[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR560.417]

[Page 778]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 560--IRANIAN TRANSACTIONS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart D--Interpretations
 
Sec. 560.417  Facilitation; change of policies and procedures; referral of business opportunities offshore.

    With respect to Sec. 560.208, a prohibited facilitation or approval 
of a transaction by a foreign person occurs, among other instances, when 
a United States person:
    (a) Alters its operating policies or procedures, or those of a 
foreign affiliate, to permit a foreign affiliate to accept or perform a 
specific contract, engagement or transaction involving Iran or the 
Government of Iran without the approval of the United States person, 
where such transaction previously required approval by the United States 
person and such transaction by the foreign affiliate would be prohibited 
by this part if performed directly by a United States person or from the 
United States;
    (b) Refers to a foreign person purchase orders, requests for bids, 
or similar business opportunities involving Iran or the Government of 
Iran to which the United States person could not directly respond as a 
result of the prohibitions contained in this part; or
    (c) Changes the operating policies and procedures of a particular 
affiliate with the specific purpose of facilitating transactions that 
would be prohibited by this part if performed by a United States person 
or from the United States.

[64 FR 20172, Apr. 26, 1999]