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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1) Guidance letter issued prior to the OFAC-administered service ban vis-à-vis Syria (which has been tempered by 542.525 and 542.510 of the SySR). See General Note on the Syrian Sanctions Regulations and the Relationship Between the Authorities Underlying the Regulations for further discussion of the relationship between the SAA, EAR and OFAC-administered service prohibitions.
Note—and this is of consequences for the operation of the current 542.510 of the SySR—that OFAC considers exports of U.S.-origin food and medicine to be "licensed" by BIS (rather than outside of BIS’ jurisdiction altogether). The language used in this letter ("[BIS] is responsible for licensing all exports and reexports, including food and medicine, to Syria") is consistent...