Rule2022-16784
Publication of Covid-Related Web General Licenses Related to Syria Sanctions Regulations, Iran Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, and Venezuela Sanctions Regulations
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August 5, 2022
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Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office
Abstract
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing three web general licenses (GLs) issued in the Syria Sanctions Regulations, Iran Transactions and Sanctions Regulations and Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, and Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, respectively: Syria GL 21A, Iran GL N-1, and Venezuela GL 39A, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website and expires on June 17, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47932-47935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16784]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Parts 542, 560, 591, and 594
Publication of Covid-Related Web General Licenses Related to
Syria Sanctions Regulations, Iran Transactions and Sanctions
Regulations, Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, and Venezuela
Sanctions Regulations
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 three web general licenses (GLs) issued in
the Syria Sanctions Regulations, Iran Transactions and Sanctions
Regulations and Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, and Venezuela
Sanctions
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Regulations, respectively: Syria GL 21A, Iran GL N-1, and Venezuela GL
39A, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website and
expires on June 17, 2023.
DATES: Syria GL 21A, Iran GL N-1, and Venezuela GL 39A, were each
issued on June 10, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this rule 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.treasury.gov/ofac">www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>.
Background
On June 10, 2022, OFAC issued Syria GL 21A, Iran GL N-1, and
Venezuela GL 39A to extend the authorization for certain transactions
otherwise prohibited by, respectively: the Syria Sanctions Regulations,
31 CFR part 542; the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31
CFR parts 560, and the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR
part 594; and the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 591. At
the time of issuance, OFAC made Syria GL 21A, Iran GL N-1, and
Venezuela GL 39A, each of which has an expiration date of June 17,
2023, available on its website (<a href="http://www.treas.gov/ofac">www.treas.gov/ofac</a>). The texts of the
following three GLs are provided below:
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Syrian Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 542
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 21A
Authorizing Certain Activities To Respond to the Coronavirus Disease
2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
(a) Authorizing certain COVID-19-related transactions prohibited by
the Syrian Sanctions Regulations. Except as provided in paragraph (b)
of this general license, the following transactions and activities that
are prohibited by the Syrian Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 542
(SySR), are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, June
17, 2023:
(1) Exportation of services related to COVID-19. All transactions
and activities related to the exportation, reexportation, sale, or
supply, directly or indirectly, of services to Syria that are related
to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID-19 (including
research or clinical studies relating to COVID-19); and
(2) COVID-19-related transactions involving certain blocked
persons. All transactions and activities involving the Government of
Syria, Polymedics LLC, Letia Company, or any entity in which Polymedics
LLC or Letia Company owns, whether individually or in the aggregate,
directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, that are
related to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID-19
(including research or clinical studies relating to COVID-19), provided
that any exportation or reexportation of items to Syria must be
licensed or otherwise authorized by the Department of Commerce.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The exportation or reexportation of any goods, technology, or
services to military, intelligence, or law enforcement purchasers or
importers;
(2) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to any part of
31 CFR chapter V; or
(3) Any transactions or activities otherwise prohibited by the
SySR, or prohibited by any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, statute, or
Executive order, or involving any blocked persons other than the
blocked persons identified in paragraph (a) of this general license.
(c) Effective June 17, 2022, General License 21, dated June 17,
2021, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General
License 21A.
Note 1 to General License 21A. Nothing in this general license
relieves any person from compliance with the requirements of other
Federal agencies, including the Department of Commerce's Bureau of
Industry and Security or the Department of State's Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: June 10, 2022.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 560
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 594
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit,
Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism, as Amended
GENERAL LICENSE N-1
Authorizing Certain Activities To Respond to the Coronavirus Disease
2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
(a) Authorizing certain COVID-19-related transactions prohibited by
the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations. Except as provided
in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this general license, the following
transactions and activities that are prohibited by the Iranian
Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560 (ITSR), are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, June 17, 2023:
(1) Exportation of goods or technology. All transactions and
activities related to the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply,
directly or indirectly, of goods or technology for use in connection
with the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID-19 (including
research or clinical studies related to COVID-19) to Iran or the
Government of Iran, or to persons in third countries purchasing
specifically for resale to Iran or the Government of Iran;
(2) Importation of or dealings in certain COVID-19-related goods.
All transactions and activities related to the importation into the
United States of, or dealings in or related to, goods that previously
were exported or reexported to Iran or the Government of Iran pursuant
to this general license and that are broken, defective, or non-
operational, or are connected to product recalls, adverse events, or
other safety concerns, or for routine maintenance or the permanent
return of such items to the United States or a third country; and
(3) Exportation or importation of services. All transactions and
activities related to the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply,
directly or indirectly, of services to Iran or the Government of Iran,
or the importation into the United States of, or dealings in or related
to, Iranian-origin services, in each case that are related to the
prevention, diagnosis,
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or treatment of COVID-19 (including research or clinical studies
relating to COVID-19).
(b) Authorizing certain transactions involving the Central Bank of
Iran (CBI) or the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). Except as
provided in paragraph (e) of this general license, all transactions and
activities described in paragraph (a) of this general license involving
CBI, NIOC, or any entity in which NIOC owns, directly or indirectly, a
50 percent or greater interest, that are prohibited by the ITSR, the
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (GTSR), or
Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended, are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, June 17, 2023.
(c) Authorizing certain financial transactions. Except as provided
in paragraph (e) of this general license, the processing of funds
transfers or trade finance transactions that are ordinarily incident
and necessary to give effect to the transactions and activities
authorized in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this general license that are
prohibited by the ITSR, GTSR, or E.O. 13224, as amended, are authorized
through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, June 17, 2023.
(d) Any exportation or reexportation of goods or technology
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this general license is subject to the
following conditions:
(1) Any goods or technology exported or reexported must:
(i) Be designated as EAR99 under the Export Administration
Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 (EAR); or
(ii) In the case of goods or technology that are not subject to the
EAR, not be listed on any multilateral export control regime; and
(2) All exports or reexports made pursuant to this general license
must be concluded prior to the expiration date of this general license.
(e) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The exportation or reexportation of goods or technology to CBI,
NIOC, or any entity in which NIOC owns, directly or indirectly, a 50
percent or greater interest;
(2) The exportation or reexportation of any goods, technology, or
services to military, intelligence, or law enforcement purchasers or
importers;
(3) The exportation or reexportation of any goods, technology, or
services used to facilitate the development or production of a chemical
or biological weapon or weapon of mass destruction;
(4) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to any part of
31 CFR chapter V; or
(5) Any transactions or activities otherwise prohibited by the
ITSR, the GTSR, or E.O. 13224, as amended, or prohibited by any other
part of 31 CFR chapter V, or involving any person blocked pursuant to
the GTSR or E.O. 13224, as amended, except as identified in paragraph
(b) of this general license.
(f) Effective June 17, 2022, General License N, dated June 17,
2021, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General
License N-1.
Note 1 to General License N-1. The export or reexport to Iran
of certain food, medicine, medical devices, and agricultural
commodities, as well as certain related transactions such as
payments and brokering, are broadly authorized under sections
560.530, 560.532, and 560.533 of the ITSR, subject to certain
conditions. In addition, transactions or activities authorized under
those provisions that involve CBI, NIOC, or any entity in which NIOC
owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, are
also authorized pursuant to Counter Terrorism- and Iran-related
General License No. 8A. Those authorizations remain in effect,
including with respect to exports or reexports of food, medicine,
medical devices, and agricultural commodities intended to respond to
the COVID-19 pandemic that satisfy the applicable criteria of those
authorizations.
Note 2 to General License N-1. Nothing in this general license
relieves any person from compliance with the requirements of other
Federal agencies, including the Department of Commerce's Bureau of
Industry and Security or the Department of State's Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: June 10, 2022.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 591
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 39A
Authorizing Certain Activities To Respond to the Coronavirus Disease
2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
(a) Authorizing certain COVID-19-related transactions involving the
Government of Venezuela. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this
general license, all transactions and activities involving the
Government of Venezuela that are related to the prevention, diagnosis,
or treatment of COVID-19 (including research or clinical studies
relating to COVID-19), that are prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.)
13808 of August 27, 2017, as amended by E.O. 13857 of January 25, 2019,
or E.O. 13884 of August 5, 2019, each as incorporated into the
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the VSR), are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, June 17, 2023.
(b) Authorizing certain COVID-19-related transactions involving
certain banks. Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general
license, all transactions and activities described in paragraph (a) of
this general license involving Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV), Banco
de Venezuela, S.A. Banco Universal (Banco de Venezuela), Banco
Bicentenario del Pueblo, de la Clase Obrera, Mujer y Comunas, Banco
Universal C.A. (Banco Bicentenario del Pueblo), or any entity in which
BCV, Banco de Venezuela, or Banco Bicentenario del Pueblo owns, whether
individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent
or greater interest, that are prohibited by E.O. 13850 of November 1,
2018, as amended by E.O. 13857, each as incorporated into the VSR, are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, June 17, 2023.
(c) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The exportation or reexportation of any goods, technology, or
services to military, intelligence, or law enforcement purchasers or
importers;
(2) Any transactions or activities involving Petr[oacute]leos de
Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), Banco de Desarrollo Economico y Social de
Venezuela (BANDES), or Banco Bandes Uruguay S.A. (Bandes Uruguay), or
any entity in which PdVSA, BANDES, or Bandes Uruguay owns, whether
individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent
or greater interest;
(3) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to any part of
31 CFR chapter V; or
(4) Any transactions or activities otherwise prohibited by the VSR,
or prohibited by any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, statute, or other
E.O., or involving any blocked persons other than Government of
Venezuela persons blocked solely pursuant to E.O. 13884 or the blocked
persons identified in paragraph (b) of this general license.
(d) Effective June 17, 2022, General License 39, dated June 17,
2021, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General
License 39A.
Note 1 to General License 39A. Nothing in this general license
relieves any person from compliance with the requirements of other
Federal agencies, including the Department of Commerce's Bureau of
Industry and Security or the Department of State's Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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Dated: June 10, 2022.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2022-16784 Filed 8-4-22; 8:45 am]
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