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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Please click "Apply Text String Filters" again after clicking the "Close" button immediately below.
* For commentary on this guidance letter in the context of other Research System letters dealing with this topic, see General Note on U.S. Organizations Providing Membership and Related Benefits to Sanctioned Persons (System Ed. Note).
1.1) General Note on interpretive Rulings Removed from OFAC’s Index: A substantial number of OFAC’s Interpretive Rulings—many of which serve as the only public statements that OFAC has ever made on certain fundamental interpretive questions with cross-programmatic implications—have been removed from OFAC’s website. With one rare exception, OFAC does not offer statements explaining why it has taken the rulings down, but in the vast majority of cases, the rulings were subsequently rendered either incorrect or confusing as a result of OFAC’s general licensing of conduct that would have been prohibited under the guidance. We include these rulings in the database because of the value they retain...