Rule2023-23918
Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations Web General License 73
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Published
November 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office
Abstract
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing one general license (GL) issued pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 73, which was previously made available on OFAC's website.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 76665-76666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23918]
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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 License 73
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of a Web General License.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one general license (GL) issued pursuant
to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 73,
which was previously made available on OFAC's website.
DATES: GL 73 was issued on October 12, 2023. 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 Compliance, 202-622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC's website: <a href="https://ofac.treasury.gov">https://ofac.treasury.gov</a>.
Background
On October 12, 2023, OFAC issued GL 73 to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign
Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. GL 73 was made
available on OFAC's website (<a href="https://ofac.treasury.gov">https://ofac.treasury.gov</a>) when it was
issued. The text of this GL is provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 73
Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions Involving
Certain Persons or Vessels
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are
ordinarily incident and necessary to one of the following activities
involving the blocked persons or vessels described in paragraph (b) are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time, January 8, 2024,
provided that any payment to a blocked person must be made into a
blocked account in accordance with the Russian Harmful Foreign
Activities Sanctions Regulations (RuHSR):
(1) The safe docking and anchoring of any of the blocked vessels
listed in paragraph (b) of this general license (``blocked vessels'')
in port;
(2) The preservation of the health or safety of the crew of any of
the blocked vessels; or
(3) Emergency repairs of any of the blocked vessels or
environmental mitigation or protection activities relating to any of
the blocked vessels.
(b) The authorization in paragraph (a) of this general license
applies to the following blocked persons and vessels listed on the
Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons List and any entity in which any of the following
persons own, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate,
a 50 percent or greater interest:
(1) Ice Pearl Navigation Corp (registered owner of YASA GOLDEN
BOSPHORUS, IMO 9334038); or
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(2) Lumber Marine SA (registered owner of SCF PRIMORYE, IMO
9421960).
(c) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The entry into any new commercial contracts involving the
property or interests in property of any blocked persons, including the
blocked entities and vessels described in paragraph (b) of this general
license, except as authorized by paragraph (a);
(2) The offloading of any cargo onboard any of the blocked vessels,
including the offloading of crude oil or petroleum products of Russian
Federation origin, except for the offloading of cargo that is
ordinarily incident and necessary to address vessel emergencies
authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) of this general license;
(3) Any transactions related to the sale of crude oil or petroleum
products of Russian Federation origin;
(4) 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;
(5) 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
(6) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR, including
transactions involving the property or interests in property of any
person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, other than transactions involving
the blocked persons or vessels in paragraph (b) of this general
license, unless separately authorized.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 12, 2023.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2023-23918 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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