Rule2026-09084
Publication of a Belarus Sanctions Regulations Web General License
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Published
May 7, 2026
Issuing agencies
Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office
Abstract
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing a general license (GL) issued pursuant to the Belarus Sanctions Regulations: GL 14. This GL was previously made available on OFAC's website.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24714-24715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09084]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 548
Publication of a Belarus Sanctions Regulations Web General
License
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 a general license (GL) issued pursuant to
the Belarus Sanctions Regulations: GL 14. This GL was previously made
available on OFAC's website.
DATES: GL 14 was issued on March 26, 2026. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, 202-622-4855; or <a href="https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac">https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac</a>.
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 March 26, 2026, OFAC issued GL 14 to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Belarus Sanctions Regulations,
31 CFR part 548. GL 14 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
Belarus Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 548
General License No. 14
Authorizing Transactions Involving Belarussian Bank of Development and
Reconstruction Belinvestbank Joint Stock Company and Certain Additional
Entities
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by the Belarus Sanctions Regulations, 31
CFR part 548 (BSR), involving the following entities are authorized:
(1) Belarussian Bank of Development and Reconstruction
Belinvestbank Joint Stock Company;
(2) Limited Liability Company Belinvest-Engineering;
(3) CJSC Belbizneslizing; 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) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to any part of
31 CFR chapter V; or
(2) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the BSR, including
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transactions involving the property or interests in property of any
person blocked pursuant to the BSR other than the blocked persons
described in paragraph (a) of this general license, unless separately
authorized.
Dated: March 26, 2026.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2026-09084 Filed 5-6-26; 8:45 am]
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