Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List, Revision of an Entry on the Entity List and Removal of an Entity From the Entity List, 48532-48537 [2018-20954]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Part 744
[Docket No. 180910826–8826–01]
RIN 0694–AH63
Addition of Certain Entities to the
Entity List, Revision of an Entry on the
Entity List and Removal of an Entity
From the Entity List
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This final rule amends the
Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) by adding fourteen entities to the
Entity List. These fourteen entities have
been determined by the U.S.
Government to be acting contrary to the
national security or foreign policy
interests of the United States and will be
listed on the Entity List under the
destinations of Belarus, Iran, Russia,
and Singapore. This rule also modifies
one entry on the Entity List under the
destination of the United Arab Emirates.
Lastly, this rule removes one entity
under the destination of Hong Kong
from the Entity List. The removal is
made in connection with a request for
removal BIS received pursuant to the
EAR and a review of information
provided in that request.
DATES: This rule is effective September
26, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chair, End-User Review Committee,
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export
Administration, Bureau of Industry and
Security, Department of Commerce,
Phone: (202) 482–5991, Email: ERC@
bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
The Entity List (15 CFR, Subchapter
C, part 744, Supplement No. 4)
identifies entities reasonably believed to
be involved, or to pose a significant risk
of being or becoming involved, in
activities contrary to the national
security or foreign policy interests of the
United States. The Export
Administration Regulations (EAR) (15
CFR, Subchapter C, parts 730–774)
imposes additional license requirements
on, and limits the availability of most
license exceptions for, exports,
reexports, and transfers (in-country) to
listed entities. The license review policy
for each listed entity is identified in the
‘‘License review policy’’ column on the
Entity List, and the impact on the
availability of license exceptions is
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described in the relevant Federal
Register notice adding entities to the
Entity List. BIS places entities on the
Entity List pursuant to part 744 (Control
Policy: End-User and End-Use Based)
and part 746 (Embargoes and Other
Special Controls) of the EAR.
The End-User Review Committee
(ERC), composed of representatives of
the Departments of Commerce (Chair),
State, Defense, Energy and, where
appropriate, the Treasury, makes all
decisions regarding additions to,
removals from, or other modifications to
the Entity List. The ERC makes all
decisions to add an entry to the Entity
List by majority vote, and makes all
decisions to remove or modify an entry
by unanimous vote.
ERC Entity List Decisions
Additions to the Entity List
This rule implements the decision of
the ERC to add fourteen entities to the
Entity List. The addition of these
fourteen entities involves sixteen Entity
List entries, as one of the entities being
added has locations in three
destinations. The fourteen entities are
being added based on § 744.11 (License
requirements that apply to entities
acting contrary to the national security
or foreign policy interests of the United
States) of the EAR. The sixteen entries
consist of two entries located in Belarus,
one entry located in Iran, twelve entries
located in Russia and one entry located
in Singapore.
The ERC reviewed § 744.11(b)
(Criteria for revising the Entity List) in
making the determination to add these
fourteen entities to the Entity List.
Under that paragraph, persons for whom
there is reasonable cause to believe,
based on specific and articulable facts,
that they have been involved, are
involved, or pose a significant risk of
being or becoming involved in,
activities that are contrary to the
national security or foreign policy
interests of the United States, along with
those acting on behalf of such persons,
may be added to the Entity List.
Paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(5) of
§ 744.11 provide an illustrative list of
activities that could be contrary to the
national security or foreign policy
interests of the United States. For each
of the fourteen entities described below,
the ERC made the requisite
determination under the standard set
forth in § 744.11(b).
Pursuant to § 744.11(b) of the EAR,
the ERC determined that Nilco Group,
located in Belarus, Iran, and Russia, and
Mohammad Najafi, located in Belarus,
be added to the Entity List based on
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their involvement in providing material
support to Iranian missile programs.
The ERC also determined that four
commercial companies—Joint Stock
Company Scientific-Research Institute
‘‘Vektor’’, Open Joint Stock Company
Information Technology and
Communication Systems, Federal State
Unitary Enterprise Scientific Production
Enterprise ‘‘GAMMA’’, and Syrus
Systems—located in Russia be added to
the Entity List. These entities have
enabled the activities of malicious
Russian cyber actors. In addition, the
ERC determined that two entities,
Divetechnoservices and Oceanos, be
added to the Entity List under the
destination of Russia for providing
equipment and support to the Russian
Navy. The ERC also determined that five
entities—AeroComposit; Obinsk
Research and Production Enterprise
(ORPE), Open Joint Stock Company
Aviadvigatel, Open Joint Stock
Company Scientific and Production
Corporation of Precision Instruments
Engineering (NPK–SPP), and Voronezh
Scientific Research Institute ‘‘Vega’’—be
added to the Entity List for supporting
Russian military aerospace production
activities.
Under the destination of Singapore,
the ERC determined that one entity, All
Industrial Manufacturing (AIM) Pte Ltd.,
be added to the Entity List based on its
involvement in the proliferation of
unsafeguarded nuclear activities.
Pursuant to § 744.11(b) of the EAR,
the ERC determined that the conduct of
these fourteen entities raises sufficient
concern that prior review of exports,
reexports or transfers (in-country) of all
items subject to the EAR involving these
entities, and the possible imposition of
license conditions or license denials on
shipments to the persons, will enhance
BIS’s ability to prevent violations of the
EAR.
For thirteen of the fourteen entities
described above that are being added to
the Entity List, BIS imposes a license
requirement for all items subject to the
EAR and a license review policy of
presumption of denial. For All
Industrial Manufacturing (AIM) Pte Ltd,
the entity added under Singapore, BIS
imposes a license requirement for all
items subject to the EAR and will
exercise the license review policy set
forth in subpart (d) of EAR § 744.2, a
nuclear end-user and end-use based
provision. For all fourteen entities, the
license requirements apply to any
transaction in which items are to be
exported, reexported, or transferred (incountry) to any of the entities or in
which such entities act as purchaser,
intermediate consignee, ultimate
consignee, or end-user. In addition, no
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license exceptions are available for
exports, reexports, or transfers (incountry) to the entities being added to
the Entity List in this rule. The acronym
‘‘a.k.a.’’ (also known as) is used in
entries on the Entity List to identify
aliases, thereby assisting exporters,
reexporters and transferors in
identifying entities on the Entity List.
This final rule adds the following
fourteen entities to the Entity List,
including one entity listed under three
entries:
Belarus
(1) Mohammad Ghassem Najafi,
Unit 705, No. 103, Potbediteley Ave.,
Minsk, Belarus; and
(2) Nilco Group, a.k.a., the following
one alias:
—Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 705, No. 103, Potbediteley Ave.,
Minsk, Belarus (see alternate addresses
under Iran and Russia).
Iran
(1) Nilco Group, a.k.a., the following
one alias:
—Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 6, No. 1, Mehr Alley, Gilan St.,
Boostan 2, Pasdaran Ave., Tehran, Iran
(see alternate addresses under Belarus
and Russia).
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Russia
(1) AeroComposit,
Antonova Prospekt 1, Zavolzhsky
District, Ulyanovsk, 432072, Russia;
(2) Divetechnoservices, a.k.a., the
following five aliases:
—OOO Divetechnoservice;
—OOO Daivtekhnoservis;
—OOO Dayvtekhnoservis;
—OOO NPP DTS; and
—OOO DTS.
Ulitsa Zheleznovodskaya, 18/2 Litera
A, Saint Petersburg, 199155, Russia;
(3) Federal State Unitary Enterprise
Scientific Production Enterprise
‘‘GAMMA’’,
Ul. Profsoyuznaya d. 78 str. 4,
Moscow, 117393, Russia;
(4) Joint Stock Company ScientificResearch Institute ‘‘Vektor’’,
Ul. Akademika Pavlova, d. 14–A,
Saint Petersburg, 197376, Russia;
(5) Nilco Group, a.k.a., the following
one alias:
—Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 439, 2 Mozhayskoe Road,
Moscow, Russia (see alternate addresses
under Belarus and Iran);
(6) Obinsk Research and Production
Enterprise (ORPE), a.k.a., the following
three aliases:
—ORPE Technologiya;
—ONPP Technologiya; and
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—Obinsk Composite Materials Plant.
Kievskoe Shosse 15, Obinsk, 249031,
Russia;
(7) Oceanos,
19/2 Esenina Street, Saint Petersburg,
194295, Russia; and 16/2 A–H Engelsa
Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 195156,
Russia;
(8) Open Joint Stock Company
Aviadvigatel, a.k.a., the following one
alias:
—AVI.
Komsomolsky Prospekt 93, Perm,
614990, Russia;
(9) Open Joint Stock Company
Information Technology and
Communication Systems, a.k.a., the
following two aliases:
—OJSC Infoteks; and
—OJSC Infotecs.
Proezd Petrovsko-Razumovski Star, d.
1/23 str. 1 Business Center ‘‘Vympel,’’
Moscow, 127287, Russia;
(10) Open Joint Stock Company
Scientific and Production Corporation
of Precision Instruments Engineering
(NPK–SPP), a.k.a., the following one
alias:
—OJC RPC PSI.
Aviamotornaya Ulitsa 53, Moscow,
111024, Russia;
(11) Syrus Systems,
3–Y Novyy Pereulok, 5, Moscow,
107140, Russia; and
(12) Voronezh Scientific Research
Institute ‘‘Vega’’, a.k.a., the following
two aliases:
—Voronezhskiy NauchnoIssledovatelskiy Institut ‘‘Vega’’; and
—VNII ‘‘Vega’’.
Moskovskiy Prospekt 7B, Voronezh,
394026, Russia.
Singapore
(1) All Industrial Manufacturing
(AIM) Pte Ltd.,
4 Kaki Bukit Ave 1, #02–05, 417939,
Singapore.
Modifications to the Entity List
This final rule implements the
decision of the ERC to modify one
existing entry, AdCom Systems, which
was added to the Entity List under the
destination of the United Arab Emirates
on March 21, 2016 (81 FR 14958) for
attempting to export Missile Technology
Control Regime (MTCR) Category I
unmanned aerial vehicles to countries
that are not MTCR members. The ERC
determined that AdCom Systems has
been using two aliases, Sky Global
Communications and Sky Global
Communications Systems.
Consequently, BIS is revising the entry
for AdCom Systems by adding two
aliases and a new address.
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This final rule makes the following
modifications to one entry on the Entity
List:
United Arab Emirates
(1) AdCom Systems, a.k.a., the
following two aliases:
—Sky Global Communications; and
—Sky Global Communication Systems.
Industrial City of Abu Dhabi—ICAD1,
Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, UAE; and #2
Mezzanine Level, Block 19, Sharq 40 Al
Morour Street, Abu Dhabi Island, Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
Removal From the Entity List
This rule implements a decision of
the ERC to remove Antony Emmanuel,
an entity located in Hong Kong, from
the Entity List on the basis of a removal
request. The entry for Antony
Emmanuel was added to the Entity List
on October 22, 2008 (73 FR 54505). The
ERC decided to remove this entry based
on information BIS received pursuant to
§ 744.16 of the EAR and the review the
ERC conducted in accordance with
procedures described in Supplement
No. 5 to part 744.
This final rule implements the
decision to remove the following entity
located in Hong Kong from the Entity
List:
Hong Kong
(1) Antony Emmanuel,
No. 3 & 4, 12F Commercial VIP
Building, 112–116 Canton Rd., Tsim
Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Savings Clause
Shipments of items removed from
eligibility for a License Exception or for
export or reexport without a license
(NLR) as a result of this regulatory
action that were en route aboard a
carrier to a port of export or reexport, on
September 26, 2018, pursuant to actual
orders for export or reexport to a foreign
destination, may proceed to that
destination under the previous
eligibility for a License Exception or
export or reexport without a license
(NLR).
Export Control Reform Act of 2018
On August 13, 2018, the President
signed into law the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2019, which included the
Export Control Reform Act of 2018
(ECRA) (Title XVII, Subtitle B of Pub. L.
115–232), which provides the legal basis
for BIS’s principal authorities and
serves as the authority under which BIS
issues this rule. As set forth in § 1768 of
ECRA, all delegations, rules,
regulations, orders, determinations,
licenses, or other forms of
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administrative action that have been
made, issued, conducted, or allowed to
become effective under the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.
4601 et seq.) (as in effect prior to August
13, 2018 and as continued in effect
pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.) and Executive Order 13222 of
August 17, 2001, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p.
783 (2002), as amended by Executive
Order 13637 of March 8, 2013, 78 FR
16129 (March 13, 2013), and as
extended by the Notice of August 8,
2018, 83 FR 39871 (August 13, 2018)),
or the Export Administration
Regulations, and are in effect as of
August 13, 2018, shall continue in effect
according to their terms until modified,
superseded, set aside, or revoked under
the authority of ECRA.
Rulemaking Requirements
1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866
direct agencies to assess all costs and
benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits, of
reducing costs, of harmonizing rules,
and of promoting flexibility. This rule
has been determined to be not
significant for purposes of Executive
Order 12866. This rule is not an
Executive Order 13771 regulatory action
because this rule is not significant under
Executive Order 12866.
2. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no person is required
to respond to or be subject to a penalty
for failure to comply with a collection
of information, subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) (PRA), unless that collection of
information displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Control Number. This regulation
involves collections previously
approved by OMB under control
number 0694–0088, Simplified Network
Application Processing System, which
includes, among other things, license
applications, and carries a burden
estimate of 43.8 minutes for a manual or
electronic submission.
Total burden hours associated with
the PRA and OMB control number
0694–0088 are not expected to increase
as a result of this rule. You may send
comments regarding the collection of
information associated with this rule,
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including suggestions for reducing the
burden, to Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), by
email to Jasmeet_K._Seehra@
omb.eop.gov, or by fax to (202) 395–
7285.
3. This rule does not contain policies
with Federalism implications as that
term is defined in Executive Order
13132.
4. Pursuant to § 1762 of the Export
Control Reform Act of 2018 (Title XVII,
Subtitle B of Pub. L. 115–232), which
was included in the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2019, this action is exempt
from the Administrative Procedure Act
(5 U.S.C. 553) requirements for notice of
proposed rulemaking, opportunity for
public participation, and delay in
effective date.
5. This action involves the removal of
an entity from the Entity List. Removals
from the Entity List involve interagency
deliberation and result from review of
public and non-public sources,
including, where applicable, sensitive
law enforcement information and
classified information, and the
measurement of such information
against the Entity List removal criteria.
This information is reviewed according
to the procedures and criteria for
evaluating removal requests from the
Entity List, as set forth in 15 CFR
744.11, 15 CFR 744.16, and 15 CFR part
744, Supplement No. 5. For reasons of
national security, BIS is not at liberty to
provide to the public detailed
information on which the ERC relies to
make the decisions to remove these
entities. In addition, the information
included in a removal request is
exchanged between the applicant and
the ERC, which by law (§ 1761(h) of the
ECRA), BIS is restricted from sharing
with the public. Moreover, removal
requests from the Entity List may
contain confidential business
information that is necessary for the
extensive review conducted by the ERC.
6. Because a notice of proposed
rulemaking and an opportunity for
public comment are not required to be
given for this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or
by any other law, the analytical
requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., are
not applicable. Accordingly, no
regulatory flexibility analysis is required
and none has been prepared.
List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744
Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Terrorism.
Accordingly, part 744 of the Export
Administration Regulations (15 CFR
parts 730–774) is amended as follows:
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PART 744—[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for 15 CFR
part 744 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Pub. L. 115–232, Title XVII,
Subtitle B. 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C.
2139a; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210;
E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp.,
p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993
Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3
CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 12947, 60 FR
5079, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13026,
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O.
13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p.
208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001
Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice of
September 18, 2017, 82 FR 43825 (September
19, 2017); Notice of November 6, 2017, 82 FR
51971 (November 8, 2017); Notice of January
17, 2018, 83 FR 2731 (January 18, 2018);
Notice of August 8, 2018, 83 FR 39871
(August 13, 2018).
2. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is
amended:
■ a. Under Belarus, by adding in
alphabetical order, two Belarusian
entities, ‘‘Mohammad Ghassem Najafi’’
and ‘‘Nilco Group’’;
■ b. Under Hong Kong, by removing one
Hong Kong entity, ‘‘Antony Emmanuel,
No. 3 & 4, 12F Commercial VIP
Building, 112–116 Canton Rd., Tsim
Sha Tsui, Hong Kong’’;
■ c. Under Iran, by adding in
alphabetical order, one Iranian entity,
‘‘Nilco Group’’;
■ d. Under Russia, by adding in
alphabetical order, twelve Russian
entities, ‘‘AeroComposit,’’ ’’
Divetechnoservices,’’ ‘‘Federal State
Unitary Enterprise Scientific Production
Enterprise ‘‘GAMMA’’,’’ ‘‘Joint Stock
Company Scientific-Research Institute
‘‘Vektor’’,’’ ‘‘Nilco Group,’’ ‘‘Obinsk
Research and Production Enterprise
(ORPE),’’ ‘‘Oceanos,’’ ‘‘Open Joint Stock
Company Aviadvigatel,’’ ‘‘Open Joint
Stock Company Information Technology
and Communication Systems,’’ ‘‘Open
Joint Stock Company Scientific and
Production Corporation of Precision
Instruments Engineering (NPK–SPP),’’
‘‘Syrus Systems,’’ and ‘‘Voronezh
Scientific Research Institute ‘‘Vega’’ ’’;
■ e. Under Singapore, by adding in
alphabetical order, one Singaporean
entity, ‘‘All Industrial Manufacturing
(AIM) Pte Ltd.’’;
■ f. Under the United Arab Emirates, by
revising Emirati entity, ‘‘AdCom
Systems’’.
The additions and revisions read as
follows:
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—OOO Divetechnoservice;
—OOO Daivtekhnoservis;
—OOO Dayvtekhnoservis;
—OOO NPP DTS; and
—OOO DTS.
Ulitsa Zheleznovodskaya, 18/2 Litera A,
Saint Petersburg, 199155, Russia.
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Enterprise
‘‘GAMMA’’, Ul. Profsoyuznaya d. 78
str. 4, Moscow, 117393, Russia.
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Institute
‘‘Vektor’’,
Ul.
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Petersburg, 197376, Russia.
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alias:
—Nilfam Khazar Co.
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alias:
—Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 6, No. 1, Mehr Alley, Gilan St.,
Boostan 2, Pasdaran Ave., Tehran,
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No. 103, Potbediteley Ave., Minsk,
Belarus.
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alias:
—Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 705, No. 103, Potbediteley Ave.,
Minsk, Belarus (see alternate addresses under Iran and Russia.)
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Obinsk Research and Production Enterprise (ORPE), a.k.a., the following
three aliases:
—ORPE Technologiya;
—ONPP Technologiya; and
—Obinsk Composite Materials Plant.
Kievskoe Shosse 15, Obinsk, 249031,
Russia.
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Petersburg, 194295, Russia; and 16/
2 A–H Engelsa Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 195156, Russia.
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Company
Aviadvigatel, a.k.a., the following one
alias:
—AVI.
Komsomolsky Prospekt 93, Perm,
614990, Russia.
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Technology and Communication Systems, a.k.a., the following two
aliases:
—OJSC Infoteks; and
—OJSC Infotecs.
Proezd Petrovsko-Razumovski Star, d.
1/23 str. 1 Business Center
‘‘Vympel,’’ Moscow, 127287, Russia.
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and Production Corporation of Precision Instruments Engineering (NPK–
SPP), a.k.a., the following one alias:
—OJC RPC PSI.
Aviamotornaya Ulitsa 53, Moscow,
111024, Russia.
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5, Moscow, 107140, Russia.
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‘‘Vega‘‘, a.k.a., the following two
aliases:
—Voronezhskiy
NauchnoIssledovatelskiy Institut ‘‘Vega‘‘; and
—VNII Vega.
Moskovskiy Prospekt 7B, Voronezh,
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AdCom Systems, a.k.a. the following
two aliases:
—Sky Global Communications; and
—Sky Global Communication Systems.
Industrial City of Abu Dhabi—ICAD1,
Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, UAE; and #2
Mezzanine Level, Block 19, Sharq 40
Al Morour Street, Abu Dhabi Island,
Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
BILLING CODE 3510–33–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
29 CFR Part 10
RIN 1235–AA27
Minimum Wage for Contractors;
Updating Regulations To Reflect
Executive Order 13838
Wage and Hour Division,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this final rule, the
Department of Labor (the Department)
implements Executive Order (E.O.)
13838, issued on May 25, 2018. E.O.
13838 exempts certain contracts with
the Federal Government from the
requirements of E.O. 13658. In
particular, the E.O. exempts contracts in
connection with both seasonal
recreational services and also seasonal
recreational equipment rental when
such services and equipment are offered
to the general public on Federal lands.
E.O. 13838 amends E.O. 13658 by
inserting two sentences into that order
and also directs executive departments
and agencies to promptly implement the
exemption. In order to carry out that
directive, this rule inserts the same two
sentences into the Department’s
regulations.
DATES: Effective September 26, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Smith, Director, Division of
Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division,
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E.O. 13658, titled ‘‘Establishing a
Minimum Wage for Contractors,’’ was
issued on February 12, 2014. See 79 FR
9849. E.O. 13658 raised the hourly
minimum wage for certain workers
performing work on covered Federal
contracts to $10.10 per hour in 2015,
with annual inflation-based adjustments
thereafter as determined by the
Secretary of Labor (Secretary). Id. As of
January 1, 2018, the E.O. 13658
minimum wage rate is $10.35 per hour.
As of January 1, 2019, the E.O. 13658
minimum wage will be $10.60 per hour.
See 83 FR 44906.1
E.O. 13658 and its implementing
regulations established that this
minimum wage requirement applies
only to a ‘‘new contract’’ that qualifies
as: (A) A procurement contract for
construction covered under the DavisBacon Act (DBA); (B) a contract for
services covered under the McNamaraO’Hara Service Contract Act (SCA); (C)
a contract for concessions, including
any concessions contract that the
Department’s regulations at 29 CFR
4.133(b) exclude from the SCA; or (D) a
contract with the Federal Government
in connection with Federal property or
lands and related to offering services for
Federal employees, their dependents, or
the general public. Further, this
minimum wage requirement applies
only when the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA), the SCA, or the DBA governs
1 For tipped employees performing work on or in
connection with covered contracts, E.O. 13658
established a different minimum wage, which is
currently $7.25 per hour and will increase to $7.40
per hour beginning January 1, 2019. Id.
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the workers’ wages. The October 7, 2014
final rule implementing E.O. 13658
applied to covered workers of
contractors providing seasonal
recreational services or seasonal
recreational equipment rental on
Federal lands under covered contracts.
On May 25, 2018, President Donald J.
Trump issued E.O. 13838, titled
‘‘Exemption from Executive Order
13658 for Recreational Services on
Federal Lands.’’ See 83 FR 25341.
Section 2 of E.O. 13838 amended E.O.
13658 to add language providing that
the provisions of E.O. 13658 do ‘‘not
apply to federal contracts or contractlike instruments’’ entered into ‘‘in
connection with seasonal recreational
services or seasonal recreational
equipment rental.’’ The E.O.
additionally stated that seasonal
recreational services include ‘‘river
running, hunting, fishing, horseback
riding, camping, mountaineering
activities, recreational ski services, and
youth camps.’’ E.O. 13838 further
specified that this exemption does not
apply to ‘‘lodging and food services
associated with seasonal recreational
activities.’’
E.O. 13838 explained that because of
the nature of the industry, seasonal
recreational workers have ‘‘irregular
work schedules, a high incidence of
overtime pay, and an unusually high
turnover rate.’’ The order further
explained that implementing E.O.
13658, therefore, threatened to
significantly increase the cost of
seasonal recreational services on
Federal lands, while limiting the hours
that recreational-service workers would
be available to work. Thus, exempting
these services from E.O. 13658 would
help prevent job losses and ensure
affordable guided tours for visitors to
Federal lands.
E.O. 13838 requires executive
departments and agencies to ‘‘promptly
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Part 744
[Docket No. 180910826-8826-01]
RIN 0694-AH63
Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List, Revision of an
Entry on the Entity List and Removal of an Entity From the Entity List
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) by adding fourteen entities to the Entity List. These fourteen
entities have been determined by the U.S. Government to be acting
contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the
United States and will be listed on the Entity List under the
destinations of Belarus, Iran, Russia, and Singapore. This rule also
modifies one entry on the Entity List under the destination of the
United Arab Emirates. Lastly, this rule removes one entity under the
destination of Hong Kong from the Entity List. The removal is made in
connection with a request for removal BIS received pursuant to the EAR
and a review of information provided in that request.
DATES: This rule is effective September 26, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, End-User Review Committee,
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export Administration, Bureau of
Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 482-5991,
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Entity List (15 CFR, Subchapter C, part 744, Supplement No. 4)
identifies entities reasonably believed to be involved, or to pose a
significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities contrary
to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United
States. The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR, Subchapter
C, parts 730-774) imposes additional license requirements on, and
limits the availability of most license exceptions for, exports,
reexports, and transfers (in-country) to listed entities. The license
review policy for each listed entity is identified in the ``License
review policy'' column on the Entity List, and the impact on the
availability of license exceptions is described in the relevant Federal
Register notice adding entities to the Entity List. BIS places entities
on the Entity List pursuant to part 744 (Control Policy: End-User and
End-Use Based) and part 746 (Embargoes and Other Special Controls) of
the EAR.
The End-User Review Committee (ERC), composed of representatives of
the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where
appropriate, the Treasury, makes all decisions regarding additions to,
removals from, or other modifications to the Entity List. The ERC makes
all decisions to add an entry to the Entity List by majority vote, and
makes all decisions to remove or modify an entry by unanimous vote.
ERC Entity List Decisions
Additions to the Entity List
This rule implements the decision of the ERC to add fourteen
entities to the Entity List. The addition of these fourteen entities
involves sixteen Entity List entries, as one of the entities being
added has locations in three destinations. The fourteen entities are
being added based on Sec. 744.11 (License requirements that apply to
entities acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy
interests of the United States) of the EAR. The sixteen entries consist
of two entries located in Belarus, one entry located in Iran, twelve
entries located in Russia and one entry located in Singapore.
The ERC reviewed Sec. 744.11(b) (Criteria for revising the Entity
List) in making the determination to add these fourteen entities to the
Entity List. Under that paragraph, persons for whom there is reasonable
cause to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that they
have been involved, are involved, or pose a significant risk of being
or becoming involved in, activities that are contrary to the national
security or foreign policy interests of the United States, along with
those acting on behalf of such persons, may be added to the Entity
List. Paragraphs (b)(1) through (b)(5) of Sec. 744.11 provide an
illustrative list of activities that could be contrary to the national
security or foreign policy interests of the United States. For each of
the fourteen entities described below, the ERC made the requisite
determination under the standard set forth in Sec. 744.11(b).
Pursuant to Sec. 744.11(b) of the EAR, the ERC determined that
Nilco Group, located in Belarus, Iran, and Russia, and Mohammad Najafi,
located in Belarus, be added to the Entity List based on their
involvement in providing material support to Iranian missile programs.
The ERC also determined that four commercial companies--Joint Stock
Company Scientific-Research Institute ``Vektor'', Open Joint Stock
Company Information Technology and Communication Systems, Federal State
Unitary Enterprise Scientific Production Enterprise ``GAMMA'', and
Syrus Systems--located in Russia be added to the Entity List. These
entities have enabled the activities of malicious Russian cyber actors.
In addition, the ERC determined that two entities, Divetechnoservices
and Oceanos, be added to the Entity List under the destination of
Russia for providing equipment and support to the Russian Navy. The ERC
also determined that five entities--AeroComposit; Obinsk Research and
Production Enterprise (ORPE), Open Joint Stock Company Aviadvigatel,
Open Joint Stock Company Scientific and Production Corporation of
Precision Instruments Engineering (NPK-SPP), and Voronezh Scientific
Research Institute ``Vega''--be added to the Entity List for supporting
Russian military aerospace production activities.
Under the destination of Singapore, the ERC determined that one
entity, All Industrial Manufacturing (AIM) Pte Ltd., be added to the
Entity List based on its involvement in the proliferation of
unsafeguarded nuclear activities.
Pursuant to Sec. 744.11(b) of the EAR, the ERC determined that the
conduct of these fourteen entities raises sufficient concern that prior
review of exports, reexports or transfers (in-country) of all items
subject to the EAR involving these entities, and the possible
imposition of license conditions or license denials on shipments to the
persons, will enhance BIS's ability to prevent violations of the EAR.
For thirteen of the fourteen entities described above that are
being added to the Entity List, BIS imposes a license requirement for
all items subject to the EAR and a license review policy of presumption
of denial. For All Industrial Manufacturing (AIM) Pte Ltd, the entity
added under Singapore, BIS imposes a license requirement for all items
subject to the EAR and will exercise the license review policy set
forth in subpart (d) of EAR Sec. 744.2, a nuclear end-user and end-use
based provision. For all fourteen entities, the license requirements
apply to any transaction in which items are to be exported, reexported,
or transferred (in-country) to any of the entities or in which such
entities act as purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee,
or end-user. In addition, no
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license exceptions are available for exports, reexports, or transfers
(in-country) to the entities being added to the Entity List in this
rule. The acronym ``a.k.a.'' (also known as) is used in entries on the
Entity List to identify aliases, thereby assisting exporters,
reexporters and transferors in identifying entities on the Entity List.
This final rule adds the following fourteen entities to the Entity
List, including one entity listed under three entries:
Belarus
(1) Mohammad Ghassem Najafi,
Unit 705, No. 103, Potbediteley Ave., Minsk, Belarus; and
(2) Nilco Group, a.k.a., the following one alias:
--Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 705, No. 103, Potbediteley Ave., Minsk, Belarus (see alternate
addresses under Iran and Russia).
Iran
(1) Nilco Group, a.k.a., the following one alias:
--Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 6, No. 1, Mehr Alley, Gilan St., Boostan 2, Pasdaran Ave.,
Tehran, Iran (see alternate addresses under Belarus and Russia).
Russia
(1) AeroComposit,
Antonova Prospekt 1, Zavolzhsky District, Ulyanovsk, 432072,
Russia;
(2) Divetechnoservices, a.k.a., the following five aliases:
--OOO Divetechnoservice;
--OOO Daivtekhnoservis;
--OOO Dayvtekhnoservis;
--OOO NPP DTS; and
--OOO DTS.
Ulitsa Zheleznovodskaya, 18/2 Litera A, Saint Petersburg, 199155,
Russia;
(3) Federal State Unitary Enterprise Scientific Production
Enterprise ``GAMMA'',
Ul. Profsoyuznaya d. 78 str. 4, Moscow, 117393, Russia;
(4) Joint Stock Company Scientific-Research Institute ``Vektor'',
Ul. Akademika Pavlova, d. 14-A, Saint Petersburg, 197376, Russia;
(5) Nilco Group, a.k.a., the following one alias:
--Nilfam Khazar Co.
Unit 439, 2 Mozhayskoe Road, Moscow, Russia (see alternate
addresses under Belarus and Iran);
(6) Obinsk Research and Production Enterprise (ORPE), a.k.a., the
following three aliases:
--ORPE Technologiya;
--ONPP Technologiya; and
--Obinsk Composite Materials Plant.
Kievskoe Shosse 15, Obinsk, 249031, Russia;
(7) Oceanos,
19/2 Esenina Street, Saint Petersburg, 194295, Russia; and 16/2 A-H
Engelsa Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, 195156, Russia;
(8) Open Joint Stock Company Aviadvigatel, a.k.a., the following
one alias:
--AVI.
Komsomolsky Prospekt 93, Perm, 614990, Russia;
(9) Open Joint Stock Company Information Technology and
Communication Systems, a.k.a., the following two aliases:
--OJSC Infoteks; and
--OJSC Infotecs.
Proezd Petrovsko-Razumovski Star, d. 1/23 str. 1 Business Center
``Vympel,'' Moscow, 127287, Russia;
(10) Open Joint Stock Company Scientific and Production Corporation
of Precision Instruments Engineering (NPK-SPP), a.k.a., the following
one alias:
--OJC RPC PSI.
Aviamotornaya Ulitsa 53, Moscow, 111024, Russia;
(11) Syrus Systems,
3-Y Novyy Pereulok, 5, Moscow, 107140, Russia; and
(12) Voronezh Scientific Research Institute ``Vega'', a.k.a., the
following two aliases:
--Voronezhskiy Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Institut ``Vega''; and
--VNII ``Vega''.
Moskovskiy Prospekt 7B, Voronezh, 394026, Russia.
Singapore
(1) All Industrial Manufacturing (AIM) Pte Ltd.,
4 Kaki Bukit Ave 1, #02-05, 417939, Singapore.
Modifications to the Entity List
This final rule implements the decision of the ERC to modify one
existing entry, AdCom Systems, which was added to the Entity List under
the destination of the United Arab Emirates on March 21, 2016 (81 FR
14958) for attempting to export Missile Technology Control Regime
(MTCR) Category I unmanned aerial vehicles to countries that are not
MTCR members. The ERC determined that AdCom Systems has been using two
aliases, Sky Global Communications and Sky Global Communications
Systems. Consequently, BIS is revising the entry for AdCom Systems by
adding two aliases and a new address.
This final rule makes the following modifications to one entry on
the Entity List:
United Arab Emirates
(1) AdCom Systems, a.k.a., the following two aliases:
--Sky Global Communications; and
--Sky Global Communication Systems.
Industrial City of Abu Dhabi--ICAD1, Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, UAE; and
#2 Mezzanine Level, Block 19, Sharq 40 Al Morour Street, Abu Dhabi
Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Removal From the Entity List
This rule implements a decision of the ERC to remove Antony
Emmanuel, an entity located in Hong Kong, from the Entity List on the
basis of a removal request. The entry for Antony Emmanuel was added to
the Entity List on October 22, 2008 (73 FR 54505). The ERC decided to
remove this entry based on information BIS received pursuant to Sec.
744.16 of the EAR and the review the ERC conducted in accordance with
procedures described in Supplement No. 5 to part 744.
This final rule implements the decision to remove the following
entity located in Hong Kong from the Entity List:
Hong Kong
(1) Antony Emmanuel,
No. 3 & 4, 12F Commercial VIP Building, 112-116 Canton Rd., Tsim
Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Savings Clause
Shipments of items removed from eligibility for a License Exception
or for export or reexport without a license (NLR) as a result of this
regulatory action that were en route aboard a carrier to a port of
export or reexport, on September 26, 2018, pursuant to actual orders
for export or reexport to a foreign destination, may proceed to that
destination under the previous eligibility for a License Exception or
export or reexport without a license (NLR).
Export Control Reform Act of 2018
On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S.
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which
included the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) (Title XVII,
Subtitle B of Pub. L. 115-232), which provides the legal basis for
BIS's principal authorities and serves as the authority under which BIS
issues this rule. As set forth in Sec. 1768 of ECRA, all delegations,
rules, regulations, orders, determinations, licenses, or other forms of
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administrative action that have been made, issued, conducted, or
allowed to become effective under the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) (as in effect prior to August 13, 2018 and as
continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and Executive Order 13222 of August
17, 2001, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783 (2002), as amended by Executive
Order 13637 of March 8, 2013, 78 FR 16129 (March 13, 2013), and as
extended by the Notice of August 8, 2018, 83 FR 39871 (August 13,
2018)), or the Export Administration Regulations, and are in effect as
of August 13, 2018, shall continue in effect according to their terms
until modified, superseded, set aside, or revoked under the authority
of ECRA.
Rulemaking Requirements
1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866. This rule is not an Executive Order
13771 regulatory action because this rule is not significant under
Executive Order 12866.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is
required to respond to or be subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA), unless
that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This regulation involves
collections previously approved by OMB under control number 0694-0088,
Simplified Network Application Processing System, which includes, among
other things, license applications, and carries a burden estimate of
43.8 minutes for a manual or electronic submission.
Total burden hours associated with the PRA and OMB control number
0694-0088 are not expected to increase as a result of this rule. You
may send comments regarding the collection of information associated
with this rule, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to
Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by email to
[email protected], or by fax to (202) 395-7285.
3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications
as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
4. Pursuant to Sec. 1762 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018
(Title XVII, Subtitle B of Pub. L. 115-232), which was included in the
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019,
this action is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553) requirements for notice of proposed rulemaking, opportunity for
public participation, and delay in effective date.
5. This action involves the removal of an entity from the Entity
List. Removals from the Entity List involve interagency deliberation
and result from review of public and non-public sources, including,
where applicable, sensitive law enforcement information and classified
information, and the measurement of such information against the Entity
List removal criteria. This information is reviewed according to the
procedures and criteria for evaluating removal requests from the Entity
List, as set forth in 15 CFR 744.11, 15 CFR 744.16, and 15 CFR part
744, Supplement No. 5. For reasons of national security, BIS is not at
liberty to provide to the public detailed information on which the ERC
relies to make the decisions to remove these entities. In addition, the
information included in a removal request is exchanged between the
applicant and the ERC, which by law (Sec. 1761(h) of the ECRA), BIS is
restricted from sharing with the public. Moreover, removal requests
from the Entity List may contain confidential business information that
is necessary for the extensive review conducted by the ERC.
6. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by 5 U.S.C.
553, or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., are not applicable.
Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required and none
has been prepared.
List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744
Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.
Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15
CFR parts 730-774) is amended as follows:
PART 744--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: Pub. L. 115-232, Title XVII, Subtitle B. 50 U.S.C.
4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42
U.S.C. 2139a; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43
FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR,
1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p.
950; E.O. 12947, 60 FR 5079, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13026,
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3
CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp.,
p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice
of September 18, 2017, 82 FR 43825 (September 19, 2017); Notice of
November 6, 2017, 82 FR 51971 (November 8, 2017); Notice of January
17, 2018, 83 FR 2731 (January 18, 2018); Notice of August 8, 2018,
83 FR 39871 (August 13, 2018).
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a. Under Belarus, by adding in alphabetical order, two Belarusian
entities, ``Mohammad Ghassem Najafi'' and ``Nilco Group'';
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b. Under Hong Kong, by removing one Hong Kong entity, ``Antony
Emmanuel, No. 3 & 4, 12F Commercial VIP Building, 112-116 Canton Rd.,
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong'';
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c. Under Iran, by adding in alphabetical order, one Iranian entity,
``Nilco Group'';
0
d. Under Russia, by adding in alphabetical order, twelve Russian
entities, ``AeroComposit,'' '' Divetechnoservices,'' ``Federal State
Unitary Enterprise Scientific Production Enterprise ``GAMMA'',''
``Joint Stock Company Scientific-Research Institute ``Vektor'',''
``Nilco Group,'' ``Obinsk Research and Production Enterprise (ORPE),''
``Oceanos,'' ``Open Joint Stock Company Aviadvigatel,'' ``Open Joint
Stock Company Information Technology and Communication Systems,''
``Open Joint Stock Company Scientific and Production Corporation of
Precision Instruments Engineering (NPK-SPP),'' ``Syrus Systems,'' and
``Voronezh Scientific Research Institute ``Vega'' '';
0
e. Under Singapore, by adding in alphabetical order, one Singaporean
entity, ``All Industrial Manufacturing (AIM) Pte Ltd.'';
0
f. Under the United Arab Emirates, by revising Emirati entity, ``AdCom
Systems''.
The additions and revisions read as follows:
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BELARUS................ * * * * * *
Mohammad Ghassem Najafi, For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Unit 705, No. 103, subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
Potbediteley Ave., Minsk, EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
Belarus. 744.11 of the
EAR.)
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Nilco Group, a.k.a., the For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
following one alias: subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
--Nilfam Khazar Co. EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
Unit 705, No. 103, 744.11 of the
Potbediteley Ave., Minsk, EAR.)
Belarus (see alternate
addresses under Iran and
Russia.)
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IRAN................... * * * * * *
Nilco Group, a.k.a., the For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
following one alias: subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
--Nilfam Khazar Co. EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
Unit 6, No. 1, Mehr Alley, 744.11 of the
Gilan St., Boostan 2, EAR.)
Pasdaran Ave., Tehran, Iran
(see alternate addresses
under Belarus and Russia).
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RUSSIA................. * * * * * *
AeroComposit, Antonova For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Prospekt 1, Zavolzhsky subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
District, Ulyanovsk, EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
432072, Russia. 744.11 of the
EAR.)
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Divetechnoservices, a.k.a., For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
the following five aliases: subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
--OOO Divetechnoservice; EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
--OOO Daivtekhnoservis; 744.11 of the
--OOO Dayvtekhnoservis; EAR.)
--OOO NPP DTS; and
--OOO DTS.
Ulitsa Zheleznovodskaya, 18/
2 Litera A, Saint
Petersburg, 199155, Russia.
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Federal State Unitary For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Enterprise Scientific subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
Production Enterprise EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
``GAMMA'', Ul. 744.11 of the
Profsoyuznaya d. 78 str. 4, EAR.)
Moscow, 117393, Russia.
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Joint Stock Company For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Scientific-Research subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
Institute ``Vektor'', Ul. EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
Akademika Pavlova, d. 14-A, 744.11 of the
Saint Petersburg, 197376, EAR.)
Russia.
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Nilco Group, a.k.a., the For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
following one alias: subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
--Nilfam Khazar Co. EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
Unit 439, 2 Mozhayskoe Road, 744.11 of the
Moscow, Russia (see EAR.)
alternate addresses under
Belarus and Iran).
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Obinsk Research and For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Production Enterprise subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
(ORPE), a.k.a., the EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
following three aliases: 744.11 of the
--ORPE Technologiya; EAR.)
--ONPP Technologiya; and
--Obinsk Composite Materials
Plant.
Kievskoe Shosse 15, Obinsk,
249031, Russia.
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Oceanos, 19/2 Esenina For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Street, Saint Petersburg, subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
194295, Russia; and 16/2 A- EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
H Engelsa Prospekt, Saint 744.11 of the
Petersburg, 195156, Russia. EAR.)
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Open Joint Stock Company For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Aviadvigatel, a.k.a., the subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
following one alias: EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
--AVI. 744.11 of the
Komsomolsky Prospekt 93, EAR.)
Perm, 614990, Russia.
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Open Joint Stock Company For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Information Technology and subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
Communication Systems, EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
a.k.a., the following two 744.11 of the
aliases: EAR.)
--OJSC Infoteks; and
--OJSC Infotecs.
Proezd Petrovsko-Razumovski
Star, d. 1/23 str. 1
Business Center ``Vympel,''
Moscow, 127287, Russia.
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Open Joint Stock Company For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Scientific and Production subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
Corporation of Precision EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
Instruments Engineering 744.11 of the
(NPK-SPP), a.k.a., the EAR.)
following one alias:
--OJC RPC PSI.
Aviamotornaya Ulitsa 53,
Moscow, 111024, Russia.
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Syrus Systems, 3-Y Novyy For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Pereulok, 5, Moscow, subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
107140, Russia. EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
744.11 of the
EAR.)
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Voronezh Scientific Research For all items Presumption of 83 FR [INSERT FR
Institute ``Vega``, a.k.a., subject to the denial. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
the following two aliases: EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
--Voronezhskiy Nauchno- 744.11 of the
Issledovatelskiy Institut EAR.)
``Vega``; and
--VNII Vega.
Moskovskiy Prospekt 7B,
Voronezh, 394026, Russia.
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SINGAPORE.............. * * * * * *
All Industrial Manufacturing For all items See 744.2(d) of 83 FR [INSERT FR
(AIM) Pte Ltd., 4 Kaki subject to the the EAR. PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
Bukit Ave 1, #02-05, EAR. (See Sec. 2018].
417939, Singapore. 744.11 of the
EAR.)
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES... * * * * * *
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AdCom Systems, a.k.a. the For all items Presumption of 81 FR 14958, 3/21/
following two aliases: subject to the denial. 16.
--Sky Global Communications; EAR. (See Sec. 83 FR [INSERT FR
and 744.11 of the PAGE NUMBER 9/26/
--Sky Global Communication EAR.) 2018].
Systems.
Industrial City of Abu
Dhabi--ICAD1, Mussafah, Abu
Dhabi, UAE; and #2
Mezzanine Level, Block 19,
Sharq 40 Al Morour Street,
Abu Dhabi Island, Abu
Dhabi, UAE.
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Dated: September 21, 2018.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-20954 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-33-P