The field of implementation of Export Compliance is part of a highly specialized and markedly multidisciplinary sector, since it involves several branches of professional knowledge in various ways and at different levels (from law to engineering, passing through administrative and management skills).
In order to be adequately governed as a whole, due to this extreme articulation, it therefore requires some transversal form of "regulation" capable of harmonizing the different areas involved and allowing the most linear and uniform management possible.

In order to develop and  follow-up in a practical way this request, EIFEC (European Institute for Export Compliance) was born a few years ago in Brussels: it is as a matter of fact the only "institutional" subject entirely dedicated to the Exports Compliance that exists today.
Independent institute participated by public and private institutions, universities and companies, it is the organization that has standardized the Export Compliance (initially at a European level, but now also internationally), of which it has developed and keeps constantly updated the reference framework.

Thus, the EIFEC Code of Export Compliance (the only available European self-regulation code for the Export Compliance sector, recently redefined also at international level) and, to date, about thirty specialized standards (EIFEC international standards EC1001 series) have been prepared. In addition to providing operational indications on export management, they address various issues related to governance, export models, organizational strategies, audits, certifications etc., and are intended to help all concerned organizations to become more responsible, transparent and - ultimately - competitive.

EIFEC has also considered the implementation of a high level training process in this field to be essential: it has therefore organized for several years, in cooperation with its own University Network for Export Compliance, training modules that also include academic courses and specialized Masters aimed at raising the level of recognition that the figure of the Export Compliance Officer deserves, even from a formal point of view.