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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014
Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 9
Exportation of Certain Services and Software Incident to Internet-Based Communications Authorized
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in the Crimea region of Ukraine of services incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, is authorized, provided that such services are widely available to the public at no cost to the user.
(b) Except as provided...
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[*Update: on 5-2-22, this GL was implemented into the URSR at 589.516, with no substantive changes vis-à-vis the web-only GL, except that, previously, exportation of items not subject to the EAR would need to "be designated as EAR99 if they were located in the United States." Now, it's "[not] listed under any multilateral export control regime." The below has not been amended to reflect that fact].
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1) For comments concerning the relationship between the exemptions and certain of the activities authorized here, as well as certain aspects of the GL itself (in particular the portion that overlaps substantively with similar GLs appearing in other programs), see General Note on Prohibitions, Licenses and Exemptions as Applied to Social Media...