Notes Common to the "50 Percent Rule".400-Level Interpretive Provision; the Blocking of Entire Entities Through Other Means (System Ed. Note)

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Notes Common to the "50 Percent Rule".400-Level Interpretive Provision; the Blocking of Entire Entities Through Other Means (System Ed. Note)

1) Consult the Research System generally for more guidance, FAQs, and enforcement actions related to the 50% rule and its applications. See in particular General Note on the Distinction Between Blocked Person "Control" Over Property and "Control" over the Assets of a Company Controlled by a Blocked Person, discussing the extent to which the 50% rule is interpreted as an effective "no interest" determination within the meaning of the basic blocking regulation. See also Note Common to Case No. BEL-131 and Case No. BEL-147 at comment to Case No. BEL-147.

2) This provision, common across virtually all [1] sanctions programs involving blocking, implements OFAC's "50% rule." Versions issued or amended in 2015 or thereafter incorporate OFAC's Revised Guidance on Entities Owned by...