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required. Sponsors must retain trainee
and intern evaluations (electronic or
hard copy) for a period of at least three
years following the completion of each
training and internship program.
(m) Issuance of certificate of eligibility
for exchange visitor (J–1) status.
Sponsors must not deliver or cause to be
delivered any Certificate of Eligibility
for Exchange Visitor (J–1) Status (Form
DS–2019) to potential trainees or interns
unless the individualized Form DS–
7002 required by § 62.22(i) has been
completed and signed by all requisite
parties.
(n) Additional training and internship
program participation. Foreign
nationals who enter the United States
under the Exchange Visitor Program to
participate in training and internship
programs are eligible to participate in
additional training and internship
programs under certain conditions. For
both trainees and interns, additional
training and internship programs must
address the development of more
advanced skills or a different field of
expertise. Interns may apply for
additional internship programs if they:
(1) Are currently enrolled full-time
and pursuing studies at degree- or
certificate-granting post-secondary
academic institutions outside the
United States; or,
(2) Have graduated from such
institutions no more than 12 months
prior to the start of their proposed
exchange visitor program. A new
internship is also permissible when a
student has successfully completed a
recognized course of study (i.e.,
associate, bachelors, masters, Ph.D., or
their recognized equivalents) and has
enrolled and is pursuing studies at the
next higher level of academic study.
Trainees are eligible for additional
training programs after a period of at
least two years residency outside the
United States following completion of
their training program. Participants who
have successfully completed internship
programs and no longer meet the
selection criteria for an internship
program may participate in a training
program if they have resided outside the
United States or its territories for at least
two years. If participants meet these
selection criteria and fulfill these
conditions, there will be no limit to the
number of times they may participate in
a training and internship program.
Dated: August 5, 2010.
Stanley S. Colvin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Private Sector
Exchange, Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 560
Iranian Transactions Regulations
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the
names of 21 persons it has determined
to be the Government of Iran, as that
term is defined in the Iranian
Transactions Regulations. The names of
these persons will be added, at a future
date, to Appendix A to Part 560 in the
Code of Federal Regulations.
DATES: The determination by the
Director of OFAC with respect to these
21 persons is effective on August 3,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director for Compliance,
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
tel.: 202/622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(https://www.treas.gov/ofac). Certain
general information pertaining to
OFAC’s sanctions programs also is
available via facsimile through a 24hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/
622–0077.
Background
The Iranian Transactions Regulations,
31 CFR part 560 (the ‘‘ITR’’), implement
a series of Executive orders that began
with Executive Order 12613, which was
issued on October 29, 1987, pursuant to
authorities including the International
Security and Development Cooperation
Act of 1985 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa–9). In that
Order, after finding, inter alia, that the
Government of Iran was actively
supporting terrorism as an instrument of
state policy, the President prohibited
the importation of Iranian-origin goods
and services. Subsequently, in
Executive Order 12957, issued on March
15, 1995, under the authority of, inter
alia, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–
1706) (‘‘IEEPA’’), the President declared
a national emergency with respect to the
actions and policies of the Government
of Iran, including its support for
international terrorism, its efforts to
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undermine the Middle East peace
process, and its efforts to acquire
weapons of mass destruction and the
means to deliver them. To deal with that
threat, Executive Order 12957 imposed
prohibitions on certain transactions
with respect to the development of
Iranian petroleum resources. On May 6,
1995, to further respond to this threat,
the President issued Executive Order
12959, which imposed comprehensive
trade and financial sanctions on Iran.
Finally, on August 19, 1997, the
President issued Executive Order 13059
consolidating and clarifying the
previous orders.
The ITR implement these Executive
orders and prohibit various transactions,
including, among others, transactions
with the Government of Iran, a term
defined in section 560.304. That
definition includes:
(a) The state and the Government of
Iran, as well as any political
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality
thereof;
(b) Any entity owned or controlled
directly or indirectly by the foregoing;
and
(c) Any person to the extent that such
person is, or has been, or to the extent
that there is reasonable cause to believe
that such person is, or has been, * * *
acting or purporting to act directly or
indirectly on behalf of any of the
foregoing * * *.
The phrase entity owned or controlled
by the Government of Iran is itself
defined in section 560.313 of the ITR.
OFAC today is publishing the names of
21 persons it has determined to be the
Government of Iran. The names of these
persons will be added to Appendix A to
Part 560 at a later date.
It is important to note that Appendix
A to Part 560 is not a comprehensive list
of persons falling within the definition
of Government of Iran. Even if a person
is not listed in Appendix A to Part 560
or has not otherwise been specifically
determined by OFAC to be the
Government of Iran, if the person
satisfies the definition of the term
Government of Iran in the ITR, U.S.
persons and others engaging in
transactions subject to the ITR are
prohibited from engaging in transactions
with that person, regardless of its
location, to the same extent they are
prohibited from engaging in transactions
with the persons listed in Appendix A
to Part 560 or that have otherwise been
specifically determined by OFAC to be
the Government of Iran. U.S. persons
and others engaging in transactions
subject to the ITR also are prohibited
from engaging in most transactions with
any person located in Iran, even if that
person does not come within the
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definition of the term Government of
Iran. Finally, a person listed in
Appendix A to Part 560 or otherwise
specifically determined by OFAC to be
the Government of Iran also may be
subject to other sanctions programs
administered by OFAC, in which case
that person’s name would also appear in
the list at Appendix A to 31 CFR
chapter V or on OFAC’s Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List (‘‘SDN’’ list), available on
OFAC’s Web site. Such a person is
identified in Appendix A to Part 560,
Appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V, or the
SDN list by references (‘‘tags’’), located at
the end of the person’s listing, to the
sanctions program(s) to which the
person is subject (e.g., [IRAN] [NPWMD]
or [IRAN] [SDGT]).
OFAC has determined the following
persons to be the Government of Iran:
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Entities
1. ASCOTEC HOLDING GMBH (f.k.a.
AHWAZ STEEL COMMERCIAL &
TECHNICAL SERVICE GMBH
ASCOTEC; f.k.a. AHWAZ STEEL
COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL
SERVICE GMBH ASCOTEC; a.k.a.
ASCOTEC GMBH), Tersteegen Strasse
10, Dusseldorf 40474, Germany;
Registration ID HRB 26136 (Germany);
all offices worldwide [IRAN]
2. ASCOTEC JAPAN K.K., 8th Floor,
Shiba East Building, 2–3–9 Shiba,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105–0014, Japan; all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
3. ASCOTEC MINERAL &
MACHINERY GMBH (a.k.a. ASCOTEC
MINERAL AND MACHINERY GMBH;
f.k.a. BREYELLER KALTBAND GMBH),
Tersteegenstr. 10, Dusseldorf 40474,
Germany; Registration ID HRB 55668
(Germany); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
4. ASCOTEC SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY GMBH (a.k.a. ASCOTEC
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GMBH),
Tersteegenstrasse 10, Dusseldorf D
40474, Germany; Registration ID HRB
58745 (Germany); all offices worldwide
[IRAN]
5. ASCOTEC STEEL TRADING GMBH
(a.k.a. ASCOTEC STEEL), Tersteegenstr.
10, Dusseldorf 40474, Germany; GeorgGlock-Str. 3, Dusseldorf 40474,
Germany; Registration ID HRB 48319
(Germany); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
6. BANK TORGOVOY KAPITAL ZAO
(a.k.a. TC BANK; a.k.a. TK BANK; a.k.a.
TK BANK ZAO; a.k.a. TORGOVY
KAPITAL (TK BANK); a.k.a. TRADE
CAPITAL BANK; a.k.a. TRADE
CAPITAL BANK (TC BANK); a.k.a. ZAO
BANK TORGOVY KAPITAL), 3 Kozlova
Street, Minsk 220005, Belarus;
Registration ID 30 (Belarus); all offices
worldwide [IRAN]
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7. BREYELLER STAHL
TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG (a.k.a.
BREYELLER STAHL TECHNOLOGY
GMBH AND CO. KG; f.k.a. ROETZEL–
STAHL GMBH & CO. KG; f.k.a.
ROETZEL–STAHL GMBH AND CO.
KG), Josefstrasse 82, Nettetal 41334,
Germany; Registration ID HRA 4528
(Germany); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
8. EXPORT DEVELOPMENT BANK
OF IRAN (a.k.a. BANK TOSEH
SADERAT IRAN; a.k.a. BANK
TOWSEEH SADERAT IRAN; a.k.a.
BANK TOWSEH SADERAT IRAN; a.k.a.
EDBI), Export Development Building,
Next to the 15th Alley, Bokharest Street,
Argentina Square, Tehran, Iran; Tose’e
Tower, Corner of 15th St., Ahmed Qasir
Ave., Argentine Square, Tehran, Iran;
No. 129, 21’s Khaled Eslamboli, No. 1
Building, Tehran, Iran; No. 26, Tosee
Tower, Arzhantine Square, P.O. Box
15875–5964, Tehran 15139, Iran; No. 4,
Gandi Ave., Tehran 1516747913, Iran;
Registration ID 86936 (Iran) issued 10
Jul 1991; all offices worldwide [IRAN]
[NPWMD]
9. IFIC HOLDING AG (a.k.a. IHAG),
Koenigsallee 60 D, Dusseldorf 40212,
Germany; Registration ID HRB 48032
(Germany); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
10. IHAG TRADING GMBH,
Koenigsallee 60 D, Dusseldorf 40212,
Germany; Registration ID HRB 37918
(Germany); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
11. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
AND RENOVATION ORGANIZATION
OF IRAN (a.k.a. IDRO; a.k.a. IRAN
DEVELOPMENT & RENOVATION
ORGANIZATION COMPANY; a.k.a.
IRAN DEVELOPMENT AND
RENOVATION ORGANIZATION
COMPANY; a.k.a. SAWZEMANE
GOSTARESH VA NOWSAZI SANAYE
IRAN), Vali Asr Building, Jam e Jam
Street, Vali Asr Avenue, Tehran 15815–
3377, Iran; all offices worldwide [IRAN]
12. IRAN FOREIGN INVESTMENT
COMPANY (a.k.a. IFIC), No. 4, Saba
Blvd., Africa Blvd., Tehran 19177, Iran;
P.O. Box 19395–6947, Tehran, Iran; all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
13. IRANIAN MINES AND MINING
INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT AND
RENOVATION ORGANIZATION (a.k.a.
IMIDRO; a.k.a. IRAN MINING
INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT AND
RENOVATION ORGANIZATION; a.k.a.
IRANIAN MINES AND MINERAL
INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT AND
RENOVATION), No. 39, Sepahbod
Gharani Avenue, Ferdousi Square,
Tehran, Iran; all offices worldwide
[IRAN]
14. IRASCO S.R.L. (a.k.a. IRASCO
ITALY), Via Di Francia 3, Genoa 16149,
Italy; Registration ID GE 348075 (Italy);
all offices worldwide [IRAN]
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15. MACHINE SAZI ARAK CO. LTD.
(a.k.a. MACHINE SAZI ARAK
COMPANY P J S C; a.k.a. MACHINE
SAZI ARAK SSA; a.k.a. MASHIN SAZI
ARAK; a.k.a. ‘‘MSA’’), Arak, Km 4
Tehran Road, Arak, Markazi Province,
Iran; No. 1, Northern Kargar Street,
Tehran 14136, Iran; P.O. Box 148, Arak
351138, Iran; all offices worldwide
[IRAN]
16. MAHAB GHODSS CONSULTING
ENGINEERING COMPANY (a.k.a.
MAHAB GHODSS CONSULTING
ENGINEERING CO.; a.k.a. MAHAB
GHODSS CONSULTING ENGINEERS
SSK; a.k.a. MAHAB QODS
ENGINEERING CONSULTING CO.), 16
Takharestan Alley, Dastgerdy Avenue,
P.O. Box 19395–6875, Tehran 19187
81185, Iran; No. 17, Dastgerdy Avenue,
Takharestan Alley, 19395–6875, Tehran
1918781185, Iran; Registration ID 48962
(Iran) issued 1983; all offices worldwide
[IRAN]
17. METAL & MINERAL TRADE
S.A.R.L. (a.k.a. METAL & MINERAL
TRADE (MMT); a.k.a. METAL AND
MINERAL TRADE (MMT); a.k.a.
METAL AND MINERAL TRADE
S.A.R.L.; a.k.a. MMT LUXEMBURG;
a.k.a. MMT SARL), 11b, Boulevard
Joseph II L–1840, Luxembourg;
Registration ID B 59411 (Luxembourg);
all offices worldwide [IRAN]
18. MINES AND METALS
ENGINEERING GMBH (M.M.E.), GeorgGlock-Str. 3, Dusseldorf 40474,
Germany; Registration ID HRB 34095
(Germany); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
19. ONERBANK ZAO (a.k.a.
EFTEKHAR BANK; a.k.a. HONOR
BANK; a.k.a. HONORBANK; a.k.a.
HONORBANK ZAO; a.k.a. ONER
BANK; a.k.a. ONERBANK; a.k.a. ONER–
BANK), Ulitsa Klary Tsetkin 51, Minsk
220004, Belarus; Registration ID
807000227 (Belarus) issued 16 Oct 2009;
SWIFT/BIC HNRBBY2X (Belarus); all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
20. SINA BANK (f.k.a. BFCC; f.k.a.
BONYAD FINANCE AND CREDIT
COMPANY; f.k.a. SINA FINANCE AND
CREDIT COMPANY), 187 Motahhari
Avenue, P.O. Box 1587998411, Tehran,
Iran; Kish Financial Center, Sahel, Kish
Island, Iran; SWIFT/BIC SINAIRTH
(Iran); alt. SWIFT/BIC SINAIRTH418
(Iran); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
21. WEST SUN TRADE GMBH (a.k.a.
WEST SUN TRADE), Winterhuder Weg
8, Hamburg 22085, Germany; Arak
Machine Mfg. Bldg., 2nd Floor, opp. of
College Economy, Northern Kargar Ave.,
Tehran 14136, Iran; Mundsburger
Damm 16, Hamburg 22087, Germany;
Registration ID HRB 45757 (Germany);
all offices worldwide [IRAN]
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Dated: August 3, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
from notice and comment rulemaking
requirements because these changes
involve rules of agency organization,
procedure, or practice. In addition, the
Coast Guard finds notice and comment
procedure are unnecessary under 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) as this rule consists
only of corrections and editorial,
organizational, and conforming
amendments and these changes will
have no substantive effect on the public.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast
Guard finds that, for the same reasons,
good cause exists for making this rule
effective upon publication in the
Federal Register.
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SECURITY
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33 CFR Parts 3 and 165
[Docket No. USCG–2010–0351]
RIN 1625–ZA25
Navigation and Navigable Waters;
Technical, Organizational, and
Conforming Amendments, Sector
Columbia River, WA
Basis and Purpose
Coast Guard, DHS.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This rule makes nonsubstantive changes throughout our
regulations. The purpose of this rule is
to make conforming amendments and
technical corrections to reflect the
renaming of Sector Seattle to Sector
Puget Sound as part of the Coast Guard
reorganization.
DATES: This final rule is effective 12:01
a.m. on August 16, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments and material
received from the public, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, are part
of docket USCG–2010–0351 and are
available for inspection or copying at
the Docket Management Facility (M–30),
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. You may also
find this docket on the Internet by going
to https://www.regulations.gov, inserting
USCG–2010–0351 in the ‘‘Keyword’’
box, and then clicking ‘‘Search.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this rule, call or
e-mail Lt. Matthew Jones, Coast Guard;
telephone 206–220–7110, e-mail
Matthew.m.jones@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202–366–
9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Regulatory Information
We did not publish a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for this
rule. Under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A), the
Coast Guard finds this rule is exempt
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This rule makes technical and
editorial corrections to Title 33 parts 3
and 165 in the Code of Federal
Regulations. This internal agency
reorganization establishes Sector
Columbia River and is part of a process
begun in 2004, intended to strengthen
unity of command in Coast Guard port,
waterway and coastal areas.
Discussion of Rule
This rule revises 33 CFR parts 3 and
165 to reflect changes in Coast Guard
internal organizational structure. Sector
Portland has been disestablished and
Sector Columbia River has been
established in its place. This rule revises
33 CFR parts 3 and 165 to reflect the
Sector Columbia River and Captain of
the Port Zone name change in current
regulations. This rule is a technical
revision reflecting changes in agency
procedure and organization, and does
not indicate new authorities nor create
any substantive requirements.
Small Entities
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(5 U.S.C. 601–612), we have considered
whether this rule would have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises
small businesses, not-for-profit
organizations that are independently
owned and operated and are not
dominant in their fields, and
governmental jurisdictions with
populations of less than 50,000.
We estimate this rule will not impose
any additional costs and should have
little or no impact on small entities
because the provisions of this rule are
technical and non-substantive, and will
have no substantive effect on the public
and will impose no additional costs.
Therefore, the Coast Guard certifies
under 5 U.S.C. 605(b) that this final rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
Collection of Information
This rule calls for no new collection
of information under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–
3520).
Federalism
A rule has implications for federalism
under Executive Order 13132,
Federalism, if it has a substantial direct
effect on State or local governments and
would either preempt State law or
impose a substantial direct cost of
compliance on them. We have analyzed
this rule under that Order and have
determined that it does not have
implications for federalism.
Regulatory Analyses
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
We developed this rule after
considering numerous statutes and
executive orders related to rulemaking.
Below we summarize our analyses
based on 13 of these statutes or
executive orders.
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or Tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or
more in any one year. Though this rule
will not result in such an expenditure,
we do discuss the effects of this rule
elsewhere in this preamble.
Regulatory Planning and Review
This rule is not a significant
regulatory action under section 3(f) of
Executive Order 12866, Regulatory
Planning and Review, and does not
require an assessment of potential costs
and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of that
Order. The Office of Management and
Budget has not reviewed it under that
Order. Because this rule involves nonsubstantive changes and internal agency
practices and procedures, it will not
impose any additional costs on the
public.
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Taking of Private Property
This rule will not cause a taking of
private property or otherwise have
taking implications under Executive
Order 12630, Governmental Actions and
Interference with Constitutionally
Protected Property Rights.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 560
Iranian Transactions Regulations
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 21 persons it has
determined to be the Government of Iran, as that term is defined in the
Iranian Transactions Regulations. The names of these persons will be
added, at a future date, to Appendix A to Part 560 in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
DATES: The determination by the Director of OFAC with respect to these
21 persons is effective on August 3, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director for 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). Certain
general information pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs also is
available via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.:
202/622-0077.
Background
The Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560 (the
``ITR''), implement a series of Executive orders that began with
Executive Order 12613, which was issued on October 29, 1987, pursuant
to authorities including the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1985 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa-9). In that Order, after
finding, inter alia, that the Government of Iran was actively
supporting terrorism as an instrument of state policy, the President
prohibited the importation of Iranian-origin goods and services.
Subsequently, in Executive Order 12957, issued on March 15, 1995, under
the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) (``IEEPA''), the President declared a
national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of the
Government of Iran, including its support for international terrorism,
its efforts to undermine the Middle East peace process, and its efforts
to acquire weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them.
To deal with that threat, Executive Order 12957 imposed prohibitions on
certain transactions with respect to the development of Iranian
petroleum resources. On May 6, 1995, to further respond to this threat,
the President issued Executive Order 12959, which imposed comprehensive
trade and financial sanctions on Iran. Finally, on August 19, 1997, the
President issued Executive Order 13059 consolidating and clarifying the
previous orders.
The ITR implement these Executive orders and prohibit various
transactions, including, among others, transactions with the Government
of Iran, a term defined in section 560.304. That definition includes:
(a) The state and the Government of Iran, as well as any political
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof;
(b) Any entity owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the
foregoing; and
(c) Any person to the extent that such person is, or has been, or
to the extent that there is reasonable cause to believe that such
person is, or has been, * * * acting or purporting to act directly or
indirectly on behalf of any of the foregoing * * *.
The phrase entity owned or controlled by the Government of Iran is
itself defined in section 560.313 of the ITR. OFAC today is publishing
the names of 21 persons it has determined to be the Government of Iran.
The names of these persons will be added to Appendix A to Part 560 at a
later date.
It is important to note that Appendix A to Part 560 is not a
comprehensive list of persons falling within the definition of
Government of Iran. Even if a person is not listed in Appendix A to
Part 560 or has not otherwise been specifically determined by OFAC to
be the Government of Iran, if the person satisfies the definition of
the term Government of Iran in the ITR, U.S. persons and others
engaging in transactions subject to the ITR are prohibited from
engaging in transactions with that person, regardless of its location,
to the same extent they are prohibited from engaging in transactions
with the persons listed in Appendix A to Part 560 or that have
otherwise been specifically determined by OFAC to be the Government of
Iran. U.S. persons and others engaging in transactions subject to the
ITR also are prohibited from engaging in most transactions with any
person located in Iran, even if that person does not come within the
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definition of the term Government of Iran. Finally, a person listed in
Appendix A to Part 560 or otherwise specifically determined by OFAC to
be the Government of Iran also may be subject to other sanctions
programs administered by OFAC, in which case that person's name would
also appear in the list at Appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V or on OFAC's
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (``SDN'' list),
available on OFAC's Web site. Such a person is identified in Appendix A
to Part 560, Appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V, or the SDN list by
references (``tags''), located at the end of the person's listing, to
the sanctions program(s) to which the person is subject (e.g., [IRAN]
[NPWMD] or [IRAN] [SDGT]).
OFAC has determined the following persons to be the Government of
Iran:
Entities
1. ASCOTEC HOLDING GMBH (f.k.a. AHWAZ STEEL COMMERCIAL & TECHNICAL
SERVICE GMBH ASCOTEC; f.k.a. AHWAZ STEEL COMMERCIAL AND TECHNICAL
SERVICE GMBH ASCOTEC; a.k.a. ASCOTEC GMBH), Tersteegen Strasse 10,
Dusseldorf 40474, Germany; Registration ID HRB 26136 (Germany); all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
2. ASCOTEC JAPAN K.K., 8th Floor, Shiba East Building, 2-3-9 Shiba,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014, Japan; all offices worldwide [IRAN]
3. ASCOTEC MINERAL & MACHINERY GMBH (a.k.a. ASCOTEC MINERAL AND
MACHINERY GMBH; f.k.a. BREYELLER KALTBAND GMBH), Tersteegenstr. 10,
Dusseldorf 40474, Germany; Registration ID HRB 55668 (Germany); all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
4. ASCOTEC SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GMBH (a.k.a. ASCOTEC SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY GMBH), Tersteegenstrasse 10, Dusseldorf D 40474, Germany;
Registration ID HRB 58745 (Germany); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
5. ASCOTEC STEEL TRADING GMBH (a.k.a. ASCOTEC STEEL),
Tersteegenstr. 10, Dusseldorf 40474, Germany; Georg-Glock-Str. 3,
Dusseldorf 40474, Germany; Registration ID HRB 48319 (Germany); all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
6. BANK TORGOVOY KAPITAL ZAO (a.k.a. TC BANK; a.k.a. TK BANK;
a.k.a. TK BANK ZAO; a.k.a. TORGOVY KAPITAL (TK BANK); a.k.a. TRADE
CAPITAL BANK; a.k.a. TRADE CAPITAL BANK (TC BANK); a.k.a. ZAO BANK
TORGOVY KAPITAL), 3 Kozlova Street, Minsk 220005, Belarus; Registration
ID 30 (Belarus); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
7. BREYELLER STAHL TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG (a.k.a. BREYELLER STAHL
TECHNOLOGY GMBH AND CO. KG; f.k.a. ROETZEL-STAHL GMBH & CO. KG; f.k.a.
ROETZEL-STAHL GMBH AND CO. KG), Josefstrasse 82, Nettetal 41334,
Germany; Registration ID HRA 4528 (Germany); all offices worldwide
[IRAN]
8. EXPORT DEVELOPMENT BANK OF IRAN (a.k.a. BANK TOSEH SADERAT IRAN;
a.k.a. BANK TOWSEEH SADERAT IRAN; a.k.a. BANK TOWSEH SADERAT IRAN;
a.k.a. EDBI), Export Development Building, Next to the 15th Alley,
Bokharest Street, Argentina Square, Tehran, Iran; Tose'e Tower, Corner
of 15th St., Ahmed Qasir Ave., Argentine Square, Tehran, Iran; No. 129,
21's Khaled Eslamboli, No. 1 Building, Tehran, Iran; No. 26, Tosee
Tower, Arzhantine Square, P.O. Box 15875-5964, Tehran 15139, Iran; No.
4, Gandi Ave., Tehran 1516747913, Iran; Registration ID 86936 (Iran)
issued 10 Jul 1991; all offices worldwide [IRAN] [NPWMD]
9. IFIC HOLDING AG (a.k.a. IHAG), Koenigsallee 60 D, Dusseldorf
40212, Germany; Registration ID HRB 48032 (Germany); all offices
worldwide [IRAN]
10. IHAG TRADING GMBH, Koenigsallee 60 D, Dusseldorf 40212,
Germany; Registration ID HRB 37918 (Germany); all offices worldwide
[IRAN]
11. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND RENOVATION ORGANIZATION OF IRAN
(a.k.a. IDRO; a.k.a. IRAN DEVELOPMENT & RENOVATION ORGANIZATION
COMPANY; a.k.a. IRAN DEVELOPMENT AND RENOVATION ORGANIZATION COMPANY;
a.k.a. SAWZEMANE GOSTARESH VA NOWSAZI SANAYE IRAN), Vali Asr Building,
Jam e Jam Street, Vali Asr Avenue, Tehran 15815-3377, Iran; all offices
worldwide [IRAN]
12. IRAN FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANY (a.k.a. IFIC), No. 4, Saba
Blvd., Africa Blvd., Tehran 19177, Iran; P.O. Box 19395-6947, Tehran,
Iran; all offices worldwide [IRAN]
13. IRANIAN MINES AND MINING INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT AND RENOVATION
ORGANIZATION (a.k.a. IMIDRO; a.k.a. IRAN MINING INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT
AND RENOVATION ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. IRANIAN MINES AND MINERAL
INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT AND RENOVATION), No. 39, Sepahbod Gharani
Avenue, Ferdousi Square, Tehran, Iran; all offices worldwide [IRAN]
14. IRASCO S.R.L. (a.k.a. IRASCO ITALY), Via Di Francia 3, Genoa
16149, Italy; Registration ID GE 348075 (Italy); all offices worldwide
[IRAN]
15. MACHINE SAZI ARAK CO. LTD. (a.k.a. MACHINE SAZI ARAK COMPANY P
J S C; a.k.a. MACHINE SAZI ARAK SSA; a.k.a. MASHIN SAZI ARAK; a.k.a.
``MSA''), Arak, Km 4 Tehran Road, Arak, Markazi Province, Iran; No. 1,
Northern Kargar Street, Tehran 14136, Iran; P.O. Box 148, Arak 351138,
Iran; all offices worldwide [IRAN]
16. MAHAB GHODSS CONSULTING ENGINEERING COMPANY (a.k.a. MAHAB
GHODSS CONSULTING ENGINEERING CO.; a.k.a. MAHAB GHODSS CONSULTING
ENGINEERS SSK; a.k.a. MAHAB QODS ENGINEERING CONSULTING CO.), 16
Takharestan Alley, Dastgerdy Avenue, P.O. Box 19395-6875, Tehran 19187
81185, Iran; No. 17, Dastgerdy Avenue, Takharestan Alley, 19395-6875,
Tehran 1918781185, Iran; Registration ID 48962 (Iran) issued 1983; all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
17. METAL & MINERAL TRADE S.A.R.L. (a.k.a. METAL & MINERAL TRADE
(MMT); a.k.a. METAL AND MINERAL TRADE (MMT); a.k.a. METAL AND MINERAL
TRADE S.A.R.L.; a.k.a. MMT LUXEMBURG; a.k.a. MMT SARL), 11b, Boulevard
Joseph II L-1840, Luxembourg; Registration ID B 59411 (Luxembourg); all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
18. MINES AND METALS ENGINEERING GMBH (M.M.E.), Georg-Glock-Str. 3,
Dusseldorf 40474, Germany; Registration ID HRB 34095 (Germany); all
offices worldwide [IRAN]
19. ONERBANK ZAO (a.k.a. EFTEKHAR BANK; a.k.a. HONOR BANK; a.k.a.
HONORBANK; a.k.a. HONORBANK ZAO; a.k.a. ONER BANK; a.k.a. ONERBANK;
a.k.a. ONER-BANK), Ulitsa Klary Tsetkin 51, Minsk 220004, Belarus;
Registration ID 807000227 (Belarus) issued 16 Oct 2009; SWIFT/BIC
HNRBBY2X (Belarus); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
20. SINA BANK (f.k.a. BFCC; f.k.a. BONYAD FINANCE AND CREDIT
COMPANY; f.k.a. SINA FINANCE AND CREDIT COMPANY), 187 Motahhari Avenue,
P.O. Box 1587998411, Tehran, Iran; Kish Financial Center, Sahel, Kish
Island, Iran; SWIFT/BIC SINAIRTH (Iran); alt. SWIFT/BIC SINAIRTH418
(Iran); all offices worldwide [IRAN]
21. WEST SUN TRADE GMBH (a.k.a. WEST SUN TRADE), Winterhuder Weg 8,
Hamburg 22085, Germany; Arak Machine Mfg. Bldg., 2nd Floor, opp. of
College Economy, Northern Kargar Ave., Tehran 14136, Iran; Mundsburger
Damm 16, Hamburg 22087, Germany; Registration ID HRB 45757 (Germany);
all offices worldwide [IRAN]
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Dated: August 3, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2010-19781 Filed 8-10-10; 8:45 am]
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