3 active designations from the surveyed authorities. Each is a public government record with a different legal effect — read the type label and scope on each.
US BISExport controlEntity List · 2019-05-16
A license is required to export US-origin items/technology to the entity, typically reviewed under a presumption of denial (e.g. BIS Entity List). It is not an asset freeze.
BIS final rule (RIN 0694-AH86, doc. 2019-10616; effective on display May 16, 2019, published in the Federal Register May 21, 2019) added Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. and 68 non-U.S. affiliates in 26 destinations to the Entity List. Effect: a license requirement applies to all items subject to the EAR for export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) to the listed parties, with a license review policy of presumption of denial and no license exceptions available. This is an export-control license restriction, not an asset-blocking sanction. Confirmed against the BIS public-inspection final rule text quoting 'a license requirement for all items subject to the EAR and a license review policy of presumption of denial.'
Addition of Entities to the Entity List, 84 FR 22961 (Federal Register, May 21, 2019; doc. 2019-10616)
US FCCEquipment-authorization restrictionCovered List (Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, Sec. 2) · 2021-03-12
Covered equipment cannot receive new FCC authorization for certain purposes. It is not a sanction or asset freeze and does not ban all of the company’s products (e.g. FCC Covered List).
The FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau's first Covered List Public Notice (March 12, 2021) identified telecommunications equipment and video surveillance equipment produced or provided by Huawei Technologies Company (and subsidiaries/affiliates), and telecom/video-surveillance services using such equipment, as covered under Sec. 2(b)(2)(A)-(C) of the Secure Networks Act. Effect: following the FCC Report & Order (adopted Nov. 25, 2022), as of Feb. 6, 2023 'covered' equipment is prohibited from obtaining a new FCC equipment authorization (cannot be marketed, sold, or imported for the covered purposes in the U.S.). This is an equipment-authorization restriction, NOT a flat sanction or asset block.
List of Equipment and Services Covered By Section 2 of The Secure Networks Act (FCC Covered List)
US Treasury (OFAC)Investment restrictionNon-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies (NS-CMIC) List, E.O. 13959 as amended by E.O. 14032 · 2021-06-03
US persons are barred from buying or selling the company’s publicly traded securities. It is not an asset freeze or a ban on ordinary commercial trade (e.g. Treasury NS-CMIC List).
Huawei is on OFAC's Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies (NS-CMIC) List under the June 3, 2021 action implementing E.O. 14032 (amending E.O. 13959). Effect: U.S. persons are prohibited from the purchase or sale of publicly traded securities (and securities derivative of, or designed to provide investment exposure to, such securities) of the listed company; trading prohibition effective 12:01 a.m. EDT Aug. 2, 2021, with a divestment window through June 3, 2022. This is a capital-markets/investment restriction, NOT an SDN asset-blocking sanction; the EO does not prohibit ordinary non-securities dealings (e.g., purchase of goods or services).
Chinese Military Companies Sanctions (OFAC NS-CMIC program page)
Huawei is NOT on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) asset-blocking list, and no EU consolidated-sanctions designation of Huawei was found on public record as of the research date (June 2026). The three designations above are distinct in legal effect: BIS Entity List = export-control license requirement (presumption of denial); FCC Covered List = equipment-authorization prohibition (no new FCC authorizations for covered equipment as of Feb. 6, 2023); Treasury NS-CMIC = publicly-traded-securities investment restriction. None of these is an SDN-style asset freeze. (A U.S. DoD Section 1260H 'Chinese Military Companies' listing exists but is outside the in-scope authority set for this record and is therefore not reported here.)