As used in § 515.208, the term confiscated refers to:
(a) The nationalization, expropriation, or other seizure by the Cuban Government of ownership or control of property, on or after January 1, 1959:
(1) Without the property having been returned or adequate and effective compensation provided; or
(2) Without the claim to the property having been settled pursuant to an international claims settlement agreement or other mutually accepted settlement procedure; and
(b) The repudiation by the Cuban Government of, the default by the Cuban Government on, or the failure of the Cuban Government to pay, on or after January 1, 1959:
(1) A debt of any enterprise which has been nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise taken by the Cuban Government;
(2) A debt which is a charge on property nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise taken by the Cuban Government; or
(3) A debt which was incurred by the Cuban Government in satisfaction or settlement of a confiscated property claim.
[61 FR 37386, July 18, 1996]