31 CFR § 562.305 - Licenses; general and specific.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s562.305"
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title: "31 CFR § 562.305 - Licenses; general and specific."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "562.305"
section_name: "Licenses; general and specific."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "562"
part_name: "IRANIAN SECTOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 8501-8551; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 12957, 60 FR 14615, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 332; E.O. 13553, 75 FR 60567, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 253; E.O. 13871, 84 FR 20761, 3 CFR, 2019 Comp., p. 308."
regulatory_source: "76 FR 7695, Feb. 11, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
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# 562.305 Licenses; general and specific.

(a) Except as otherwise specified, the term *license* means any license or authorization contained in or issued pursuant to this part.

(b) The term *general license* means any license or authorization the terms of which are set forth in subpart E of this part.

(c) The term *specific license* means any license or authorization not set forth in subpart E of this part but issued pursuant to this part.

*See* § 501.801 of this chapter on licensing procedures.