##### 3.2.2.12.1 High Risk Status The High Risk Certificate requirements of Section 4.2.1 of the Baseline Requirements apply equally to EV Certificates.

##### 3.2.2.12.2 Denied Lists and Other Legal Block Lists 1. **Verification Requirements**: The CA MUST verify whether the Applicant, the Contract Signer, the Certificate Approver, the Applicant's Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Registration, or Place of Business: A. Is identified on any government denied list, list of prohibited persons, or other list that prohibits doing business with such organization or person under the laws of the country of the CA's jurisdiction(s) of operation; or B. Has its Jurisdiction of Incorporation, Registration, or Place of Business in any country with which the laws of the CA's jurisdiction prohibit doing business. The CA MUST NOT issue any EV Certificate to the Applicant if either the Applicant, the Contract Signer, or Certificate Approver or if the Applicant's Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Registration or Place of Business is on any such list. 2. **Acceptable Methods of Verification** The CA MUST take reasonable steps to verify with the following lists and regulations: A. If the CA has operations in the U.S., the CA MUST take reasonable steps to verify with the following US Government denied lists and regulations: i. BIS Denied Persons List - [https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/the-denied-persons-list](https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/the-denied-persons-list) ii. BIS Denied Entities List - [https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list](https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list) iii. US Treasury Department List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons - [https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/sdn-list/pages/default.aspx](https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/sdn-list/pages/default.aspx) iv. US Government export regulations B. If the CA has operations in any other country, the CA MUST take reasonable steps to verify with all equivalent denied lists and export regulations (if any) in such other country.

##### 3.2.2.12.3 Parent/Subsidiary/Affiliate Relationship A CA verifying an Applicant using information of the Applicant's Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate, when allowed under [Section 3.2.2.4.1](#32241-address-of-applicants-place-of-business), [Section 3.2.2.5](#3225-verified-method-of-communication), [Section 3.2.2.6.1](#32261-verification-requirements), or [Section 3.2.2.7.1](#32271-verification-requirements), MUST verify the Applicant's relationship to the Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate. Acceptable methods of verifying the Applicant's relationship to the Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate include the following: 1. QIIS or QGIS: The relationship between the Applicant and the Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate is identified in a QIIS or QGIS; 2. Independent Confirmation from the Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate: A CA MAY verify the relationship between an Applicant and a Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate by obtaining an Independent Confirmation from the appropriate Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate (as described in [Section 3.2.2.11.4](#322114-independent-confirmation-from-applicant)); 3. Contract between CA and Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate: A CA MAY verify the relationship between an Applicant and a Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate by relying on a contract between the CA and the Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate that designates the Certificate Approver with such EV Authority, provided that the contract is signed by the Contract Signer and provided that the agency and Signing Authority of the Contract Signer have been verified; 4. Verified Professional Letter: A CA MAY verify the relationship between an Applicant and a Parent, Subsidiary, or Affiliate by relying on a Verified Professional Letter; or 5. Corporate Resolution: A CA MAY verify the relationship between an Applicant and a Subsidiary by relying on a properly authenticated corporate resolution that approves creation of the Subsidiary or the Applicant, provided that such resolution is: i. certified by the appropriate corporate officer (e.g., secretary), and ii. the CA can reliably verify that the certification was validly signed by such person, and that such person does have the requisite authority to provide such certification.