31 CFR § 542.519 Transactions related to telecommunications and mail authorized.

Date issued: May. 02 2014

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Notes:

1) For comments on this GL and others that are substantially similar, refer to General Note on General Licenses for Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Mail.

2) Note that, unlike the ITSR and CACR GLs covering similar activity, the Syria (and Crimea) GL contains an exclusion for "payment" pursuant to the general license that involve any transaction with a person blocked pursuant the SySR. This proviso would apparently not prevent roaming and other agreements with blocked telecom providers, but would prevent settlement payments to and from the parties to the agreement of the sort illustrated in Case No. IA-11335.

*Note re: Syriatel

Syriatel, a major Syrian telecom provider, is blocked...