OFAC FAQ (Current) # 1254 - Cuba Sanctions

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). Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions on search results and efficiency.

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TURBOFAC Commentary (129 words)

Notes:

1) See associated designation notice at U.S. Sanctions Target Cuba’s Military Regime, Elites (Press Statement). This FAQ provides meaningful guidance concerning OFAC’s non-intent to consider “wind down” activities sanctionable even where such activities would not qualify for Cuba General License 1 if engaged in by a U.S. person. With this FAQ, OFAC appears to have coined a phrase with “non-targeting posture” (similar to “non-enforcement posture” in the primary sanctions context). Query whether requests to OFAC for secondary sanctions comfort might more easily be addressed as “non-targeting postures” rather than guidance confirming that a given transaction does or does not qualify as a “significant transaction”. In the latter case, OFAC makes a legal determination that is arguably less meaningful than one-off “non-targeting postures”.

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OFAC FAQ (Current) # 1254 - Cuba Sanctions

TURBOFAC Commentary (129 words)