Frequently Asked Questions

1008. Is there a wind-down period for the prohibitions imposed in Executive Order (E.O.) 14065?

1008 … Yes. Through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on March 23, 2022, Ukraine-related General License 17 authorizes transactions that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of transactions involving the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR… Read more

869. If a person is subject to non-blocking menu-based sanctions described in section 235(a) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), do the same non-blocking sanctions apply to entities owned 50 percent or more by the listed person?

869 … No. If a person is listed on OFAC’s Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List (NS-MBS List) as subject to only a combination of the sanctions described in section 235(a)(1-8) and (10-11) of CAATSA , as implemented by Executive Order (E.O.) 13849 , these non-blocking sanctions do not apply to an… Read more

870. On December 14, 2020, OFAC added a person to the Non-SDN Menu-Based Sanctions List (NS-MBS List) and indicated that the person was subject to the loan and credit-related sanction described in section 235(a)(3) of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). What does this sanction prohibit?

870 … With respect to a person on the NS-MBS List subject to section 235(a)(3) of CAATSA , as implemented by section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13849 , U.S. financial institutions are prohibited from making loans or providing credits to the identified person totaling more than $10,000,000 in… Read more

1009. Does Executive Order (E.O.) 14065 block the entire Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts?

1009 … No. E.O. 14065 targets the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine or such other regions of Ukraine as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State (collectively, the “Covered Regions”). In… Read more

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