31 CFR § 553.303 - Effective date.

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title: "31 CFR § 553.303 - Effective date."
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title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "553.303"
section_name: "Effective date."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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# 553.303 Effective date.

(a) The term *effective date* refers to the effective date of the applicable prohibitions and directives contained in this part as follows:

(1) With respect to a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 533.201(a)(1), 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, May 13, 2014; and

(2) With respect to a person whose property and interests in property are otherwise blocked pursuant to § 553.201, the earlier of the date of actual or constructive notice that such person's property and interests in property are blocked.

(b) For the purposes of this section, *constructive notice* is the date that a notice of the blocking of the relevant person's property and interests in property is published in the *Federal Register*.