31 CFR § 594.206 - Expenses of maintaining blocked property; liquidation of blocked property.

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title: "31 CFR § 594.206 - Expenses of maintaining blocked property; liquidation of blocked property."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "594.206"
section_name: "Expenses of maintaining blocked property; liquidation of blocked property."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "594"
part_name: "GLOBAL TERRORISM SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
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authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 287c; 22 U.S.C. 9404-9411; 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); Pub. L. 114-102, 129 Stat. 2205, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); Pub. L. 115-348, 132 Stat. 5055 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; E.O. 13268, 67 FR 44751, 3 CFR 2002 Comp., p. 240; E.O. 13284, 68 FR 4075, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 161; E.O. 13372, 70 FR 8499, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 159; E.O. 13886, 84 FR 48041, 3 CFR, 2019 Comp., p. 356."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 34197, June 6, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 594.206 Expenses of maintaining blocked property; liquidation of blocked property.

(a) Except as otherwise authorized, and notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by any international agreement or contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the effective date, all expenses incident to the maintenance of physical property blocked pursuant to § 594.201(a) shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of such property, which expenses shall not be met from blocked funds.

(b) Property blocked pursuant to § 594.201(a) may, in the discretion of the Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, be sold or liquidated and the net proceeds placed in a blocked interest-bearing account in the name of the owner of the property.