---
title: "Trade Sanctions Compliance"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/military-and-national-security-law-en/trade-sanctions-compliance-en"
field: "Military & National Security Law"
description: "Trade sanctions compliance in Georgia: export, import, transit and brokering permits for dual-use products and embargoes — Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-05"
updated: "2026-10-23"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Trade Sanctions Compliance

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/military-and-national-security-law-en/trade-sanctions-compliance-en

## 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.

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### What is trade sanctions compliance?

It is compliance with the permit-based regime for the export, import, transit and brokering of control-listed products, in accordance with national legislation and international obligations.

### When does dual-use products need a permit?

When the issuing authority has a reasonable assumption of weapons-related or embargoed military use, or when the exporter itself knows of such use.

### Does the control cover intermediaries?

Yes — brokering in military products requires a permit, and in dual-use cases wherever knowledge or a reasonable assumption of such use exists.

### Who handles the recommendation procedure?

In specified cases a recommendation of the Standing Commission on Military-Technical Issues of the Ministry of Defence must be obtained before the permit; an application filed in breach of this rule is not examined.