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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
International Criminal Court-Related Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR part 528
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 14
Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Enterprise Software Involving the International Criminal Court
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by the International Criminal Court-Related Sanctions Regulations (ICCSR), 31 CFR part 528, that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or transmission of telecommunications involving the International Criminal Court are authorized.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this general license, the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to the International Criminal Court of services incident to the exchange of communications over the internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social...
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1) One of four GLs issued concurrent with the designation of the ICC (ICC-related General License 13; ICC-related General License 14; ICC-related General License 15 andICC-related General License 16). See designation-related Fact Sheet at https://web.archive.org/web/20261010071446/https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/10/imposing-sanctions-on-the-international-criminal-court-2/.
2) Rare GL authorizing “ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or transmission of telecommunications involving” a blocked entity that is not a telecommunications services provider. Query whether OFAC would intend this to enable telecommunications services providers to offer services to the ICC where the ICC is the end user. See General Note on General Licenses for Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Mail. Considering that this GL sits alongside the broader internet services and unique enterprise software GLs, one would expect that the provision of non-internet based...