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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 594
Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 597
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism, as Amended
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 16
Authorizing Noncommercial, Personal Remittances to Afghanistan
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions involving the Taliban or the Haqqani Network, or any entity in which the Taliban or the Haqqani Network owns, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent or greater interest, prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (GTSR), the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31...
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Notes:
1) This GL is substantively similar to the other non-commercial, personal remittance GLs. Refer generally to General Note on Remittances; Guidance Letters Concerning Personal Remittances.
The primary differences between this and the remittance GLs that relate to embargoed destinations are (i) the lack of unnecessary authorization for hand-carrying of remittances (discussed at FAQ # 949) and (ii) the "[f]inancial transfers to any blocked person" carveout. The "financial transfers" carveout appears in the other Taliban-related GLs. In other cases, the precise meaning of "financial transfers" is important because it leaves open the possibility that payments in kind to blocked persons are permitted. In the case of the processing of non-commercial, personal...