
Complying with the BIS 50% Rule
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) rule automatically extends trade restrictions to any company that is 50% or more owned, directly or indirectly, by any organization on the BIS Entity List, regardless of whether the subsidiary, joint venture, or related company is explicitly named.
The BIS 50% Rule aims to close loopholes that have allowed restricted entities to circumvent controls through majority-owned subsidiaries.
Effectively meet BIS 50 requirements
Descartes Visual Compliance™ offers advanced screening solutions designed to address the complexities introduced by the BIS 50% Rule, including comprehensive ownership screening, real-time list updates, and automated compliance workflows.
How we can benefit you
The most reliable way of complying with the BIS 50% Rule
- Comprehensive Ownership Screening
Identify and assess entities with complex ownership structures that may be subject to the BIS 50% Rule restrictions. - Real-Time List UpdatesStay informed with the latest changes to the BIS Entity List and related regulations.
- Automated Compliance WorkflowIntegrate compliance checks seamlessly into your existing processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
- Great Customer Support – Always Here to HelpFrom addressing customer issues to meeting new government trade compliance initiatives, we provide extensive training, technical support, and regulatory-related product updates. (See also the positive reviews customers give us).
Solving compliance challenges
Bolstering organizations’ compliance workflows
Solution Highlights
Detailed BIS 50 results
Receive information-rich results, including pertinent details on ownership percentage by sanctioned entities
- Screen clients, customers, and third parties
- Easily check percentages of ownership
- Reveal true ownership
- Demonstrate BIS 50 due diligence
Easy-to-interpret results
Conveniently investigate potential matches in the same interface that your other screening results appear
- Single interface
- Familiar results screen
- Increased productivity
- Strengthened compliance
Built-in recordkeeping / audit trail
Benefit from a full range of audit recording and due diligence systems that automatically records BIS 50 screening details
- Automatically record screening details
- Easily demonstrate compliance due diligence
- For internal and official use
- Single source of truth
Effective risk mitigation
Reduce the risk of doing business with sanctioned entities
- Reveal complex ownership structures
- Gain visibility into entities in over 100 jurisdictions
- Enhance compliance with real-time list updates
- Leverage automated compliance workflows
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Take the next step in your compliance journey and experience global trade securely and successfully
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