[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR536.205]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 536_NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING SANCTIONS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Prohibitions
 
Sec. 536.205  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 country of information or 
informational materials as defined in Sec. 536.306, 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 by a U.S. 
person. Such prohibited transactions include, without limitation, 
payment of advances for informational materials not yet created and 
completed, 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 a specially designated narcotics 
trafficker with respect to income received for enhancements or 
alterations made by U.S. persons to information or informational 
materials imported from a specially designated narcotics trafficker.
    (3) This section does not authorize transactions incident to the 
exportation of technology that is not informational material as defined 
in Sec. 536.306(b)(1) or incident to the exportation of goods for use 
in the transmission of any information.
    (c) Travel. The prohibitions contained in this part do not apply to 
transactions ordinarily incident to travel to

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or from any country, including 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. Any transactions entered into by a specially 
designated narcotics trafficker while traveling in the United States 
that are outside the scope of those set forth in this paragraph are in 
violation of Sec. 536.201.