Rule2022-20418
Publication of Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations Web General License M and Subsequent Iterations
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Published
September 27, 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 general licenses (GLs) issued in the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions program: GLs M, M-1, and M-2, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 58449-58450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20418]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 560
Publication of Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations Web
General License M and Subsequent Iterations
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 general licenses (GLs) issued in the
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions program: GLs M, M-1, and M-2, each
of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.
DATES: GL M-2 was issued on August 25, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION 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
On October 29, 2020, OFAC issued GL M to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Iranian Transaction and
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560. GL M had an expiration date of
September 1, 2021. On August 24, 2021, OFAC issued GL M-1, which
replaced and superseded GL M and had an expiration date of September 1,
2022. On August 25, 2022, OFAC issued GL M-2, which replaced and
superseded GL M-1 and has an expiration date of September 1, 2023. All
three GLs were made available on OFAC's website (<a href="http://www.treas.gov/ofac">www.treas.gov/ofac</a>) at
the time of publication. The text of GLs M, M-1, and M-2 is provided
below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 560
GENERAL LICENSE M
Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Graduate Level Educational
Services and Software
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license,
accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic
institutions located in the United States (collectively, ``U.S.
academic institutions''), including their contractors, are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, September 1,
2021, to engage in the following activities with respect to Iranian
students described in paragraph (b):
(1) Online Educational Services. The provision of online
educational services related to graduate educational courses,
provided that the courses are the equivalent of courses ordinarily
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, or are introductory
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses ordinarily
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, and participation in
all activities related to the provision of such online educational
services to Iranian students described in paragraph (b).
(2) Exportation of Software. The exportation of software to
Iranian students described in paragraph (b) in order to facilitate
participation in the activities authorized in (i) paragraph (a) of
this general license or (ii) paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Iran General
License G, provided such software is designated as EAR99 under the
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774
(EAR), or constitutes information or software not subject to the EAR
pursuant to 15 CFR 734.3(b)(3).
(b) Iranian students referred to in paragraph (a) are
individuals located in Iran, or located outside Iran but who are
ordinarily resident in Iran, who are eligible for non-immigrant
classification under categories F (students) or M (non-academic
students), and have been granted a non-immigrant visa by the U.S.
State Department, but are not physically present in the United
States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(c) This general license does not authorize the exportation or
reexportation of any services or software to the Government of Iran
or any other person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to 31 CFR chapter V.
Note 1 to General License M: The importation from Iran and the
exportation to Iran of information or informational materials, as
defined in 31 CFR 560.315, whether commercial or otherwise,
regardless of format or medium of transmission, are exempt from the
prohibitions of 31 CFR part 560. See 31 CFR 560.210(c).
Note 2 to General License M: U.S. persons are authorized to
engage in the exportation of certain educational services under Iran
General License G, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560, and
to export, reexport, and provide certain services, software, and
hardware incident to personal communications under Iran General
License D-1, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 29, 2020.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 560
GENERAL LICENSE M-1
Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Graduate Level Educational
Services and Software
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license,
accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic
institutions located in the United States (collectively, ``U.S.
academic institutions''), including their contractors, are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, September 1,
2022, to engage in the following activities with respect to Iranian
students described in paragraph (b):
(1) Online Educational Services. The provision of online
educational services related to graduate educational courses,
provided that the courses are the equivalent of courses ordinarily
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the
humanities, social sciences, law, or
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business, or are introductory science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics courses ordinarily required for the completion of
graduate degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, law, or
business, and participation in all activities related to the
provision of such online educational services to Iranian students
described in paragraph (b).
(2) Exportation of Software. The exportation of software to
Iranian students described in paragraph (b) in order to facilitate
participation in the activities authorized in (i) paragraph (a) of
this general license or (ii) paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Iran General
License G, provided such software is designated as EAR99 under the
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774
(EAR), or constitutes information or software not subject to the EAR
pursuant to 15 CFR 734.3(b)(3).
(b) Iranian students referred to in paragraph (a) are
individuals located in Iran, or located outside Iran but who are
ordinarily resident in Iran, who are eligible for non-immigrant
classification under categories F (students) or M (non-academic
students), and have been granted a non-immigrant visa by the U.S.
State Department, but are not physically present in the United
States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(c) This general license does not authorize the exportation or
reexportation of any services or software to the Government of Iran
or any other person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to 31 CFR chapter V.
(d) Effective August 24, 2021, General License M, dated October
29, 2020, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General
License M-1.
Note 1 to General License M-1. The importation from Iran and the
exportation to Iran of information or informational materials, as
defined in 31 CFR 560.315, whether commercial or otherwise,
regardless of format or medium of transmission, are exempt from the
prohibitions of 31 CFR part 560. See 31 CFR 560.210(c).
Note 2 to General License M-1. U.S. persons are authorized to
engage in the exportation of certain educational services under Iran
General License G, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560, and
to export, reexport, and provide certain services, software, and
hardware incident to personal communications under Iran General
License D-1, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560.
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: August 24, 2021.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 560
GENERAL LICENSE M-2
Authorizing the Exportation of Certain Graduate Level Educational
Services and Software
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license,
accredited graduate and undergraduate degree-granting academic
institutions located in the United States (collectively, ``U.S.
academic institutions''), including their contractors, are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, September 1,
2023, to engage in the following activities with respect to Iranian
students described in paragraph (b):
(1) Online Educational Services. The provision of online
educational services related to graduate educational courses,
provided that the courses are the equivalent of courses ordinarily
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, or are introductory
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses ordinarily
required for the completion of graduate degree programs in the
humanities, social sciences, law, or business, and participation in
all activities related to the provision of such online educational
services to Iranian students described in paragraph (b).
(2) Exportation of Software. The exportation of software to
Iranian students described in paragraph (b) in order to facilitate
participation in the activities authorized in (i) paragraph (a) of
this general license or (ii) paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Iran General
License G, provided such software is designated as EAR99 under the
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774
(EAR), or constitutes information or software not subject to the EAR
pursuant to 15 CFR 734.3(b)(3).
(b) Iranian students referred to in paragraph (a) are
individuals located in Iran, or located outside Iran but who are
ordinarily resident in Iran, who are eligible for non-immigrant
classification under categories F (students) or M (non-academic
students), and have been granted a non-immigrant visa by the U.S.
State Department, but are not physically present in the United
States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(c) This general license does not authorize the exportation or
reexportation of any services or software to the Government of Iran
or any other person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to 31 CFR chapter V.
(d) Effective August 25, 2022, General License M-1, dated August
24, 2021, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General
License M-2.
Note 1 to General License M-2. The importation from Iran and the
exportation to Iran of information or informational materials, as
defined in 31 CFR 560.315, whether commercial or otherwise,
regardless of format or medium of transmission, are exempt from the
prohibitions of 31 CFR part 560. See 31 CFR 560.210(c).
Note 2 to General License M-2. U.S. persons are authorized to
engage in the exportation of certain educational services under Iran
General License G, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560, and
to export, reexport, and provide certain services, software, and
hardware incident to personal communications under Iran General
License D-1, which was issued pursuant to 31 CFR part 560.
Bradley T. Smith,
Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: August 25, 2022.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2022-20418 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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