What does the Specific License imply about transaction approval?

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A specific license means approvals are given for individual transactions after review, not automatically or for every case. This kind of license is issued for a particular transaction or narrowly defined activity, and the regulator examines the details—such as the parties involved, the purpose, and the expected outcome—before deciding whether to authorize it. Because the decision rests on the specifics of that case, you can’t treat it as a blanket permission or assume it covers all future transactions. It also isn’t automatically denied; a license is granted only after the regulator determines that the transaction complies with sanctions or regulatory requirements. So the key idea is that a specific license is a case-by-case authorization for a defined transaction.