Before project start: end use, sanctions, export controls and permits

Identify the parties and final end use

• Project owner, contracting party, payer and final user
• Facility location, beneficiaries and civilian service objective
• Actual installation site and the party controlling the equipment
• Potential dual-use, resale, transshipment or end-use change

Map applicable rules along the transaction chain

The task is not to check one abstract country list. Parties, goods classification, technical services, currency, banks, insurers, carriers, vessels or flights, transit points and destination can each trigger rules. Scope can change with time and project structure.

Permits and local responsibility cannot be added later

• Import, product certification and customs documents
• Local authority to survey, sign designs, build and complete statutory acceptance
• Land, title, environmental, fire and utility-connection permits
• Site safety, mine-action status, insurance and access authorization

Set hold points and preserve the basis for decisions

Place the project on hold when the final user is opaque, the payment path cannot be verified, classification is disputed or no party owns permit responsibility. Release requires new evidence, a named reviewer, review date and written conditions.