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The original copy of the specific license shall be presented to the director in respect of each such transaction and shall bear a notation in ink by the licensee or person presenting the license showing the description, quantity, and value of the merchandise to be entered, withdrawn or otherwise dealt with. This notation should be so placed and so written that there will exist no possibility of confusing it with anything placed on the license at the time of its issuance. If the license in fact authorizes the entry, withdrawal or other transaction with regard to the merchandise the director, or other authorized customs employee, shall verify the notation by signing or initialing it after first assuring himself that it accurately describes the merchandise it purports to present. The license shall thereafter be returned to the person presenting it and the additional copy of the entry, withdrawal or other appropriate document shall be forwarded by the director to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. 20220.

(c) (1) Whenever the original of an apropriate certificate of origin as defined in § 500.536(d) is presented to a director of customs in accordance with this section, an additional legible copy of the entry, withdrawal or other appropriate document with respect to the merchandise involved shall be filed with the director of customs at the port where the transaction is to take place. Each copy of the entry, withdrawal or other apropriate document, including the additional copy, shall bear plainly on its face the following statement: "This document is presented under the provisions of § 500.536(c) of the Foreign Assets Control Regulations." The original of the certificate of origin shall not be returned to the person presenting it. It shall be securely attached to the additional copy required by this subparagraph and shall be forwarded by the director to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. 20220. Directors may forward such documents weekly or more often if the volume warrants.

(2) If the original of an appropriate certificate of origin is properly presented to a director of customs with respect to a transaction which is the first of a series

of transaction which may be allowed in connection therewith under subdivision (iii) of paragraph (a) (6) of this section (as, for example, where merchandise has been entered in a bonded warehouse and an appropriate certificate of origin is presented which relates to all of the merchandise entered therein but the importer desires to withdraw only part of the merchandise in the first transaction), the director shall so note on the orginal of the appropriate certificate of origin and return it to the importer. In addition, the director shall endorse his pertinent records so as to record what merchandise is covered by the appropriate certificate of origin presented. The director may therefore allow subsequent authorized transactions on presentation of the certificate of origin. The director shall, with respect to each such transaction, demand an additional copy of each withdrawal or other appropriate document, which copy shall be promptly forwarded by the director to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. 20220, with an endorsement thereon reading:

This document has been accepted pursuant to § 500.808 (c) (2) of the Foreign Assets Control Regulations. Appropriate certificates of origin No. from (country).

When the final transaction has been effected under the certificate of origin, the original shall be taken up and attached to the entry and forwarded as in this paragraph (c).

(d) Whenever a person shall present an entry, withdrawal or other apropriate document affected by this section and shall assert that no specific Foreign Assets Control license or appropriate certificate of origin as defined in § 500.536 (d) is required in connection therewith, the director of customs shall withhold action thereon and shall advise such person to communicate directly with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to request that instructions be issued to the director to authorize him to take action with regard thereto. [32 F.R. 3829, Mar. 8, 1967]

§ 500.809 Rules governing availability of information.

(a) The records of the Office of Foreign Assets Control required by 5 U.S.C. 552 to be made available to the public

shall be made available in accordance with the definitions, procedures, payment of fees, and other provisions of the regulations on the Disclosure of Records of the Office of the Secretary and of other bureaus and offices of the Department issued under 5 U.S.C. 552 and published as Part 1 of this Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 32 F.R. 9562, July 1, 1967.

(b) Form TFAC-1 and any other form used in connection with the Foreign Assets Control Regulations may be obtained in person from or by writing to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. 20220, or the Foreign Assets Control Division, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045. [32 F.R. 10846, July 25, 1967]

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person within the United States, for his own account or that of another, may purchase or sell or arrange the purchase or sale of any merchandise in any foreign country or obtain from any banking institution a credit or payment in connection therewith, or attempt to do any of the foregoing, if (a) the transaction involves the shipment from any foreign country of any merchandise directly or indirectly to any destination within a country on the attached schedule, and (b) the merchandise is included in the Commodity Control List of the U.S. Department of Commerce set forth in 15 CFR Part 399 and is followed on that list by the letter "A" in the column headed "Special Provisions List" or is of a type the unauthorized exportation of which from the United States is prohibited by any of the several regulations referred to in 15 CFR 370.5.

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§ 505.31

General license for offshore transactions from certain countries.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, all transactions prohibited by § 505.10 are hereby authorized provided:

(1) Shipment is to a country listed in the schedule of § 505.10, other than China (Communist controlled), North Korea, North Viet Nam, or Tibet; and,

(2) Shipment is made from and licensed by one of the following foreign countries: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Turkey, or the United Kingdom.

(b) This section does not authorize any transaction prohibited by Part 500, Part 515, or Part 530 of this chapter. [35 F.R. 10759, July 2, 1970]

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§ 505.40 Records and reports.

515.322

For provisions relating to records and reports, see §§ 500.601 and 500.602 of this chapter.

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§ 505.60 Procedures.

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515.331

Person within the United States. Merchandise.

For provisions relating to procedures, see §§ 500.801(b) (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), 500.803, 500.804, 500.805, 500.806, and 500.807 of this chapter.

515.401 515.402

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Subpart D-Interpretations

Reference to amended sections.

Effect of amendment of sections of this part or of other orders, etc. 515.403 Termination and acquisition of the interest of a designated national. 515.404 Transactions between principal and agent.

515.405 Exportation of securities, currency, checks, drafts and promissory notes.

515.406 Drafts under irrevocable letters of credit; documentary drafts. 515.407 Administration of blocked estates of decedents.

515.408 Access to certain safe deposit boxes prohibited.

515.409 Certain payments to a designated foreign country and nationals through third countries.

Subpart E-Licenses and Authorizations

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515.807

515.518 Payments for living, traveling, and similar personal expenses in the United States.

515.519

Limited payments from accounts of
United States citizens abroad.

515.520 Payments from accounts of United
States citizens in employ of
United States in foreign countries
and certain other persons.
Certain remittances for necessary
living expenses.
Certain

515.521

515.522

remittances to United States citizens in foreign countries.

515.523 Transactions incident to the administration of decedents' estates. 515.524 Payment from, and transactions in the administration of certain trusts and estates.

515.525 Certain transfers by operation of law.

515.526 Transactions involving blocked life insurance policies.

515.527 Certain transactions with respect to patents, trade

United States

marks, and copyrights.

515.528 Certain transactions with respect to blocked foreign patents, trademarks and copyrights authorized.

515.529 Powers of attorney.

515.530 Exportation of powers of attorney or instructions relating to certain types of transactions.

515.531 Payment of certain checks and drafts.

Amendment, modification, or revocation.

Rule making.

Delegation by the Secretary of the
Treasury.

515.808 Customs procedures; merchandise
specified in § 500.204.
515.809 Rules governing availability of in-
formation.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 515 issued under sec. 5, 40 Stat. 415, as amended; 50 U.S.C. App. 5, sec. 620(a), 75 Stat. 445; 22 U.S.C. 2370 (a); Proc. 3447, 27 FR. 1085, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., E.O. 9193, 7 F.R. 5205, 3 CFR, Cum. Supp., p. 1174, EO. 9989, 13 F.R. 4891, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp.

SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 515 appear at 28 F.R. 6974, July 9, 1963; 28 F.R. 7427, July 20, 1963; 28 F.R. 7941, Aug. 3, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

Subpart A-Relation of This Part to Other Laws and Regulations Relations of this part to other laws and regulations.

§ 515.101

The Cuban Import Regulations issued on February 6, 1962, as amended, are hereby revoked and the following Regulations are hereby adopted in place thereof controlling all financial and commercial transactions involving Cuba or nationals thereof, provided that the revocation of the Cuban Import Regula

tions shall not be deemed to authorize any unlicensed importation prohibited by the Cuban Import Regulations and all penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities under such Regulations or any other applicable laws or regulations shall continue and may be enforced as if such revocation had not been made.

(a) This part is independent of 8 CFR Ch. II. The prohibitions contained in this part are in addition to the prohibitions contained in 8 CFR Ch. II. No license or authorization contained in or issued pursuant to 8 CFR Ch. II shall be deemed to authorize any transaction prohibited by this part, nor shall any license or authorization issued pursuant to any other provision of law (except this part) be deemed to authorize any transaction so prohibited.

(b) No license or authorization contained in or issued pursuant to this part shall be deemed to authorize any transaction to the extent that it is prohibited by reason of the provisions of any law or any statute other than paragraph (2) of Proclamation 3447, issued under § 620 (a), P.L. 87-195, or section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act, as amended, or any proclamation, order or regulation other than those contained in or issued pursuant to this part.

Subpart B-Prohibitions

§ 515.201 Transactions involving designated foreign countries or their nationals; effective date.

(a) All of the following transactions are prohibited, except as specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury (or any person, agency, or instrumentality designated by him) by means of regulations, rulings, instructions, licenses, or otherwise, if either such transactions are by, or on behalf of, or pursuant to the direction of a foreign country designated under this part, or any national thereof, or such transactions involve property in which a foreign country designated under this part, or any national thereof, has at any time on or since the effective date of this section had any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect:

(1) All transfers of credit and all payments between, by, through, or to any banking institution or banking institutions wheresoever located, with respect

to any property subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or by any person (including a banking institution) subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

(2) All transactions in foreign exchange by any person within the United States; and

(3) The exportation or withdrawal from the United States of gold or silver coin or bullion, currency or securities, or the earmarking of any such property, by any person within the United States.

(b) All of the following transactions are prohibited, except as specifically authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury (or any person, agency, or instrumentality designated by him) by means of regulations, rulings, instructions, licenses, or otherwise, if such transactions involve property in which any foreign country designated under this part, or any national thereof, has at any time on or since the effective date of this section had any interest of any nature whatsoever, direct or indirect:

(1) All dealings in, including, without limitation, transfers, withdrawals, or exportations of, any property or evidences of indebtedness or evidences of ownership of property by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and

(2) All transfers outside the United States with regard to any property or property interest subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(c) Any transaction for the purpose or which has the effect of evading or avoiding any of the prohibitions set forth in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section is hereby prohibited.

(d) For the purposes of this part, the term "foreign country designated under this part" and the term “designated foreign country" mean Cuba and the term "effective date" and the term "effective date of this section" mean with respect to Cuba, or any national thereof, 12:01 a.m., e.s.t., July 8, 1963.

§ 515.202 Transactions with respect to securities registered or inscribed in the name of a designated national. Unless authorized by a license expressly referring to this section, the acquisition, transfer (including the transfer on the books of any issuer or agent

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