OFAC Adds To Cuba SDN List And Issues Three General Licenses, Including One To Assist With "Wind Down" Foreign Company Connectivity
/United States Department of the Treasury
Washington DC
23 July 2026
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Cuba General License 2, "Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving CEIBA Investments Limited;" Cuba General License 3, "Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Debt or Equity of, or Derivative Contracts Involving, CEIBA Investments Limited;" and Cuba General License 4, "Authorizing Transactions for Third-Country Official Missions in Cuba." Additionally, OFAC has updated the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.
CEIBA INVESTMENTS LIMITED, Les Echelons Court, Les Echelons, St. Peter Port, Channel Islands GY1 1AR, Guernsey; Organization Established Date 10 Oct 1995; Organization Type: Trusts, funds and similar financial entities; Legal Entity Number 213800XGY151JV5B1E88; Registration Number 30083 (Guernsey) [CUBA-EO14404].
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES DEL PETROLEO S.A. (a.k.a. "CEINPET"), Cerro, Cuba; Organization Established Date 02 Jun 2020; Target Type State-Owned Enterprise; Entity Code 14774 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404].
COMERCIALIZADORA DE SERVICIOS MEDICOS CUBANOS SA (a.k.a. "CSMC"; a.k.a. "CUBAN MEDICAL SERVICES MARKETING COMPANY"; a.k.a. "SERVICIOS MEDICOS CUBANOS"; a.k.a. "SMC"), Havana, Cuba; Organization Established Date 11 Oct 2011; Tax ID No. 3000186940 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404].
CORAL MARITIMA S.A., Havana, Cuba; Organization Established Date 2019; Organization Type: Sea and coastal freight water transport; Entity Code 60301 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404] (Linked To: GRUPO EMPRESARIAL DE TRANSPORTE MARITIMO PORTUARIO).
EINARBO S.A., Havana, Cuba; Organization Established Date 19 Feb 2020; Organization Type: Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products; Entity Code 60636 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404].
EMPRESA DE ENERGIA S.A. (a.k.a. "ENERSA"), Havana, Cuba; Organization Established Date 01 Jan 2012; Organization Type: Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products; Entity Code 60600 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404].
GRETZA SANCHEZ PADRON is designated pursuant to Sec. 2(a)(i)(E) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of UCCM, a person proposed for concurrent designation pursuant to E.O. 14404. GRETZA SANCHEZ PADRON is the director of UCCM.
ORBIT S.A., Havana, Cuba; Organization Established Date 02 Mar 2020; Organization Type: Financial and Insurance Activities; Entity Code 60642 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404].
TERMINAL DE CONTENEDORES DE MARIEL S.A. (a.k.a. MARIEL CONTAINER TERMINAL S.A.; a.k.a. TCM S.A.), Vista del Mar, Cuba; Organization Established Date 01 Jun 2011; Organization Type: Cargo handling; Entity Code 60597 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404] (Linked To: GRUPO DE ADMINISTRACION EMPRESARIAL S.A.).
UNIDAD CENTRAL DE COOPERACION MEDICA (a.k.a. "CENTRAL UNIT FOR MEDICAL COOPERATION"; a.k.a. "UCCM"), Marianao, Cuba; Organization Established Date 30 Sep 1984; Entity Code 9809 (Cuba) [CUBA-EO14404].
PORTAL MIRANDA, Jose Angel, Havana, Cuba; DOB 10 Jan 1967; POB Cuba; nationality Cuba; Gender Male; National ID No. 67011009482 (Cuba) (individual) [CUBA-EO14404].
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 2 Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving CEIBA Investments Limited (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14404 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of any transaction involving CEIBA Investments Limited, or any entity in which CEIBA Investments Limited owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August 22, 2026, provided that any payment to a blocked person is made into a blocked interest-bearing account located in the United States. (b) This general license does not authorize any transactions otherwise prohibited by E.O. 14404, including transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. 14404 other than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general license, unless separately authorized.
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3 Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Debt or Equity of, or Derivative Contracts Involving, CEIBA Investments Limited (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14404 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the divestment or transfer, or the facilitation of the divestment or transfer, of debt or equity issued or guaranteed by CEIBA Investments Limited, or any entity in which CEIBA Investments Limited owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, (“Covered Debt or Equity”), to a non-U.S. person are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August 22, 2026. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by E.O. 14404 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to facilitating, clearing, and settling trades of Covered Debt or Equity that were placed prior to 4:00 p.m. eastern daylight time, July 23, 2026, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August 22, 2026. (c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by E.O. 14404 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of derivative contracts entered into prior to 4:00 p.m. eastern daylight time, July 23, 2026 that (i) include a blocked person described in paragraph (a) of this general license as a counterparty or (ii) are linked to Covered Debt or Equity are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August 22, 2026, provided that any payments to a blocked person are made into a blocked interest-bearing account located in the United States. (d) Paragraph (a) of this general license does not authorize: (1) U.S. persons to sell, or to facilitate the sale of, Covered Debt or Equity to, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked; or (2) U.S. persons to purchase or invest in, or to facilitate the purchase of or investment in, directly or indirectly, Covered Debt or Equity, other than purchases of or investments in Covered Debt or Equity ordinarily incident and necessary to the divestment or transfer, or the facilitation of the divestment or transfer, of Covered Debt or Equity as described in paragraph (a) of this general license. (e) This general license does not authorize any transactions otherwise prohibited by E.O. 14404, including transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to E.O. 14404 other than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general license, unless separately authorized.
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 4 Authorizing Transactions for Third-Country Diplomatic and Consular Missions in Cuba (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions involving persons blocked pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14404 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the conduct of the official business of third-country diplomatic or consular missions located in Cuba are authorized. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions involving persons blocked pursuant to E.O. 14404 that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the processing of funds transfers and maintenance of accounts for the personal expenditures of the employees, grantees, and contractors, or persons who share a common dwelling as a family member of such employees, grantees, and contractors, of third-country diplomatic or consular missions are authorized. (c) This general license does not authorize: (1) Financial transfers to any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 14404, other than for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes, fees, or import duties, or the purchase or receipt of permits, licenses, or public utility services for transactions authorized in paragraph (a); or (2) The unblocking of any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to E.O. 14404.
