Notice2021-18852
Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures for Exportation of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, and Medical Devices to Sudan and Iran; Comment Request
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September 1, 2021
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Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office
Abstract
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is soliciting comments on the effectiveness of OFAC's licensing procedures for the exportation of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and Iran for the time period between October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2018. Pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, OFAC is required to submit a biennial report to the Congress on the operation of licensing procedures for such exports.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 167 (Wednesday, September 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49093-49094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18852]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
[Docket Number OFAC-2021-0003]
Effectiveness of Licensing Procedures for Exportation of
Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, and Medical Devices to Sudan and
Iran; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is soliciting comments on the effectiveness of OFAC's
licensing procedures for the exportation of agricultural commodities,
medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and Iran for the time period
between October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2018. Pursuant to the Trade
Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, OFAC is required
to submit a biennial report to the Congress on the operation of
licensing procedures for such exports.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before October 1,
2021, to be assured of consideration for the report.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94dbd2d5d7e6f1e4fbe6e0d4e0e6f1f5e7e1e6edbaf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d424b4c4e7f687d627f794d797f686c7e787f74236a627b">[email protected]</span></a> with Attn: Request for Comments
(TSRA).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and refer to Docket number OFAC-2021-0003. All comments, including
attachments and other supporting materials, will become part of the
public record and subject to public disclosure. Sensitive personal
information, such as account numbers or Social Security numbers, should
not be included. Comments generally will not be edited to remove any
identifying or contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
about these licensing procedures should be directed to the Assistant
Director for Licensing, 202-622-2480. Additional information about
these licensing procedures is also available at <a href="http://www.treasury.gov/tsra">www.treasury.gov/tsra</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The current procedures used by OFAC pursuant
to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (Title
IX of Pub. L. 106-387, 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) (the ``Act'') for
authorizing the export and reexport of agricultural commodities,
medicine, and medical devices to Iran are set forth in 31 CFR 560.530,
560.532, and 560.533. Between October 22, 2012, and December 23, 2016,
OFAC issued a series of general licenses and published amendments to
the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560, to
expand the scope of these authorizations and to issue new or expanded
authorizations, including authorizations related to training,
replacement parts, software, and services for the operation,
maintenance, and repair of medical devices, and items that are broken
or connected to product recalls or other safety concerns to Iran. See
31 CFR 560.530(a)(2) through (6). Accordingly, specific licenses are no
longer required for these exports and related activities.
Effective October 12, 2017, sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order
(E.O.) 13067 of November 3, 1997, ``Blocking Sudanese Government
Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Sudan'' (62 FR 59989,
November 5, 1997), and E.O. 13412 of October 13, 2006, ``Blocking
Property of and Prohibiting Transactions With the Government of Sudan''
(71 FR 61369, October 17, 2006), were revoked, pursuant to E.O. 13761
of January 13, 2017, ``Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government
of Sudan and Providing for the Revocation of Certain Sudan-Related
Sanctions'' (82 FR 5331, January 18, 2017), as amended by E.O. 13804 of
July 11, 2017, ``Allowing Additional Time for Recognizing Positive
Actions by the Government of Sudan and Amending Executive Order 13761''
(82 FR 32611, July 14, 2017). As a result of the revocation of these
sanctions provisions, U.S. persons are no longer prohibited from
engaging in transactions that were previously prohibited under these
provisions, and the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 538,
were revoked (83 FR 30539, June 29, 2018). However, pursuant to the
Act, an OFAC license was required for exports and reexports to the
Government of Sudan or any other entity in Sudan of agricultural
commodities, medicine, and medical devices prior to the Secretary of
State's December 14, 2020, recission of the designation of Sudan as a
State Sponsor of Terrorism (85 FR 82565, December 18, 2020).
Under the provisions of section 906(c) of the Act, OFAC must submit
a biennial report to the Congress on the operation, during the
preceding two-year period, of the licensing procedures required by
section 906 of the Act for the export of agricultural commodities,
medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and Iran. This report is to
include:
(1) The number and types of licenses applied for;
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(2) The number and types of licenses approved;
(3) The average amount of time elapsed from the date of filing of a
license application until the date of its approval;
(4) The extent to which the licensing procedures were effectively
implemented; and
(5) A description of comments received from interested parties
about the extent to which the licensing procedures were effective,
after holding a public 30-day comment period.
This document solicits comments from interested parties regarding
the effectiveness of OFAC's licensing procedures for the export of
agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and
Iran for the time period between October 1, 2016 and September 30,
2018. Interested parties submitting comments are asked to be as
specific as possible. In the interest of accuracy and completeness,
OFAC requires written comments. All comments received on or before
October 1, 2021, will be considered by OFAC in developing the report to
the Congress. Consideration of comments received after the end of the
comment period cannot be assured.
All comments made will be a matter of public record. OFAC therefore
will neither accept nor consider comments accompanied by a request that
part or all of the comments be treated confidentially because of their
business proprietary nature or for any other reason. Copies of past
biennial reports may be obtained from OFAC's website: <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/tsra.pdf">https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/tsra.pdf</a>.
Dated: August 27, 2021.
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2021-18852 Filed 8-31-21; 8:45 am]
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