31 CFR § 551.206
Exempt transactions. — Somalia Sanctions Regulations
An exemption is not a licence. Conduct this section exempts falls outside the Somalia Sanctions Regulations' prohibitions altogether, so no OFAC authorization is needed for it. Read the limits with the grant: these sections routinely carve the exemption back, or point at a general licence for the part they do not cover.
Section text
(a) United Nations Participation Act. The exemption described in this section does not apply to transactions involving property or interests in property of persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the authority of the United Nations Participation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c(b)) (UNPA).
Note 1 to paragraph ( a ). Persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the authority of the UNPA include those listed on both OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) and the Consolidated United Nations Security Council Sanctions List (UN List) (see https://www.un.org ), as well as persons listed on the SDN List for being owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, persons listed on both the SDN List and the UN List.
(b) Personal communications. Th prohibitions contained in this part do not apply to any postal, telegraphic, telephonic, or other personal communication that does not involve the transfer of anything of value.
Statutory exemptions this section carries
§ 551.206 speaks to the following statutory exemptions:
- Personal CommunicationsIEEPA §1702(b)(1)
- Any postal, telegraphic, telephonic, or other personal communication that does not involve a transfer of anything of value.