Burma General License 5 - Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank or Myanma Foreign Trade Bank (June 21, 2023)

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TURBOFAC Commentary (180 words)

Notes:

1) This is a standard wind-down general license, authorizing the processing of underlying transactions that may not involve U.S. persons (see e.g., FAQ 807), but not including authorizations for the "maintenance" of activities.

2) Refer to the Research System for documents dealing with the scope of the types of transactions that qualify for "wind down" GLs such as this. See in particular Examples of Transactions Deemed to be, and not to be, Within the Scope of the Standard "Wind-down" and "Maintenance" GLs.

3) Query: do payments to non-blocked persons (e.g. salary payments to employees of Burmese subsidiaries) that hold accounts at the blocked banks qualify as payments "to a blocked person"? Compare FAQ # 975 ("A U.S. financial institution may also take steps necessary to pay outstanding loans, provided that, if such payment is for the benefit of a...

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Burma General License 5 - Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank or Myanma Foreign Trade Bank (June 21, 2023)

TURBOFAC Commentary (180 words)