OFAC General Licenses
A General License authorizes activity that a sanctions program would otherwise prohibit. Below is every OFAC GL we track — status, expiry, and program — updated continuously from Treasury.
- §515.547 — Certain transactions related to medical research and Cuban-origin pharmaceuticals; research samples
- §515.570 — Remittances
- §515.575 — Humanitarian projects
- §516.508 — Emergency medical services
- §516.511 — Certain transactions in support of nongovernmental organizations' activities
- §516.512 — Transactions related to the provision of agricultural commodities, medicine, medical devices, replacement parts and components, or software updates for personal, non-commercial use
- BALKANS-GL-3A — Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, Software Updates, or Medical Prevention, Diagnosis, or Treatment, or Clinical Trials Involving Certain Blocked Entities
- CT-GL-6 — In-kind donations of medicine, medical devices, and medical services.
- CT-GL-8A — Authorizing Certain Humanitarian Trade Transactions Involving the Central Bank of Iran or the National Iranian Oil Company
- CT-GL-14 — Authorizing Humanitarian Activities in Afghanistan
- CT-GL-15 — Transactions Related to the Exportation or Reexportation of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates in Afghanistan
- CT-GL-16 — Authorizing Noncommercial, Personal Remittances to Afghanistan
- CT-GL-19 — Certain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities in Afghanistan
- CT-GL-22A — Transactions Related to the Provision of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates Involving Ansarallah
- CT-GL-24A — Authorizing Noncommercial, Personal Remittances Involving Ansarallah
- DPRK-GL-5 — North Korea General License 5 (certain activities of nongovernmental organizations)Expires Mar 5, 2018
- GL-1B — Authorizing Certain Activities Involving Federal State Budgetary Institution Marine Rescue Service
- GL-2 — Authorizing Certain Transactions Involving Anco Water Supply Co. Ltd. Related to the Treatment and Distribution of Drinking Water
- GL-2 — Authorizing Transactions Related to Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, Software Updates, or Clinical Trials
- GL-4 — Exportation or reexportation of agricultural commodities, medicine, or medical devices to Iran through any Iranian port operated by Tidewater Middle East Company is authorized in certain circumstances.Expires Aug 23, 2011
- GL-4C — Authorizing Certain New Debt Transactions and Other Transactions Involving Certain Blocked Persons Related to the Exportation or Reexportation of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates
- GL-6D — Transactions Related to Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, or Clinical Trials
- GL-7A — Authorizing Overflight Payments, Emergency Landings, and Air Ambulance Services
- GL-8A — Authorizing Certain Humanitarian Trade Transactions Involving the Central Bank of Iran or the National Iranian Oil Company
- GL-18 — Authorizing U.S. Dollar-Denominated Banknote Noncommercial, Personal Remittances Prohibited by Executive Order of March 11, 2022
- GL-26 — Emergency and Certain Other Medical Services Authorized
- GL-27 — Certain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities
- GL-29 — Certain Transactions Involving the Government of Venezuela in Support of Certain Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities Authorized
- GL-33 — Authorizing Overflight Payments, Emergency Landings, and Air Ambulance Services
- GL-40C — Civil Aviation Safety – General License No. 40C
- GL-45B — Authorizing Certain Repatriation Transactions Involving Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronáuticas y Servicios Aéreos, S.A.
- GL-57A — Authorizing Certain Services Related to Vessel Emergencies
- GL-60 — Authorizing Transactions Related to Earthquake Relief Efforts in VenezuelaExpires Oct 23, 2026
- GL-60A — Authorizing Transactions Related to Earthquake Relief Efforts in VenezuelaExpires Apr 21, 2027
- GL-E — Authorizing Certain Services in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities in Iran
- GL-Q — Authorizing Limited Safety, Environmental, and Sale Transactions Involving the Blocked Vessel M.V. Tinos I While Located in the United States
- GL-S — Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions and the Offloading of Cargo Involving Certain Persons or Vessels Blocked on December 18, 2025Expires Jan 18, 2026
- GL-T — Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions and the Offloading of Cargo Involving Certain Persons or Vessels Blocked on January 23, 2026Expires Feb 22, 2026
- SUDAN-GL-2 — Certain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities
- SUDAN-GL-3 — Transactions Related to the Provision of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates, and the Extraction, Processing, Transport, Sale, or Distribution of Water in Sudan
- UKR-GL-18 — Authorizing the Exportation or Reexportation of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates to Certain Regions of Ukraine and Transactions Related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
- UKR-GL-21 — Authorizing Noncommercial, Personal Remittances and the Operation of Accounts
- UKR-GL-23 — Certain Transactions in Support of Nongovernmental Organizations' Activities