Comparative study on best practices for a stronger EU sanction enforcement

Restrictive measures (sanctions) are an essential tool for the promotion of the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Their objectives include safeguarding the Union’s values, maintaining international peace and security, consolidating and supporting democracy, the rule of law and human rights. The sanctions remain the main instrument in …

CPV: 73200000 Servicios de consultoría en investigación y desarrollo, 79000000 Servicios a empresas: legislación, mercadotecnia, asesoría, selección de personal, imprenta y seguridad, 79300000 Investigación mercadotécnica y económica; sondeos y estadísticas, 79311400 Servicios de investigación económica, 79311410 Evaluación de repercusiones económicas
Lugar de ejecución:
Comparative study on best practices for a stronger EU sanction enforcement
Organismo adjudicador:
European Commission, DG FISMA - Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Número de premio:
EC-FISMA/2024/OP/0007-PIN

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : European Commission, DG FISMA - Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Legal type of the buyer : EU institution, body or agency
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Comparative study on best practices for a stronger EU sanction enforcement
Description : Restrictive measures (sanctions) are an essential tool for the promotion of the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Their objectives include safeguarding the Union’s values, maintaining international peace and security, consolidating and supporting democracy, the rule of law and human rights. The sanctions remain the main instrument in the Union’s toolbox to deter, prevent and condemn aggressive and illiberal behaviour of the third countries. Considering that the lack of sanction implementation, as well as inconsistencies across different jurisdictions of the Union, also represent a risk to Union financial interests and to the national financial systems, it is important to make sure that the Union sanctions are implemented equally across the Union. This is particularly relevant for the implementation of the Union sanctions against Russia, which have been subsequently adopted starting from 2014. In order to curb circumvention of Union sanctions and assist the Member States in their sanction implementation tasks, this pilot project concerns a study on the best practices and synergies that would benefit the Union’s sanction policy, taking stock of the examples of the United States’ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the United Kingdom sanctions enforcement authority (OFSI). This would help to identify similarities, disparities, best practices and missing elements across all the jurisdictions of the Union. Considering that each Member State nominates a very different set and number of national authorities for the enforcement of Union sanctions (currently at least 160 officially designated), it would be useful to see to what extent having a centralised sanction implementation body would benefit Union sanction implementation, as compared to a network of scattered national bodies. Such a study would help to identify a way for reducing ‘avoidable’ sanction evasion, namely in terms of asset freeze and confiscation and visa and travel bans.
Internal identifier : EC-FISMA/2024/OP/0007-PIN

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79311400 Economic research services

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 500 000 Euro

2.1.4 General information

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Legal basis :
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046

3. Part

3.1 Part technical ID : PAR-0001

Title : Comparative study on best practices for a stronger EU sanction enforcement
Description : Restrictive measures (sanctions) are an essential tool for the promotion of the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Their objectives include safeguarding the Union’s values, maintaining international peace and security, consolidating and supporting democracy, the rule of law and human rights. The sanctions remain the main instrument in the Union’s toolbox to deter, prevent and condemn aggressive and illiberal behaviour of the third countries. Considering that the lack of sanction implementation, as well as inconsistencies across different jurisdictions of the Union, also represent a risk to Union financial interests and to the national financial systems, it is important to make sure that the Union sanctions are implemented equally across the Union. This is particularly relevant for the implementation of the Union sanctions against Russia, which have been subsequently adopted starting from 2014. In order to curb circumvention of Union sanctions and assist the Member States in their sanction implementation tasks, this pilot project concerns a study on the best practices and synergies that would benefit the Union’s sanction policy, taking stock of the examples of the United States’ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the United Kingdom sanctions enforcement authority (OFSI). This would help to identify similarities, disparities, best practices and missing elements across all the jurisdictions of the Union. Considering that each Member State nominates a very different set and number of national authorities for the enforcement of Union sanctions (currently at least 160 officially designated), it would be useful to see to what extent having a centralised sanction implementation body would benefit Union sanction implementation, as compared to a network of scattered national bodies. Such a study would help to identify a way for reducing ‘avoidable’ sanction evasion, namely in terms of asset freeze and confiscation and visa and travel bans.

3.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 79311400 Economic research services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79311410 Economic impact assessment
Additional classification ( cpv ): 79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics

3.1.3 Duration

Duration : 18 Month

3.1.4 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 500 000 Euro

3.1.5 General information

Reserved participation :
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : yes

3.1.6 Procurement documents

3.1.8 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement

3.1.9 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : Court of Justice of the European Union

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : European Commission, DG FISMA - Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Registration number : COM
Department : FISMA.01 - Finance, Internal Control and IT
Postal address : The Pavilion (SPA2), Rue de Spa 2
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1000
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : Court of Justice of the European Union
Registration number : CURIA
Postal address : Rue du Fort Niedergrünewald
Town : Luxembourg
Postcode : L-2925
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Luxembourg ( LU000 )
Country : Luxembourg
Telephone : +352 4303-1
Internet address : http://curia.europa.eu
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Commission
Registration number : EUCOM
Postal address : Mondrian (CDMA), Rue du Champ de Mars 21
Town : Brussels
Postcode : B-1050
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad ( BE100 )
Country : Belgium
Telephone : +32 2 299 11 11
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

11. Notice information

11.1 Notice information

Notice identifier/version : 6805a272-0f24-4a50-9272-3848491c6b0b - 01
Form type : Planning
Notice type : Prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice used only for information
Notice dispatch date : 18/12/2024 13:47 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English

11.2 Publication information

Notice publication number : 00781058-2024
OJ S issue number : 247/2024
Publication date : 19/12/2024
Estimated date of publication of a contract notice within this procedure : 18/02/2025