The Legal Basis of Trade Sanctions Compliance
National trade control aligned with international sanctions rests on the law that establishes a permit-based regime for the export, import, transit and brokering of products defined by control lists. Under the law, the export of products specified in the control lists is carried out on the basis of an export permit issued in accordance with Georgian legislation. This means that taking sanctionable goods out of the country is not prohibited as such, but it is impermissible without a permit — the law bans not trade but unsanctioned trade. The first step of compliance is therefore always to determine whether a specific product or service falls within the control lists.