OFAC FAQ (Current) # 936 - Ethiopia-Related Sanctions

Date issued: Nov. 12 2021

TURBOFAC Commentary (101 words)

Notes:

[Update - FAQ removed on or prior to the 9-18-26 expiration of the national emergency underlying EO 14046 ]

1) See comments to FAQ # 923. Until such time as OFAC issues further guidance on this issue, or at least articulates the policy rationale behind the special 50% rule provision of EO 14046, it will be difficult to apply the blocking prohibition of EO 14046 to transactions involving persons that would have been blocked by operation of law but for section 1(b) of EO 14046. This is especially true in cases of entities majority owned and controlled by a sanctioned person.