lists and regulations and compares the electronically provided information with legally binding documents \u2013 thus ensuring that we offer reliable data. We make this data available fully automatically within 24 hours of any changes.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to use our <a href=\"https:\/\/dokumente.formatsoftware.de\/format-content_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctions list overview<\/a> to find out which sanctions lists can be booked in FORMAT-SAM.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3516&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bg-primary-a-500&#8243;][vc_row][vc_column]\t    <section class=\"downloads downloads--select\">\n\t        <div class=\"downloads__category\">\n\t            <div class=\"row\">\n\t                <div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n\t                    <h3 class=\"h2\"><strong>Factsheet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t                <\/div>\n\t                <div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n\t                    \t                            <div class=\"download\">\n\t                                <h3 class=\"download__header paragraph\">\n\t                                    Factsheet FORMAT-SAM (english)<br\/>\n\t                                    <span class=\"download__header--info\">pdf<\/span>\n\t                                <\/h3>\n\t                                <div class=\"download__link\">\n\t                                    <a class=\"link link--primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FORMAT-SAM_Product-Factsheet_EN.pdf\">Download<\/a>\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            \t                            <div class=\"download\">\n\t                                <h3 class=\"download__header paragraph\">\n\t                                    Factsheet FORMAT-SAM<br\/>\n\t                                    <span class=\"download__header--info\">pdf<\/span>\n\t                                <\/h3>\n\t                                <div class=\"download__link\">\n\t                                    <a class=\"link link--primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FORMAT-SAM_Product-Factsheet_DE.pdf\">Download<\/a>\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            \t                <\/div>\n\t            <\/div>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    <\/section>\n\t    [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column]        <div class=\"section-header\">\r\n            <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">Video<\/p>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/Afx6zfQ_F04&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column]        <div class=\"section-header\">\r\n            <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">Customer projects<\/p>\r\n                                            <div class=\"section-header__cta\">\r\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/ueber-uns\/kundenprojekte\/\" class=\"link link--secondary link--with-icon\" title=\"Further customer testimonials\" target=\"_self\">\r\n                                Further customer testimonials <i class=\"material-icons\">arrow_forward<\/i>\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]        <div class=\"testimonial\">\r\n            <blockquote class=\"testimonial\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"testimonial__quote\">\r\n                    ``With FORMAT-SAM, we check the contact details of our business partners in accordance with EU anti-terrorism regulations.<br \/>\nThe sanctions monitor provides us with legally compliant and reliable support. This saves us time, resources, and therefore costs.``                <\/h3>\r\n                <cite class=\"testimonial__cite paragraph\">\r\n                                        Martin Theuermeister, Team Leader Customer Care Service, ORDAT GmbH &amp; Co. 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       <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">Module introduction<\/p>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>AVA: Advanced Visual Analyzer for Entities and Relationship<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AVA (Advanced Visual Analyzer for Entities and Relationship) provides our customers with a transparent and concise display of their relationships with other entities and people. This is provided for all entities previously checked through FORMAT-SAM sanctions monitor.<\/li>\n<li>Every sanction is based on a legislation act. AVA provides our customers with a concise summary of these. Access to legal documentation is provided conviently via links. EVA gathers widespread data from the internet (Websites, Wiki, etc.) and displays these in a concise manner contributing to enhanced profiling of entities.<\/li>\n<li>The requirement to provide extensive information on entities to relevant authorities is steadily growing and is becoming increasingly crucial when conducting business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dow Jones SCO optional add on<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FORMAT utilizes Dow Jones Risk &amp; Compliance data to visualize business connections of an sanctioned entity with other entities or persons regardless of their criticality in terms of compliance.<\/li>\n<li>In particular, ownership structures can be traced using the Dow Jones Sanctions Control &amp; Ownership (SCO) data package. The SCO data package is easily connectable. Subscription to Dow Jones SCO is a requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2286&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bg-primary-a-500&#8243;][vc_row][vc_column]\t    <section class=\"downloads downloads--select\">\n\t        <div class=\"downloads__category\">\n\t            <div class=\"row\">\n\t                <div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n\t                    <h3 class=\"h2\"><strong>Factsheet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t                <\/div>\n\t                <div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n\t                    \t                            <div class=\"download\">\n\t                                <h3 class=\"download__header paragraph\">\n\t                                    Factsheet FORMAT-SAM: AVA (english)<br\/>\n\t                                    <span class=\"download__header--info\">pdf<\/span>\n\t                                <\/h3>\n\t                                <div class=\"download__link\">\n\t                                    <a class=\"link link--primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FORMAT-SAM_AVA_Product-Factsheet_EN.pdf\">Download<\/a>\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            \t                            <div class=\"download\">\n\t                                <h3 class=\"download__header paragraph\">\n\t                                    Factsheet FORMAT-SAM: AVA<br\/>\n\t                                    <span class=\"download__header--info\">pdf<\/span>\n\t                                <\/h3>\n\t                                <div class=\"download__link\">\n\t                                    <a class=\"link link--primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formatsoftware.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/FORMAT-SAM_AVA_Product-Factsheet_DE.pdf\">Download<\/a>\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            \t                <\/div>\n\t            <\/div>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    <\/section>\n\t    [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column]        <div class=\"section-header\">\r\n            <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">Workflow<\/p>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Assessment of suspected cases within FORMAT-SAM<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4995&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section element_spacing=&#8221;space&#8211;large&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column]        <div class=\"section-header\">\r\n            <hr class=\"divider divider--blue\">\r\n                            <div class=\"section-header__content\">\r\n                    <p class=\"paragraph paragraph--bold section-header__text\">FAQ<\/p>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div> \r\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]\n\t    <section class=\"faq\">\n\t        \t            \t                <details class=\"faq\">\n\t                    <summary>Who must be screened against a sanctions list?<\/summary>\n\t                    <div class=\"faq__content\"><div class=\"element-container st-emotion-cache-9y0klh e1f1d6gn4\" data-stale=\"false\" data-testid=\"element-container\">\n<div class=\"stMarkdown\" data-testid=\"stMarkdown\">\n<div class=\"st-emotion-cache-uzeiqp e1nzilvr4\" data-testid=\"stMarkdownContainer\">\n<p>All individuals, organisations, suppliers and customers with whom a company intends to enter into business relations must be screened against sanctions lists. 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This serves to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and to avoid potential breaches of the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t                <\/details>\n\t            \t                <details class=\"faq\">\n\t                    <summary>What are the consequences if I violate sanctions lists?<\/summary>\n\t                    <div class=\"faq__content\"><div class=\"element-container st-emotion-cache-9y0klh e1f1d6gn4\" data-stale=\"false\" data-testid=\"element-container\">\n<div class=\"stMarkdown\" data-testid=\"stMarkdown\">\n<div class=\"st-emotion-cache-uzeiqp e1nzilvr4\" data-testid=\"stMarkdownContainer\">\n<p>A breach of sanctions lists can have serious legal and financial consequences for companies and individuals, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fines and penalties: companies may face substantial monetary penalties, which can vary significantly depending on the severity of the breach.<\/li>\n<li>Criminal consequences: in serious cases, a breach may be prosecuted under criminal law, potentially resulting in custodial sentences for those responsible.<\/li>\n<li>Reputational damage: a violation can undermine business partners\u2019 trust and cause long\u2011term harm to the company.<\/li>\n<li>Restrictions on international trade: companies that violate sanctions lists may be excluded from international markets or placed on blacklists themselves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To avoid these consequences, it is important to screen sanctions lists regularly, establish internal control systems, and train your staff in compliance and sanctions screening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t                <\/details>\n\t            \t                <details class=\"faq\">\n\t                    <summary>Is my company required to screen against sanctions lists?<\/summary>\n\t                    <div class=\"faq__content\"><p>Whether your company must conduct sanctions list screening depends on the nature of your business activities, your industry, and the legal requirements in your country. As a general rule, companies engaged in international business\u2014particularly export or import\u2014as well as financial service providers, banks and insurers are usually required to carry out sanctions screening.<\/p>\n<p>To determine this, you should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check legal requirements: review relevant regulations such as EU regulations, the Foreign Trade and Payments Act (AWG), or specific national rules.<\/li>\n<li>Analyse the nature of your business relationships: assess whether your customers, suppliers or business partners could be from sanctioned countries.<\/li>\n<li>Observe industry guidelines: certain sectors such as finance, trade or logistics are often particularly regulated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you operate internationally or deal in sensitive products, regular screening of sanctions lists is not only a legal obligation but also an important step in risk mitigation and maintaining compliance standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t                <\/details>\n\t            \t                <details class=\"faq\">\n\t                    <summary>What is a sanctions list?<\/summary>\n\t                    <div class=\"faq__content\"><p>A sanctions list is an official list compiled by governments or international organisations such as the United Nations. 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