Ed. Note: if you’re new to TURBOFAC, please take note that the text string filtration function generally shouldn’t be used for terms such as “ordinarily resident,” “causing” or “new debt”. For research on the meaning of words and phrases such as those, i.e. terms central to the key legal issues in sanctions law that appear on a cross-programmatic basis, you’re typically better off locating and checking the appropriate box in the “Key Legal Issues” search category, which will limit the results to those that have been manually assessed as being relevant for the interpretation of the terms at issue.
Try typing your search term (“ordinarily resident,” “new debt,” or something else) in the “Find a Search Filter” box at the top of the page, and the corresponding “Key Legal Issues” check box will pop up instantly, if one exists. Once you check the box (e.g. “new debt,” with ~55 results), you can always use the text string filtration function to further refine your search (e.g. by typing “invoice” and narrowing the ~55 results to ~10).
Note in addition that the same applies to text string searches such as “14071” (if you’re looking for items related to EO 14071). By typing “14071” in the “Find a Search Filter” field up top, you will be able to instantly narrow the results down to items manually assessed as relating to EO 14071. Ditto terms such as “515.204” or “Iran General License G” (try the “Discrete Legal Provision” search category).
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Please click "Apply Text String Filters" again after clicking the "Close" button immediately below.
1) See Case No. CU-2013-300818-4 for consolidated comment.
2) Note common to Case No. CU-2015-323083-1, Case No. CU-2015-319798-1, Case No. CU-2015-322096-1, Case No. CU-2013-300818-5, Case No. CU-2013-300818-4
OFAC uses the following boilerplate language:
“OFAC has reviewed your application and it appears that the activities contemplated in application CU- [xxxxx] may fall within the scope of the activity authorized under the general license(s) at section[xxxxxxxxxxx]. It is OFAC’s policy not to grant applications for specific licenses authorizing transactions to which the provisions of an outstanding general license are applicable. See 31 C.F.R. § 501.801(a). Accordingly, OFAC is closing application CU-[xxxxxxxxxxxx] without further action.”
Note the dissonance between “it appears that the activities… may fall within the scope,” on one hand, and “Accordingly, OFAC is closing [the] application…without further action,” on the other....