Designation of One (1) Entity Pursuant to Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria”, 43658 [2012-18182]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of One (1) Entity Pursuant
to Executive Order 13572 of April 29,
2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain
Persons With Respect to Human
Rights Abuses in Syria’’
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of one
(1) entity whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13572 of April 29,
2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain
Persons with Respect to Human Rights
Abuses in Syria.’’
DATES: The designation by the Director
of OFAC of the one (1) entity identified
in this notice, pursuant to Executive
Order 13572, is effective on July 18,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW. (Treasury Annex),
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622–
2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On April 29, 2011, the President
issued Executive Order 13572,
‘‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons
with Respect to Human Rights Abuses
in Syria,’’ (the ‘‘Order’’) pursuant to,
inter alia, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–
06). In the Order, the President
expanded the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order
13338 of May 11, 2004.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, that come within the
United States, or that are or come within
the possession or control of any United
States person, of persons listed in the
Annex to the Order and of persons
determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State: (1) To be responsible
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for or complicit in, or responsible for
ordering, controlling, or otherwise
directing, or to have participated in, the
commission of human rights abuses in
Syria, including those related to
repression; (2) to be a senior official of
an entity whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to this
Order; (3) to have materially assisted,
sponsored or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or
goods or services in support of, the
activities in subsection (b)(i) of Section
1 of the Order or any person whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
13338, Executive Order 13460, or this
Order; or (4) to be owned or controlled
by, or to have acted or purported to act
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly,
any person whose property and interests
in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13460 or this Order.
On July 18, 2012, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, designated,
pursuant to one or more of the criteria
set forth in subsection 1(b) of the Order,
one (1) entity whose property and
interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13572.
The listing for the entity on OFAC’s
list of Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons appear as follows:
Entity
1. DREX TECHNOLOGIES S.A. (a.k.a.
DREX TECHNOLOGIES), Virgin
Islands, British; Company Number
394678 (Virgin Islands, British)
[SYRIA].
Dated: July 18, 2012.
Adam Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of Twenty-Nine (29)
Individuals Pursuant to Executive
Order 13573 of May 18, 2011,
‘‘Blocking Property of Senior Officials
of the Government of Syria’’
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of
twenty-nine (29) individuals whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
13573 of May 18, 2011, ‘‘Blocking
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Property of Senior Officials of the
Government of Syria.’’
DATES: The designation by the Director
of OFAC of the twenty-nine (29)
individuals identified in this notice,
pursuant to Executive Order 13573, is
effective on July 18, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., (Treasury Annex),
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
(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
service, Tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On May 18, 2011, the President issued
Executive Order 13573, ‘‘Blocking
Property of Senior Officials of the
Government of Syria,’’ (the ‘‘Order’’)
pursuant to, inter alia, the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701–06). In the Order, the
President took additional steps with
respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13338 of
May 11, 2004, which was expanded in
scope in Executive Order 13572 of April
29, 2011.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, that come within the
United States, or that are or come within
the possession or control of any United
States person, of persons listed in the
Annex to the Order and of persons
determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State: (1) To be a senior
official of the Government of Syria; (2)
to be an agency or instrumentality of the
Government of Syria, or owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the
Government of Syria or by an official or
officials of the Government of Syria; (3)
to have materially assisted, sponsored,
or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or
services in support of, any person
whose property an interests in property
are blocked pursuant to this order; or (4)
to be owned or controlled by, or to have
acted or purported to act for or on behalf
of directly or indirectly, any person
whose property and interest are blocked
pursuant to this order.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of One (1) Entity Pursuant to Executive Order 13572
of April 29, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect
to Human Rights Abuses in Syria''
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 one (1) entity whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13572 of
April 29, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to
Human Rights Abuses in Syria.''
DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the one (1) entity
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13572, is
effective on July 18, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. (Treasury Annex),
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 (www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On April 29, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13572,
``Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to Human Rights
Abuses in Syria,'' (the ``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). In the
Order, the President expanded the scope of the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that
come within the United States, or that are or come within the
possession or control of any United States person, of persons listed in
the Annex to the Order and of persons determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State: (1) To be
responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering,
controlling, or otherwise directing, or to have participated in, the
commission of human rights abuses in Syria, including those related to
repression; (2) to be a senior official of an entity whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this Order; (3) to have
materially assisted, sponsored or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the
activities in subsection (b)(i) of Section 1 of the Order or any person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13338, Executive Order 13460, or this Order; or (4) to
be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or
on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13460 or
this Order.
On July 18, 2012, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, designated, pursuant to one or more of the
criteria set forth in subsection 1(b) of the Order, one (1) entity
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13572.
The listing for the entity on OFAC's list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows:
Entity
1. DREX TECHNOLOGIES S.A. (a.k.a. DREX TECHNOLOGIES), Virgin Islands,
British; Company Number 394678 (Virgin Islands, British) [SYRIA].
Dated: July 18, 2012.
Adam Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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