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Q&A: Sanctions screening for SMEs: templates and follow-ups

Hans Müller deExport Control Officer · Rheinland MaschinenbauAsked 20 May 2026

Follow-up thread from May's session. The escalation memo template Hans mentioned is attached to the first answer. Screening-cadence questions keep coming in, keep them coming.

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Hans Müllerde21 MaySpeakerAuthorExpertITI member

As promised: the one-page escalation memo template is up with this session's handouts. Fields: match details, list, score, disposition, reviewer, date, and, the part auditors love, the 'why this is/isn't our party' narrative in two sentences. Use it, adapt it, tell me what breaks.

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David Chensg23 May

Follow-up from the session: do you re-screen at payment stage as well as order stage? Our bank does their own screening and I'm wondering if ours is redundant.

Hans Müllerde23 MaySpeakerAuthorExpertITI member

Yes, screen at payment too, your bank screens for THEIR risk appetite, not your licence conditions. Their clean pass is not your defence file. It costs you seconds; the asymmetry decides it.