31 CFR § 544.405 - Provision of services.

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title: "31 CFR § 544.405 - Provision of services."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "544.405"
section_name: "Provision of services."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "544"
part_name: "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATORS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
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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. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13094, 63 FR 40803, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 200; E.O. 13382, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 170."
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# 544.405 Provision of services.

(a) Except as provided in § 544.206, the prohibitions on transactions involving blocked property contained in § 544.201 apply to services performed in the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, including by an overseas branch of an entity located in the United States:

(1) On behalf of or for the benefit of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a); or

(2) With respect to property interests subject to § 544.201.

(b) *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 person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a).

See §§ 544.507 and 544.508 on licensing policy with regard to the provision of certain legal and medical services.