The purpose of this guidance note is to provide practical direction on how to comply with eu restrictive measures adopted pursuant to article 215 of the treaty on the functioning of the European Union (‘EU sanctions’) when providing humanitarian aid. this guidance note is addressed to all actors required to comply with eu sanctions that are involved in the provision of humanitarian aid (‘humanitarian operators’). humanitarian operators include donors, international organisations, non governmental organisations (NGOs),member states’ specialised agencies, banks and other businesses – insofar as they are involved in the provision of humanitarian aid.