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  • A

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Afghanistan

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Albania

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Algeria

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Angola

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Antigua and Barbuda

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Argentina

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Armenia

    Open

    Medium to High Risk

  • Aruba

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Australia

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Austria

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Azerbaijan

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • B

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Bahamas

    Open

    Medium Risk

  • Bahrain

    Open

    Medium Risk

  • Bangladesh

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Barbados

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Belarus

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Belgium

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Belize

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Benin

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Bermuda

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Bhutan

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Bolivia

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Open on restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Botswana

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Brazil

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Brunei Darussalam

    Limited information available

    Low Risk

  • Bulgaria

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Burkina Faso

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Burundi

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • C

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Cabo Verde

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Cambodia

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Cameroon

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Central African Republic

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Chad

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Chile

    Open

    Low Risk

  • China

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Colombia

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Comoros

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Congo, DRC

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Congo, Republic of

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Costa Rica

    Open

    Medium Risk

  • Côte d'Ivoire

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Croatia

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Cuba

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Curaçao

    Open

    Medium Risk

  • Cyprus

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Czech Republic

    Open

    Low Risk

  • D

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Denmark

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Djibouti

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Dominica

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Dominican Republic

    Open

    Medium to High Risk

  • E

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Ecuador

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Egypt

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • El Salvador

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Equatorial Guinea

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Eritrea

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Estonia

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Ethiopia

    Open on restricted basis

    High Risk

  • F

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Fiji

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Finland

    Open

    Low Risk

  • France

    Open

    Low Risk

  • G

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Gabon

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Gambia

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Georgia

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Germany

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Ghana

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Greece

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Grenada

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Guatemala

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Guinea

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Guinea-Bissau

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Guyana

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • H

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Haiti

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Honduras

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Hong Kong

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Hungary

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • I

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Iceland

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • India

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Indonesia

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Iran

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Iraq

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Ireland

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Israel

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Italy

    Open

    Low Risk

  • J

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Jamaica

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Japan

    Open on restricted basis

    Low Risk

  • Jordan

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • K

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Kazakhstan

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Kenya

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Kiribati

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Kuwait

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Kyrgyz Republic

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • L

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Laos

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Latvia

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Lebanon

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Lesotho

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Liberia

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Libya

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Liechtenstein

    Limited information available

    Low Risk

  • Lithuania

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Luxembourg

    Open

    Low Risk

  • M

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Macao

    Open on restricted basis

    Low Risk

  • Macedonia

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Madagascar

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Malawi

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Malaysia

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Maldives

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Mali

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Malta

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Marshall Islands

    Limited information available

    No Information

  • Mauritania

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Mauritius

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Mexico

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Micronesia

    Limited information available

    No Information

  • Moldova

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Mongolia

    Open on restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Montenegro

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Morocco

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Mozambique

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Myanmar

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • N

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Nauru

    Limited information available

    No Information

  • Nepal

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Netherlands

    Open

    Low Risk

  • New Zealand

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Nicaragua

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Niger

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Nigeria

    Open

    Medium to High Risk

  • North Korea

    Closed

    No Information

  • Norway

    Open

    Low Risk

  • O

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Oman

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • P

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Pakistan

    Open on highly restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Palau

    Limited information available

    No Information

  • Panama

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Papua New Guinea

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Paraguay

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Peru

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Philippines

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Poland

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Portugal

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Q

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Qatar

    Open

    Low Risk

  • R

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Romania

    Open on restricted basis

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Russia

    Closed

    Medium Risk

  • Rwanda

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • S

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

    Open on restricted basis

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Saint Lucia

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Saint Vincent and Grenadines

    Open on restricted basis

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Samoa

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Sao Tome and Principe

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Senegal

    Open on restricted basis

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Serbia

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Seychelles

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Sierra Leone

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Singapore

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Slovakia

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Slovenia

    Open on restricted basis

    Low Risk

  • Solomon Islands

    Limited information available

    No Information

  • Somalia

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • South Africa

    Open on restricted basis

    Low to Medium Risk

  • South Korea

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Spain

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Sri Lanka

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Sudan

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Suriname

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Swaziland

    Limited information available

    Medium Risk

  • Sweden

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Switzerland

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Syria

    Closed

    No Information

  • T

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Taiwan

    Open on restricted basis

    Low Risk

  • Tajikistan

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Tanzania

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Thailand

    Open on restricted basis

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Timor-Leste

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Togo

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Tonga

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Trinidad and Tobago

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Tunisia

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium Risk

  • Turkey

    Open on restricted basis

    Under Review

  • Turkmenistan

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • Tuvalu

    Limited information available

    No Information

  • U

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Uganda

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Ukraine

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • United Arab Emirates

    Open

    Low Risk

  • United Kingdom

    Open

    Low Risk

  • United States

    Open

    Low Risk

  • Uruguay

    Open

    Low to Medium Risk

  • Uzbekistan

    Limited information available

    High Risk

  • V

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Vanuatu

    Limited information available

    Medium to High Risk

  • Venezuela

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Vietnam

    Open

    Medium to High Risk

  • Y

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Yemen

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

  • Z

    EDC position

    Risk rating

  • Zambia

    Open on restricted basis

    Medium to High Risk

  • Zimbabwe

    Open on highly restricted basis

    High Risk

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