OFAC Executive Order 13608 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With And Suspending Entry Into The United States Of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect To Iran And Syria (Effective Date

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TURBOFAC Commentary (1044 words)

Notes:

[6-6-24 UPDATE - On 6-5-24, OFAC implemented the Syria-related portion of 13608 in the at 542.212. See comments thereto, and note that the comments below have not been updated as a result of the implementation of the EO into the SysR. Note that, in the implementation, OFAC specifies through 542.415 that “foreign persons will not be subject to sanctions…solely on the basis of a transaction for which a U.S. person would not require a specific license,” and OFAC extends all SySR GLs to persons subject to EO 13608-based sanctions to “the same extent such transaction would be authorized for a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 542.201 by a general license set forth in or issued pursuant to [the SySR].”]
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Executive Order 13608 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With And Suspending Entry Into The United States Of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect To Iran And Syria (Effective Date - May 1, 2012)​

TURBOFAC Commentary (1044 words)

Executive Order 13608 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions With And Suspending Entry Into The United States Of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect To Iran And Syria (Effective Date - May 1, 2012)