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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2) Refer to removed interpretive ruling "FACRL-CU-01 2002 Computer Reservation Systems - Cuba," [1] which delineates the line between what constitutes the exempt provision of informational materials and what constitutes the provision of services not otherwise exempt.
Note the characterization of the offense as one involving "services in which Cuba or Cuban nationals had an interest." This and other Cuba travel facilitation cases are a relatively rare example of a particularly broad interpretation of the notion of "property" in which Cuba or a Cuban "had or has an interest" (515.201). Typically "having an interest" in property (or a service, which itself OFAC considers "property") entails some form of property right, although it not always the case. Here, the "interest" in the services provided by U.S. nations to (presumably) third country nationals is more of an abstract Cuban general "economic interest."...