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) Presumed theory of liability would be "travel-related services in which Cuba or Cuban nationals had an interest," as with the Travelocity.com case, issued the same day (Civil Enforcement Information - Travelocity, Inc.). As of 2019, 515.572 contains a general license that may cover the activity described herein.
2) One of many Cuba-related cases in which the subsidiary subject to the CACR was also subject to a local "blocking" regulation preventing compliance with the CACR. ( “Ley de Protección al Comercio y la Inversión de Normas Extranjeras que Contravengan el Derecho Internacional,” D.O., 22 de Octubre de 1996.)
"In February 2006, the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City ordered 16 Cuban guests to leave an energy conference hosted by the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association on orders from the U.S. Treasury Department. The U.S. Treasury Department order was issued pursuant to the Cuba embargo regulations, the CACR, which forbid even non-U.S. companies to transact with Cuban persons if, like the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel, they are U.S. owned or controlled. Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez immediately criticized the U.S. Treasury Department’s decision: “There does not exist and neither should there exist the extraterritorial application of this law [the embargo] in our nation.” See http://www.nftc.org/default/usa%20engage/Foreign%20Sanctions%20Countermeasures%20Study.pdf.