1963 · OFAC REGULATION

Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR)

· In force

Comprehensive Treasury regulations issued under Section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act that blocked Cuban assets in the United States, prohibited most transactions between U.S. persons and Cuba, and made the 1962 embargo operational through a licensing regime.

Citation: 31 CFR Part 515; 28 FR 6974
Authority: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control

The CACR remain the core regulatory instrument of the embargo. They have been amended dozens of times to ease or tighten restrictions on travel, remittances, trade, banking, and other transactions.

Topics

Trade
Finance
Banking
Property

Sources

31 CFR Part 515 — Cuban Assets Control Regulations (current text) — eCFR (primary)
Cuba Sanctions — Sanctions Programs and Country Information — OFAC

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