OFAC Lists General Licenses for Cuba, Burma, and Western Balkans Sanctions Programs
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published in the Federal Register the general licenses that have been issued in the Cuba, Burma, and Western Balkans sanctions programs.
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According to OFAC, these general licenses authorize certain transactions that are otherwise prohibited by the sanctions programs administered by OFAC.
OFAC Lists General Licenses for Cuba, Burma, and Western Balkans
In its notice, OFAC lists the following general licenses (see Federal Register notice for issue dates and further details):
Cuba
| General License No. 1 | Certain Travel-Related Transactions in Cuba Until 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 1, 2004 |
Burma
| General License No. 1 | Official Government and International Organization Activities |
| General License No. 2 | Third-Country Diplomatic and Consular Funds Transfers |
| General License No. 3 | Importations for U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Officials |
| General License No. 4 | Importations for Foreign Diplomatic and Consular Officials |
| General License No. 5 | Diplomatic Pouches |
| General License No. 6 | Noncommercial Personal Remittances |
| General License No. 7 | Transactions Incident to Certain Imports |
| General License No. 8 | Export-Related Transactions |
| General License No. 9 | Importation of Information and Informational Material |
| General License No. 10 | Importation of Certain Personal and Household Effects |
| General License No. 11 | Activities Undertaken Pursuant to Certain Pre-May 21, 1997 Agreements |
| General License No. 12 | Allowable Payments for Overflights of Burmese Airspace |
| General License No. 13 | Importation of Burmese-origin Articles (purchased prior to July 28, 2003, and shipped to the U.S. prior to August 28, 2003, etc.) |
Western Balkans
| General License No. 1 | Legal Representation in Matters Pending Before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/01/03 news, 03070115, for BP summary of OFAC's web page containing information on U.S. economic and trade sanctions against certain countries, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 08/29/03 news, 03082910, for BP summary of the issuance of Burma General Licenses 9 and 10. See ITT's Online Archives or 07/29/03 news, 03072905, for BP summary of the Executive Order banning the importation of any article that is the product of Burma, effective approximately August 28, 2003.)
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OFAC notice (FR Pub 11/05/04) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-24270.pdf