BIS publishes certain lists of individuals, organizations, and addresses subject to export, reexport, and transfer (in-country) restrictions involving items subject to the EAR. These restrictions may apply broadly to all items subject to the EAR (EAR99 and items on the Commerce Control List) and in situations where no license would otherwise be required based on the item’s classification or destination. Note also that the restrictions generally apply in situations in which a listed party is a party to the transaction (see Section
748.5
of the EAR), including applicant, purchaser, and consignee, not only to the end user or recipient of the items.
Consolidated Screening List (CSL)
The
Consolidated Screening List (CSL)
consolidates multiple lists maintained by the Departments of Commerce, State, and the Treasury of individuals and organizations subject to specified, primarily trade-related restrictions. The CSL includes four BIS restricted parties lists: Denied Persons List, Entity List, Unverified List, and Military End-User List.
Note on the CSL: We are aware that there is an issue with the Consolidated Screening List’s Application Programming Interface (API) functionality, which includes the CSL Search Engine. While the API is still functional, it has not been updating consistently from the source files since April 21, 2025. Any entries or companies that were on the various lists prior to April 21 will be reflected in searches. To search entries or companies added to the lists or updated since April 21, 2025, please visit the lists highlighted under ‘Key Sources’ on
https://www.trade.gov/consolidated-screening-list
. Please be aware that the CSL downloadable files that can be found under 'CSL Downloadable Files' are still functional and reflect any updates made to any of the lists covered in the CSL. The CSL team is working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.
Denied Persons List
The
Denied Persons List
is a list of individuals and entities that have been denied export privileges involving items subject to the EAR pursuant to parts
764
and
766
of the EAR. The process to request authorization to engage in actions otherwise prohibited by a denial order is described in Section
764.3(a)(2)
of the EAR. Click
here
to download the Denied Persons List as a .csv file.
Entity List
The
Entity List
(supplement no. 4 to part 744) identifies persons reasonably believed to be involved, or pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. The Entity List also identifies addresses associated with significant transshipment of sensitive items to countries of concern. The EAR imposes license requirements on, and limit the availability of, most license exceptions for items subject to the EAR that are exported, reexported, or transferred (in-country) to persons and addresses on the Entity List. See Sections
744.11
and
744.16
of the EAR. Click
here
to download the Entity List as a .csv file.
Unverified List
The
Unverified List
(supplement no. 6 to part 744) is a list of parties whose bona fides BIS has been unable to verify. No license exceptions may be used for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to unverified parties. A statement must be obtained from such parties prior to shipping items not subject to a license requirement. See Section
744.15
of the EAR. Click
here
to download the Unverified List as a .csv file.
Military End-User List
The
Military End-User (MEU) List
(supplement no. 7 to part 744) identifies foreign parties as military end users that are subject to a license requirement for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of items described in
supplement no. 2 to part 744
of the EAR. See Section
744.21
of the EAR. The MEU List is not an exhaustive list, and exporters, reexporters, and transferors must conduct their own due diligence to determine whether entities not identified on the MEU List meet the definition of a military end user (Section
744.21(g)
). Click
here
to download the MEU List as a .csv file.
Similar to end-user controls, the specific end use of an item subject to the EAR may trigger a license requirement, even if a license would not ordinarily be required based on the item’s classification (e.g., item is EAR99) and country of destination.
For example, Section
744.4(a)
states, “a license is required to export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) an item subject to the EAR when you know the item will be used in the design, “development,” “production,” stockpiling, operation, installation (including on-site installation), maintenance (checking), repair, overhaul, or refurbishing of chemical or biological weapons in or by any country or destination, worldwide.”
Additionally, BIS may inform persons, either individually by specific notice or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for a specific export, reexport or transfer (in-country) or for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of specified items to a certain end-user, due to an unacceptable risk of use in, or diversion to specified end uses. See
part 744
of the EAR for all end use controls.
Specific activities of “U.S. persons,” wherever located may require a license when a party knows, or is informed by BIS, that the activities will support certain end uses and end users of concerns, namely, nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weapons, chemical weapons precursors, or certain military-intelligence end uses and end users, as described in Section
744.6(b)
of the EAR. “Support” (Section
744.6(b)(6)
) broadly applies to activities that do not involve items subject to the EAR.
