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.
1) Prior to 2-15-24, when there was no "news bureaus" GL in the NKSR, this FAQ (see original version at bottom left) was aimed at explaining that certain news-related activities (e.g. travel and informational materials transaction) were exempt from regulation, but that the exemption did not apply to “employ[ing] North Korean government guides or purchas[ing] North Korean-origin technology”.
2) On 2-15-24, OFAC added 510.522, which is a version of OFAC’s standard “news bureaus” GL. See 510.522 and comments thereto. This amended version of the FAQ preserves some commentary on the IEEPA exemptions with the added note that they “do not apply to transactions prohibited pursuant to the United Nations Participation Act” (see 510.213(a)).
3) OFAC says “Exports and reexports of items that are subject to...