Sanctions list
The EU sanctions list: the consolidated financial sanctions file (FSF)
The EU sanctions list is the European Commission's consolidated list of individuals, groups and organisations subject to EU financial sanctions — one machine-readable file (the FSF) covering every EU regime, managed by DG FISMA and updated whenever the Official Journal publishes a change. CompliAPI ingests it daily and screens the identifiers in each entry.
- Publisher
- European Commission (DG FISMA)
- List type
- Sanctions
- Refresh
- Ingested daily
- API list slug
eu_fsf- Official source
- EU Sanctions Map
- Search it live
- Search the EU sanctions list free
About this list
EU financial sanctions are enacted regime by regime through Council regulations. The European Commission consolidates every listed person and entity into one file — the EU sanctions list in everyday usage, formally the consolidated list of individuals, groups and organisations subject to EU financial sanctions (as of September 2026), often called the FSF or the European Union consolidated list — so that screening does not require tracking dozens of separate legal acts.
The consolidated XML records one entry per listed party, carrying name aliases, identification documents and the regulation behind each designation. CompliAPI extracts the machine-checkable identifiers: crypto addresses where they appear in identification records, email addresses, and identity-document numbers.
The file is distributed by the Commission through a token-gated download. CompliAPI maintains that access and republishes nothing — the data surfaces only as screening results, each carrying its designation context.
To check the EU sanctions list, there are four routes. The Commission's Financial Sanctions Files service (webgate.ec.europa.eu/fsd/fsf) is the official one: register, then download the consolidated XML or CSV, or the PDF version of the list. The EU Sanctions Map (sanctionsmap.eu) answers the regime question — it gives, in the Commission's words, comprehensive details of all EU sanctions regimes and their corresponding legal acts, including UN Security Council regimes transposed at EU level. The free browser search on this site looks up a name or identifier across the EU list and the other lists CompliAPI ingests. And the screening API does the same check from software. What the EU sanctions list is called varies with who is asking — the EU consolidated list, the EU financial sanctions list, the EU asset freeze list, the FSF — but these are one file: the consolidated list of individuals, groups and organisations subject to EU financial sanctions, as the Commission titles it (overview page read October 2026).
EU sanctions are adopted regime by regime — country regimes such as Russia, Belarus, Iran and North Korea, and thematic regimes such as cyber-attacks, human rights and terrorism — and the consolidated file does not sort its entries by country. Every entry does carry the regulation behind it, which is how a Russia-regime designation is told apart from the rest; CompliAPI keeps that regulation reference in the match metadata and screens the whole file in one request, so ?lists=eu_fsf selects the list, not a regime. Which countries are under EU sanctions is therefore a question for the Sanctions Map, not for this file; CompliAPI's own country endpoint covers OFAC's country programs, not EU regimes.
What CompliAPI extracts
- Crypto wallet addresses
- Email addresses
- Government-issued IDs — passports, national IDs, registration numbers
How CompliAPI handles it
Official Commission XML, daily
The full consolidated file is downloaded from the Commission's service daily and parsed per listed party, keeping the designation's regulation context in the match metadata.
Identifier extraction
Identity-document numbers come from the identification records; crypto addresses are recognized inside those records by address format; email addresses are extracted from contact information.
Source-scoped reconciliation
Each daily run reconciles only the EU list: new identifiers are added and removed ones are recorded as delistings, independent of every other list.
Screen against this list
Every /screen endpoint checks all enabled lists by default and names the list behind each match. Add the ?lists= filter to restrict a request to this source.
GET /api/v1/screen/id/{id}?lists=eu_fsf
curl "https://api.compliapi.com/api/v1/screen/id/X1234567?lists=eu_fsf" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $COMPLIAPI_TOKEN"Response
{
"value": "X1234567",
"flagged": false,
"sanctioned": false,
"lists_checked": ["eu_fsf"],
"matches": []
}Frequently asked questions
Which countries are under EU sanctions?
EU sanctions are adopted per regime rather than as one country list: country regimes such as Russia, Belarus, Iran and North Korea sit alongside thematic regimes for cyber-attacks, human rights and terrorism. The EU Sanctions Map is the official index of every regime and its legal acts, including UN regimes transposed at EU level. The consolidated financial sanctions file screened here lists the designated persons and entities, each with the regulation behind it, not the countries. CompliAPI's country endpoint covers OFAC's US country programs only.
Which identifiers does CompliAPI take from the EU list?
Identity-document numbers (passports, national IDs, registration numbers), email addresses, and crypto wallet addresses where they appear in the identification records of a designation.
Does screening the EU list cover national EU-member lists too?
No — it covers designations made at EU level. National registers can go further; CompliAPI separately ingests the French Trésor asset-freeze register, which combines EU measures with France's national designations.
How current is the EU sanctions data in CompliAPI?
The consolidated file is re-ingested daily, and identifiers the Commission removes are recorded as delistings on the same schedule.
Is there an EU sanctions list API?
Yes. Every /api/v1/screen endpoint checks the EU list by default, and ?lists=eu_fsf restricts a request to it; the same lists filter works on the MCP tools. The free API key carries 10,000 requests per month. The Commission's own file sits behind a registration-gated download (the Financial Sanctions Files service), which CompliAPI maintains so integrators do not have to.
How to check EU sanctions list?
Four ways. The Commission's Financial Sanctions Files service is the official route to the consolidated file itself — register, then download the XML or CSV, or the PDF version. The EU Sanctions Map lists every EU regime and its legal acts, for the question of which measures apply. For a quick name or identifier lookup, the free browser search at /tools/sdn-search covers the EU list alongside the others CompliAPI ingests and names the list on every result. For software, use the screening API. A name match is a candidate for review, not a verdict.
How is the EU sanctions list different from the OFAC SDN list?
Different issuer and legal basis: EU designations are made by Council regulation, regime by regime, and consolidated by the Commission; the SDN list is published by the US Treasury under US sanctions programs. The records carry a different identifier mix, and a party can appear on one list and not the other. Both are screened in one request by default, or together explicitly with ?lists=eu_fsf,ofac.
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