Rule2022-12004
Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations Web General Licenses 25A, 33, 34, and 35
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Published
June 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office
Abstract
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35, each of which was previously issued on OFAC's website.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34169-34170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12004]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 587
Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations Web General Licenses 25A, 33, 34, and 35
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of Web General Licenses.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued
pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations: GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35, each of which was
previously issued on OFAC's website.
DATES: GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35 were each issued on May 8, 2022.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this publication for additional
relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for
Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs,
202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, 202-622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC's website: <a href="http://www.treas.gov/ofac">www.treas.gov/ofac</a>.
Background
OFAC issued GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35 on May 8, 2022 on its
website to authorize certain transactions otherwise prohibited by the
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part
587. GL 25A does not contain an expiration date. GL 33 expires at 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, June 7, 2022. GL 34 expires at 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time, July 7, 2022. GL 35 expires at 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time, August 20, 2022. The texts of GLs 25A, 33, 34,
and 35 are provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part
587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25A
Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Certain
Internet-Based Communications
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or
transmission of telecommunications involving the Russian Federation
that are prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license,
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever
located, to the Russian Federation of services, software, hardware, or
technology incident to the exchange of communications over the
internet, such as instant messaging, videoconferencing, chat and email,
social networking, sharing of photos, movies, and documents, web
browsing, blogging, web hosting, and domain name registration services,
that is prohibited by the RuHSR, is authorized.
(c) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The opening or maintaining of a correspondent account or
payable-through account for or on behalf of any entity subject to
Directive 2 under Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, Prohibitions Related to
Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of
Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
(2) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial
institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National
Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of
the Russian Federation;
(3) Any transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068; or
(4) Any transactions involving Joint Stock Company Channel One
Russia, Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting Company, or Television
Station Russia-1, unless separately authorized.
(d) Effective May 8, 2022, General License No. 25, dated April 7,
2022, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General
License No. 25A.
Note to General License No. 25A. Nothing in this general license
relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or
requirements of other Federal agencies, including export, reexport, and
transfer (in-country) licensing requirements maintained by the
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security under the
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730-774.
Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022
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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part
587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 33
Authorizing the Wind Down of Operations or Existing Contracts Involving
Certain Blocked Entities
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of
operations, contracts, or other agreements involving one or more of the
following blocked persons that were in effect prior to May 8, 2022, and
that are prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, are authorized
through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, June 7, 2022, provided that
any payment to a blocked person must be made into a blocked account
located in the United States in accordance with the Russian Harmful
Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR):
(1) Joint Stock Company Channel One Russia;
(2) Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting Company;
(3) Television Station Russia-1; or
(4) Any entity in which one or more of the above persons own,
directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent
or greater interest.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial
Institutions;
(2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Transactions Involving the Central Bank of the
Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation,
and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation; or
(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR, including
transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other
than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general
license, unless separately authorized.
Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part
587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 34
Authorizing the Wind Down of Accounting, Trust and Corporate Formation,
and Management Consulting Services
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of
the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person,
wherever located, of accounting, trust and corporate formation, or
management consulting services to any person located in the Russian
Federation that are prohibited by section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order
14071 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 7,
2022.
(b) This general license does not authorize any transactions
otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), including transactions
involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, unless separately
authorized.
Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part
587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 35
Authorizing Transactions Involving Credit Rating and Auditing Services
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the exportation,
reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United
States, or by a United States person, wherever located, of credit
rating or auditing services to any person located in the Russian
Federation that are prohibited by section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order
14071 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August
20, 2022.
(b) This general license does not authorize any transactions
otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), including transactions
involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, unless separately
authorized.
Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2022-12004 Filed 6-3-22; 8:45 am]
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