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The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, provides  three lists described below that are relevant to import/export transactions.  www.bis.doc.gov

Denied Persons List

The purpose of the Denied Persons List is to prevent the illegal export of dual-use items before they occur and to investigate and assist in the prosecution of violators of the Export Administration Regulations. www.bis.doc.gov/dpl/default.shtm

Unverified List

This is a list of parties whom BIS has been unable to verify in some manner in prior transactions. The Unverified List includes names and countries of foreign persons who in the past were parties to a transaction with respect to which BIS could not conduct a pre-license check (?PLC?) or a post-shipment verification (?PSV?) for reasons outside of the U.S. Government?s control. If you would like to be informed when changes occur to the Unverified List, consider subscribing to the BIS Email Notification Service.

www.bis.doc.gov/enforcement/unverifiedlist/unverified_parties.html

Entity List

The Entity List, available in PDF or ASCII text format, is a list of parties whose presence in a transaction can trigger a license requirement under the Export Administration Regulations. The original purpose of this list was to inform the public of entities whose activities imposed a risk of diverting exported and re-exported items into programs related to weapons of mass destruction. Now the list includes those with any license requirements imposed on the transaction by other provisions of the Export Administration Regulations. The list specifies the license requirements that apply to each listed party. www.bis.doc.gov/entities/default.htm

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