§ 542.405 - Exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply of services; provision and receipt of services.

§ 542.405 Exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply of services; provision and receipt of services.

(a) The prohibition on the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply of services contained in § 542.207 applies to services performed on behalf of a person in Syria or the Government of Syria or where the benefit of such services is otherwise received in Syria, if such services are performed:

(1) In the United States; or

(2) Outside the United States by a United States person.

(b) The benefit of services performed anywhere in the world on behalf of the Government of Syria is presumed to be received in Syria.

(c) The prohibitions contained in § 542.201 apply to services performed in the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located:

(1) On behalf of or for the benefit of the Government of Syria or any other person in whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 542.201; or

(2) With respect to property interests of the Government of Syria or any other person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 542.201.

(d) The prohibitions on transactions contained in § 542.201 apply to services received in the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, where the service is performed by, or at the direction of, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 542.201.

(e)

(1) For example, U.S. persons may not, except as authorized by or pursuant to this part, provide legal, accounting, financial, brokering, freight forwarding, transportation, public relations, or other services to any person in Syria or to the Government of Syria or to any other person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 542.201 or negotiate or enter into contracts signed by a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 542.201.

(2) For example, a U.S. person is engaged in a prohibited exportation of services to Syria when it extends credit to a third-country firm specifically to enable that firm to manufacture goods for sale to Syria or the Government of Syria.

Note 1 to § 542.405.

See §§ 542.507 and 542.531 for general licenses authorizing the provision of certain legal and emergency medical services.

[79 FR 25416, May 2, 2014, as amended at 89 FR 48319, June 6, 2024]