[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: 31CFR538.211]

[Page 698-699]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
 CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 538_SUDANESE SANCTIONS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Prohibitions
 
Sec. 538.211  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) Humanitarian donations. The prohibitions of this part do not 
apply to donations by United States persons of articles, such as food, 
clothing, and medicine, intended to be used to relieve human suffering.
    (c) 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. 538.306, 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. 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 the Government of Sudan or a person in Sudan with respect 
to income received for enhancements or alterations made by U.S. persons 
to information or informational materials imported from the Government 
of Sudan or a person in Sudan.
    (3) This section does not authorize transactions incident to the 
exportation of software subject to the Export Administration 
Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730-774, or to the exportation of goods, 
technology or software for use in the transmission of any data. The 
exportation of such items to the Government of Sudan or to Sudan is 
prohibited, as provided in Sec. Sec. 538.201 and 538.205.
    (d) 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.
    (e) Official business. The prohibitions contained in this part do 
not apply to transactions for the conduct of the official business of 
the Federal Government or the United Nations by employees thereof.
    (f) Journalistic activity. The prohibitions contained in this part 
do not apply to transactions in Sudan for

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journalistic activity by persons regularly employed in such capacity by 
a news-gathering organization.

[63 FR 35810, July 1, 1998, as amended at 66 FR 36688, July 12, 2001]