31 CFR § 536.406 - Provision of services.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s536.406"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 536.406 - Provision of services."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "536.406"
section_name: "Provision of services."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "536"
part_name: "NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601 1701 Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12978, 60 FR 54579, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 415; E.O. 13286, 68 FR 10619, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 166."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 9960, Mar. 5, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "536"
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# 536.406 Provision of services.
(a) The prohibitions on transactions contained in § 536.201 apply to services performed in the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, including by a foreign branch of an entity located in the United States:
(1) On behalf of or for the benefit of a specially designated narcotics trafficker; or
(2) With respect to property interests of a specially designated narcotics trafficker.
(b) 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 a specially designated narcotics trafficker.
*See* §§ 536.506 and 536.511 on licensing policy with regard to the provision of certain legal and emergency medical services.
[86 FR 26665, May 17, 2021]