BIS Advisory Opinion (Time-Limited EAR99 Software on a Public Website)

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). Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions on search results and efficiency.

Please click "Apply Text String Filters" again after clicking the "Close" button immediately below.

TURBOFAC Commentary (521 words)

Notes:

While ' interpretations of the are typically not inherently meaningful to OFAC with respect to its interpretations of its own regulations, there are a handful of provisions whose scopes are defined by how a certain item would be treated under the EAR. In such cases, there may be a presumption that BIS' interpretations are shared by OFAC in the absence of OFAC articulating a directly conflicting opinion.

The definition of "Information and informational materials" (in virtually all regulations but see e.g. 515.332) is one such example.

(b) The term information and informational materials does not include items:

(1) That would be controlled for export pursuant to section 5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, 50 U.S.C. App. 2401-2420 (1993) (the "EAA"), or section 6...

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BIS Advisory Opinion (Time-Limited EAR99 Software on a Public Website)

TURBOFAC Commentary (521 words)