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Prohibited Goods & Services

Avanor Technologies L.L.C-FZ · In effect from 26 April 2026

This list of prohibited goods and services applies to every payment agreement (the “payment agreement”) entered into with Avanor Technologies L.L.C-FZ. The sale of any of the goods or services described below is prohibited. The categories used here are for ease of reference only and do not limit the scope of any item.

01Controlled Substances, Drugs & Hazardous Materials

Poisons, drugs and drug paraphernalia, narcotic or drug-like substances, and the formulas or descriptions of such substances.
Herbs, noxious weeds and prohibited seeds.
Tobacco products.
Dangerous, hazardous, perishable or restricted items — for example explosives, radioactive materials, toxic substances, batteries and Freon.
Waste generated in the process of destroying chemical weapons.
Pesticides carrying a heightened, registration-test-confirmed probability of harm to human health or the environment.

02Weapons, Government & Surveillance Items

Firearms, weapons, guns, knives, pepper spray, replicas and stun guns, with the exception of sports equipment such as bows for sport shooting and paintball guns. For these purposes, military products also include any goods intended for employees of internal-affairs bodies and for departments associated with representatives of state power.
Electronic devices that are unlawful in the consumer’s country of residence — for example cable-TV descramblers, radar scanners, traffic-signal control devices, and surveillance, wiretapping or telephone-bugging equipment.
Government documents, identity documents, licences, uniforms and other police, military or law-enforcement items.
Locksmithing devices.

03Counterfeit, Stolen & IP-Infringing Goods

Counterfeit currency, coins and stamps.
Stolen property, or property from which serial numbers have been removed.
Pirated audio or video recordings and any activity that infringes copyright, including digital music, video and software.
Cyberlockers (file-storage services) that allow uploaded content to be searched by other users and charge users to lift download-speed restrictions.
Counterfeit or infringing goods, branded (designer) replicas and counterfeit medicines.
Modchips and similar devices used to bypass copyright protection on game consoles and other game devices, together with game emulators, boot disks and devices.
Counterfeit, unapproved or expired medical and dental devices — for example condoms, intravascular catheters, breast and other implants, hospital, medical or dental equipment, and HIV, diabetes or pregnancy test kits.

04Regulated Health & Consumer Products

Used cosmetics.
Medicinal products and medicines, prescription drugs, pills, medications and their components, with the exception of dietary supplements.

05Exploitative, Offensive & Adult Content

Goods or services contrary to the public interest or to the principles of humanity, ethics or morality — for example human organs and remains.
Slave trade and human trafficking.
Offensive material that promotes or glorifies hatred, violence, or racial or religious intolerance, Nazi memorabilia, and activities that incite national or religious discord.
Child sexual abuse material and any sexually suggestive material involving minors; escort or prostitution services; and any product, service or image that is patently offensive and lacks serious artistic value (such as images of non-consensual sexual behaviour, sexual exploitation of a minor, non-consensual mutilation of a person or body part, and bestiality), or any other material the relevant Payment Systems deem unacceptable.
Content depicting violence or perversions.

06Gambling & Betting

Slot machines, including their analogues and spare parts.
Lotteries, other than state-operated lotteries.
Online casino activity that is prohibited in the country of registration of the party to the payment agreement and/or in the consumer’s country, or that operates without the required special licence or permission.
Bookmaking activity that is prohibited in the country of registration of the party to the payment agreement and/or in the consumer’s country, or that operates without the required special licence or permission.
Illegal marketplaces for in-game items or skins where deposits fund gambling-style mechanics such as slots or roulettes (so-called “children’s casinos”).

07Financial Crime & Unlicensed Financial Services

Financial or payment instruments that do not ensure proper KYC procedures and customer identification for the purpose of combating illicit trafficking, financial fraud, illegal proceeds and money laundering (shell banks or shell companies).
The large-scale solicitation of individuals’ funds where returns are paid from other individuals’ borrowed funds, absent genuine investment or other legitimate business activity (investment and financial “pyramids”).
Cryptocurrency services (exchange, wallets and similar) operated by companies without the licence required in their country of incorporation or operation.
Currency-exchange offices — including services positioned as the exchange of funds for other financial instruments — operating without a proper licence.
Foreign financial-market brokers and forex dealers whose activity is prohibited in the relevant country, or who operate without the required special licence or permission.
Pseudo-credit brokers offering loan-selection information services that do not correspond to their stated offer.
Financing of terrorism and extremist activities.
Financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

08Fraudulent & Deceptive Practices

Items that encourage illegal activity, or links to items that promote others to engage in illegal activity.
Goods having no use value, including goods with an expired date.
Auctions or trading systems whose participants must pay regardless of whether they win, and where no actual transfer of goods, services or other items of real value takes place.
Services bearing signs of fraud or deception — including network marketing, exorcism, “25th-frame” technology, dubious weight-loss techniques and paid sports predictions.
Activities that may mislead or deceive the buyer — for example goods offered with a short free-trial period and no genuine ability to decline; transfer of the buyer’s personal data to third parties; requiring the holder to expressly opt out of additional services or goods on the website; imitation of government services; fraudulent fundraising; or activities falsely presented as endorsed by, or involving, celebrities.
Bulk or unsolicited mailing lists, or lists that contain personal data.

09Cultural, Heritage & Restricted Commodities

Artefacts and culturally or historically valuable art objects located or stored in the consumer’s country.
Museum objects and museum collections.
Precious metals and precious stones in nugget form.
Timeshares.

In addition to the categories above, the sale of any other goods or services whose sale violates the requirements of applicable law is prohibited.

+High-Risk Categories Prohibited Under Aggregator Arrangements

The following high-risk categories may not be connected under an aggregator (third-party processing) arrangement:

Pawnshops.
Medical activity.
Charity.
Collection agencies.
Aggregators (third-party processing) under an acquiring agreement.
Religious organisations.
Financing of political, opposition or public activities.

It is further prohibited to serve companies that appear on the prohibitive lists of the regulatory authorities of the country of registration of any party to the payment agreement or of the consumer’s country.

This version is in effect from 26 April 2026.