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EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions

Executive Office for Control & Non-Proliferation — Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions (January 2021, last amended March 2026),
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Executive Office for Control & Non-Proliferation — Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions (January 2021, last amended March 2026) is one of the rulebooks issued by the Federal (Cross-Regulator / Federal Decree-Laws). For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions contents

7 articles in 2 chapters, each with a plain-English summary by Arakan. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.

EOCN TFS Guidance for Reporting Entities (FIs, DNFBPs, VASPs)

6 articles
  1. Introduction and FAQTFS - penalties and scope

    All individuals and entities in the UAE must comply with TFS and report freezes to the relevant authority within five business days.

  2. Paras 11, 35, 39-41Step 3 - Freeze

    Entities must immediately freeze all funds and assets linked to designated persons without prior notice upon a confirmed name match.

  3. Paras 24-28Step 1 - Register

    Reporting Entities must register on the EOCN Notification Alert System to receive updates on the UAE Local Terrorist List and UNSC Consolidated List.

  4. Paras 29-33Step 2 - Screen

    Reporting Entities must screen customers and transactions against the UAE Local Terrorist List and UNSC Consolidated List before onboarding and at regular intervals.

  5. Paras 35, 42-47Step 4 - Report CNMR

    Entities must submit a Confirmed Name Match Report within five days of a Confirmed Name Match, detailing frozen assets or rejected transactions.

  6. Paras 36, 49-50Step 4 - Report PNMR

    Entities must suspend transactions for unresolved Partial Name Matches, report on goAML, and maintain suspensions until instructed otherwise by the EOCN.

Step 4 - Report

1 article
  1. Para 46-retRecord Retention — Screening results (confirmed name match, partial name match, false positive)

    Screening results must be retained for a minimum of five years, including confirmed matches and false positives.

What EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions covers

EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions's 7 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.

Compliance / MLRO — 6 articles

General — 1 article

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EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.

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aml

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What is Executive Office for Control & Non-Proliferation — Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions (January 2021, last amended March 2026)?

Executive Office for Control & Non-Proliferation — Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions (January 2021, last amended March 2026) is issued by the Federal (Cross-Regulator / Federal Decree-Laws). It has 7 articles across 2 chapters.

What does EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions cover?

It is organised into: EOCN TFS Guidance for Reporting Entities (FIs, DNFBPs, VASPs); Step 4 - Report.

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