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Trade Controls and Sanctions

Compliance is not a burden, but a value-added factor for your business.
Whether your transactions concern military, dual-use or encryption goods or technologies, countries, entities or individuals subject to international sanctions, your company must comply with a very large number of constraints.
Our Law Firm therefore offers a wide range of turnkey services to support your compliance team:

Although France is bound by international and European commitments, the French regime relating to military equipment is subject to national regulations ranging from classification to licensing and sanctions.

The import, export and intra-community trade of encryption goods and technologies may fall under a specific French regime providing for supervision by the French National Agency for Information Systems Security ANSSI ( National Information Systems Security Agency) . France implements a single system of declarations and authorizations.

Exporting controlled goods or technology without a license is a serious offense which can pose a real risk to your business. The reform of EU Regulation 428/2009, now 2021/821, also encourages the establishment of an internal compliance program which must be adapted to your company.

The development of an ICP is also an opportunity to bring together many departments of the company around a common objective. The involvement of company management is essential to the success of such a project.

Our Law Firm provides its expertise in the field of risk management and legal constraints and ensures that the ICP is both acceptable to the authorities and reasonable for the company.