Unblocking of Specially Designated National Pursuant to Executive Order 13219, as Amended, 12801-12802 [E8-4617]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
• Office of Foreign Assets Control
• Foreign Assets Control Office

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 47 (Monday, March 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12801-12802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4617]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated National Pursuant to Executive 
Order 13219, as Amended

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the name of an entity whose property and 
interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 
13219 of June 26, 2001, Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten 
International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans, as amended 
by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, Termination of Emergencies 
With Respect to Yugoslavia and Modification of Executive Order 13219 of 
June 26, 2001.

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DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of the entity 
identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were 
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, as amended, 
is effective on March 4, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622-
0077.

Background

    On June 27, 2001, the President, invoking the authority, inter 
alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), issued Executive Order 13219 (``E.O. 13219''). 
In E.O. 13219, the President declared a national emergency to deal with 
the threat posed by extremist violence in the Western Balkans and acts 
intended to obstruct implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 in Kosovo.
    On May 28, 2003, the President issued Executive Order 13304 (``E.O. 
13304''), terminating the national emergencies declared in Executive 
Order 12808 of May 30, 1992, and Executive Order 13088 of June 9, 1998, 
with respect to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 
revoking those and related executive orders, and taking additional 
steps with regard to the national emergency declared in E.O. 13219.
    Section 1 of E.O. 13219, as amended by E.O. 13304, blocks, with 
certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in 
the United States, or that hereafter come within the United States or 
that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United 
States persons, of: (i) The persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13304; 
and (ii) persons designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, because they are determined: 
(A) To be under open indictment by the International Criminal Tribunal 
for the former Yugoslavia, unless circumstances warrant otherwise, or 
(B) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, 
acts of violence that have the purpose of threatening the peace in or 
diminishing the stability or security of any area or state in the 
Western Balkans region, undermining the authority, efforts, or 
objectives of international organizations or entities present in the 
region, or endangering the safety of persons participating in or 
providing support to the activities of those international 
organizations or entities, or (C) to have actively obstructed, or to 
pose a significant risk of actively obstructing, the Ohrid Framework 
Agreement of 2001 relating to Macedonia, United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1244 relating to Kosovo, or the Dayton Accords or 
the Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference held in London 
on December 8-9, 1995, including the decisions or conclusions of the 
High Representative, the Peace Implementation Council or its Steering 
Board, relating to Bosnia and Herzegovina, or (D) to have materially 
assisted in, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or 
technological support for, or goods or services in support of, such 
acts of violence or obstructionism, or any person listed in or 
designated pursuant to this order, or (E) to be owned or controlled by, 
or acting or purporting to act directly or indirectly for or on behalf 
of, any of the foregoing persons.
    On March 4, 2008, the Director of OFAC removed from the list of 
Specially Designated Nationals the entity listed below, whose property 
and interests in property were blocked pursuant to E.O. 13219, as 
amended.
    The listing of the unblocked entity follows:

SRPSKE SUME: State Forestry Company (Republika Srpska) (a.k.a. SRBSKE 
SUME; a.k.a. SRPSKA SUME), Sokolac, Bosnia-Herzegovina [BALKANS]

    Dated: March 4, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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