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.
The applicant university asks whether a license is required to ship a DVD that provides “provides step-by-step directions of how to conduct the Balance Evaluations Systems Test (BESTest) on a patient.” [1]. The definition of “Information or informational materials” explicitly includes “compact disks [and] CD ROMs,” and in this case it seems fairly clear that the materials were not created at the behest of any Iranian person, so the applicant is presumably inquiring as to whether the actual shipping of the exempt informational materials is, itself, exempt. The answer is yes (compare Case No. IA-2018-358410-1). Consistent with OFAC’s typical practice in these cases, the agency avoids making a clear statement that transactions incident to exempt transactions are themselves exempt, but this is agency practice. Compare also Exempt transactions (1999, Cuba); FR Notice Implementing 1989 Version of the Berman Amendment in...