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) "Prohibited facilitation" provisions are explicit in each of the IEEPA-based embargo programs. Note that, even where a given provision only refers to certain prohibitions, OFAC considers the "facilitation" of a foreign person's dealings to be prohibited if they would be prohibited if engaged in directly by a U.S. person. This is "implicit" in all cases where it is not explicit. Refer to General Note on Explicit and Implicit "Facilitation" Prohibitions in IEEPA-based embargoes.
A transaction is only “prohibited facilitation” if it is one in which U.S. persons could not engage without a license, meaning that, on occasion, a sanctions question will turn on the outcome of a “counterfactual analysis” of a transaction that is not actually the one taking place. Refer to General Note on Sanctions Provisions for which Determining Applicability Requires "Counterfactual"...