[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: 31CFR586.206]

[Page 859-860]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 586--FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA & MONTENEGRO) KOSOVO SANCTIONS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Prohibitions
 
Sec. 586.206  Exempt transactions.

    (a) Personal communications. The prohibitions contained in this part 
do not apply to any postal, telegraphic, telephonic, or other personal 
communication, which does not involve the transfer of anything of value.
    (b) Information and informational materials. (1) The importation 
from any country and the exportation to any

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country of information or informational materials as defined in 
Sec. 586.309, whether commercial or otherwise, regardless of format or 
medium of transmission, are exempt from the prohibitions and regulations 
of this part.
    (2) This section does not authorize transactions related to 
information and informational materials not fully created and in 
existence at the date of the transactions, or to the substantive or 
artistic alteration or enhancement of informational materials, or to the 
provision of marketing and business consulting services. Such prohibited 
transactions include, but are not limited to, payment of advances for 
information and informational materials not yet created and completed 
(with the exception of prepaid subscriptions for widely circulated 
magazines and other periodical publications), provision of services to 
market, produce or co-produce, create or assist in the creation of 
information and informational materials, and payment of royalties to 
persons whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Sec. 586.201 with respect to income received for enhancements or 
alterations made by U.S. persons to information or informational 
materials imported from persons whose property and property interests 
are blocked pursuant to Sec. 586.201.
    (3) This section does not exempt or authorize transactions incident 
to the exportation f software subject to the Export Administration 
Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730-774, or to the exportation of goods, 
technology or software, or to the sale or leasing of telecommunications 
transmission facilities (such as satellite links or dedicated lines) for 
use in the transmission of any data. The exportation of such items or 
services and the sale or leasing of such facilities to a person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Sec. 586.201 
is prohibited.
    (c) Travel. The prohibitions contained in this part do not apply to 
transactions ordinarily incident to travel to or from any country, 
including exportation or importation of accompanied baggage for personal 
use, maintenance within any country including payment of living expenses 
and acquisition of goods or services for personal use, and arrangement 
or facilitation of such travel including non-scheduled air, sea, or land 
voyages.
    (d) Journalistic activity. The prohibitions contained in this part 
do not apply to transactions in the FRY (S&M) for journalistic activity 
by persons regularly employed in such capacity by a news-gathering 
organization.
    (e) Humanitarian donations. The prohibitions of this part do not 
apply to donations by U.S. persons of articles, such as food, clothing, 
and medicine, intended to be used to relieve human suffering.