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Iraq-Related Sanctions

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What related guidance does OFAC have on these sanctions?
 
Sanctions Brochures
    Overview of Sanctions
    Overview of Sanctions (text)
 
Frequently Asked Questions
    OFAC Frequently Asked Questions
 
Forms
    Application for the Release of Blocked Funds 
 
General Licenses
    Iraqi General License - Section 575.533 Certain new transactions
    Iraqi General License (No. 6) - Section 575.534 Transfers of certain blocked claims by U.S. financial institutions
    Iraqi General License (No. 1 / 13315) - Issued under Executive Order 13315
 

Interpretative Guidance
    Oil Proceeds Receipts Account 
    Debt Trading 
    Protection and Transfer of Intellectual Property Rights
    Index of Interpretative Guidance
 
Guidance on OFAC Licensing Policy
    Guidance on the Release of Limited Amounts of Blocked Funds for Payment of Legal Fees and Costs Incurred in Challenging the Blocking of U.S. Persons in Administrative or Civil Proceedings
    Guidance On Entities Owned By Persons Whose Property And Interests In Property Are Blocked

What laws, rules and regulations provide the legal framework for the sanctions?
 
Executive Orders
    13438  Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq (July 17, 2007)
    13364 Modifying the Protection Granted to the Development Fund for Iraq (November 29, 2004)
    13350  Termination of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12722 With Respect to Iraq and Modification of Executive Order 13290, Executive Order 13303, and Executive Order 13315  (Effective Date - July 30, 2004)
    13315 Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions (Effective Date - August 29, 2003)
    13303  Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest (May 22, 2003)
    13290   Confiscating and Vesting Certain Iraqi Property (March 20, 2003)
    12817  Transfer Of Certain Iraqi Government Assets Held By Domestic Banks (Effective Date - October 23, 1992
    12724  Blocking Iraqi Government Property And Prohibiting Transactions With Iraq (Effective Date - August 9, 1990)
    12722  Blocking Iraqi Government Property And Prohibiting Transactions With Iraq (Effective Date - August 2, 1990)
 
Statutes
    Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 8 U.S.C. § 1189, 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
    International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706
    National Emergencies Act (NEA), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1651
    Section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (UNPA), 22 U.S.C. § 287c
 
Code of Federal Regulations
    31 CFR Part 575  - Removal of the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations (September 13, 2010)
    31 CFR Part 576 - Iraq Stabilization and Insurgency Sanctions Regulations 
 
Federal Register Notices
    68 FR 38188-03  - Authorization of Certain New Transactions
    68 FR 11741-03 - Authorization of Certain Humanitarian Activities by Nongovernmental Organizations in Iraq and Iran
    68 FR 61362-03 - Removal of Certain Provisions of the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations; Interpretive Guidance
    68 FR 65844-03 - Authorization for U.S. Financial Institutions To Transfer Certain Claims Against the Government of Iraq
    70 FR 15761-05  - Administrative Collection of Civil Penalties
 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions
 
    1483  (May 22, 2003)
    1293  (March 31, 2000)
    1284  (December 17, 1999)
    1175  (June 19, 1998)
    1158  (March 25, 1998)
    1153  (February 20, 1998)
    1143  (December 4, 1997)
    1129  (September 12, 1997)
    1111  (June 4, 1997)
    1051  (March 27, 1996)
    986  (April 14, 1995)
    778  (October 2, 1992)
    706  (August 15, 1991)
    687  (April 8, 1991)
    670  (September 25, 1990)
    661  (August 6, 1990)
 
Last Updated: 8/23/2012 4:40 PM