31 CFR §515.563
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- (a)General license. The travel-related transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and such additional transactions as are directly incident to journalistic activities in Cuba are authorized, provided that:
- (1)The traveler is at least one of the following:
- (i)Regularly employed as a journalist by a news reporting organization;
- (ii)Regularly employed as supporting broadcast or technical personnel;
- (iii)A freelance journalist with a record of previous journalistic experience working on a freelance journalistic project; or
- (iv)Broadcast or technical personnel with a record of previous broadcast or technical experience, who are supporting a freelance journalist working on a freelance journalistic project; and
- (2)The traveler's schedule of activities does not include free time or recreation in excess of that consistent with a full-time schedule.
- (1)The traveler is at least one of the following:
- (b)An entire group does not qualify for the general license in paragraph (a) of this section merely because some members of the group qualify individually.
- (c)Certain travel-related transactions restricted. Nothing in paragraph (a) of this section authorizes the lodging, paying for lodging, or making any reservation for or on behalf of a third party to lodge, at any property on the Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List to the extent prohibited by § 515.210.
- (d)Specific licenses. Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis authorizing the travel-related transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and such other transactions as are related to journalistic activity in Cuba that do not qualify for the general license under paragraph (a) of this section.