(a) General licenses--(1) Authorization to provide travel services. Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are authorized to provide travel services in connection with travel-related transactions involving Cuba authorized pursuant to this part.
(1) Authorization to provide travel services. Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are authorized to provide travel services in connection with travel-related transactions involving Cuba authorized pursuant to this part.
(2) Authorization to provide carrier services. Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are authorized to provide carrier services by aircraft to, from, or within Cuba in connection with travel or transportation to Cuba of persons, baggage, or cargo authorized pursuant to this part.
Note to Sec. 515.572(a)(2):
Carriage to or from Cuba of any item subject to the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.) may also require separate authorization from the Department of Commerce. See Sec. 515.533.
(3) Authorization to provide remittance forwarding services. Banking institutions, as defined in Sec. 515.314, including U.S.-registered brokers or dealers in securities and U.S.-registered money transmitters, are authorized to provide services in connection with the collection or forwarding of remittances authorized pursuant to this part.
Note to Sec. 515.572(a):
Section 515.564 authorizes employees, officials, consultants, or agents of persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction providing travel or carrier services or remittance forwarding services authorized pursuant to this part to engage in the travel-related transactions set forth in Sec. 515.560(c) and such additional transactions as are directly incident to travel to Cuba for professional meetings in Cuba, such as those related to safety and security of flights to and from Cuba, or necessary to arrange for travel or carrier services or remittance forwarding to Cuba.
(b) Required reports and recordkeeping. (1) Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction providing services authorized pursuant to this section must retain for at least five years from the date of the transaction a certification from each customer indicating the section of this part that authorizes the person to travel or send remittances to Cuba. In the case of a customer traveling under a specific license, a copy of the license must be maintained on file with the person subject to U.S. jurisdiction providing services authorized pursuant to this section.
(1) Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction providing services authorized pursuant to this section must retain for at least five years from the date of the transaction a certification from each customer indicating the section of this part that authorizes the person to travel or send remittances to Cuba. In the case of a customer traveling under a specific license, a copy of the license must be maintained on file with the person subject to U.S. jurisdiction providing services authorized pursuant to this section.
(2) The names and addresses of individual travelers or remitters, the number and amount of each remittance, and the name and address of each recipient, as applicable, must be retained on file with all other information required by Sec. 501.601 of this chapter. These records must be furnished to the Office of Foreign Assets Control on demand pursuant to Sec. 501.602 of this chapter.
(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis authorizing the provision of travel-, carrier-, or remittance forwarding-services other than those authorized by paragraph (a) of this section, including the transportation of authorized travelers by vessels. [80 FR 2299, Jan. 16, 2015]