The UN list is the only genuinely universal one, and it is also the one with no direct enforcement behind it.
How listing works
Sanctions committees list by consensus, which means any member of the committee can block a listing. That is why UN lists are shorter and move more slowly than national ones, and why national authorities frequently designate parties the UN has not.
Delisting runs through a focal point, and for the ISIL and Al-Qaida regime through an Ombudsperson with an independent review function.
Implementation
The Security Council obliges member states to give effect to the measures in domestic law. What binds a private party is therefore the national implementing instrument, not the resolution, and the national implementations vary in scope and timing.
The Panels of Experts
For research purposes the panels attached to several regimes produce more useful material than the list itself. Their reports document specific evasion schemes in evidenced detail, and they are cited throughout this site.