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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
31 CFR part 587
GENERAL LICENSE 13B
Authorizing Certain Administrative
Transactions Prohibited by Directive 4
Under Executive Order 14024
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this general license, U.S. persons,
or entities owned or controlled, directly
or indirectly, by a U.S. person, are
authorized to pay taxes, fees, or import
duties, and purchase or receive permits,
licenses, registrations, or certifications,
to the extent such transactions are
prohibited by Directive 4 under
Executive Order (E.O.) 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Transactions
Involving the Central Bank of the
Russian Federation, the National
Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation,
and the Ministry of Finance of the
Russian Federation, provided such
transactions are ordinarily incident and
necessary to the day-to-day operations
in the Russian Federation of such U.S.
persons or entities, through 12:01 a.m.
eastern standard time, December 7,
2022.
(b) This general license does not
authorize:
(1) Any debit to an account on the
books of a U.S. financial institution of
the Central Bank of the Russian
Federation, the National Wealth Fund of
the Russian Federation, or the Ministry
of Finance of the Russian Federation; or
(2) Any transactions otherwise
prohibited by the Russian Harmful
Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR),
including transactions involving any
person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR,
unless separately authorized.
(c) Effective September 8, 2022,
General License No. 13A, dated May 25,
2022, is replaced and superseded in its
entirety by this General License No.
13B.
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Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: September 8, 2022
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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Publication of Russian Harmful
Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations Determinations
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of determinations.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one
sectoral determination issued pursuant
to an April 15, 2021 Executive order, as
well as a category of services
determination issued pursuant to an
April 6, 2022 Executive order. Each
determination was previously issued on
OFAC’s website.
DATES: The Determination Pursuant to
Section (1)(a)(i) of Executive Order
14024 was issued on September 15,
2022. The Determination Pursuant to
Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order
14071 was issued on September 15,
2022 and takes effect on October 15,
2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing,
202–622–2480; Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or
Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, 202–622–
2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC’s website:
www.treas.gov/ofac.
Background
On April 15, 2021, the President,
invoking the authority of, inter alia, the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
(IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.)
14024 (86 FR 20249, April 19, 2022).
Among other prohibitions, section 1(a)
of E.O. 14024 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 U.S. person of, any
person determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State: (i) to operate or have
operated in the technology sector or the
defense and related materiel sector of
the Russian Federation economy, or any
other sector of the Russian Federation
economy as may be determined by the
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Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State.
On April 6, 2022, the President,
invoking the authority of, inter alia,
IEEPA, issued E.O. 14071 of April 6,
2022, ‘‘Prohibiting New Investment in
and Certain Services to the Russian
Federation in Response to Continued
Russian Federation Aggression’’ (87 FR
20999, April 8, 2022). Among other
prohibitions, section 1(a)(ii) of E.O.
14071 prohibits the exportation,
reexportation, sale, or supply, directly
or indirectly, from the United States, or
by a United States person, wherever
located, of any category of services as
may be determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to any person located
in the Russian Federation.
On September 15, 2022, pursuant to
delegated authority, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, issued a sectoral
determination pursuant to E.O. 14024.
This determination took effect upon
publication on OFAC’s website, which
occurred on September 15, 2022. Also
on September 15, 2022, pursuant to
delegated authority, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Department of State, issued a category of
services determination pursuant to E.O.
14071. This determination takes effect at
12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on
October 15, 2022.
The texts of the September 15, 2022
sectoral determination pursuant to E.O.
14024, and the September 15, 2022
category of services determination
pursuant to E.O. 14071, are below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Determination Pursuant to Section
1(a)(i) of Executive Order 14024
Section 1(a) of Executive Order (E.O.)
14024 of April 15, 2021 (‘‘Blocking
Property With Respect To Specified
Harmful Foreign Activities of the
Government of the Russian Federation’’)
imposes economic sanctions on any
person determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, or the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Treasury, to operate or have
operated in such sectors of the Russian
Federation economy as may be
determined, pursuant to section 1(a)(i)
of E.O. 14024, by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State.
To further address the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of
the United States described in E.O.
14024, and in consultation with the
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Department of State and pursuant to 31
CFR 587.802, I hereby determine that
section 1(a)(i) shall apply to the
quantum computing sector of the
Russian Federation economy. Any
person that the Secretary of the Treasury
or the Secretary of the Treasury’s
designee, in consultation with the
Secretary of State or the Secretary of
State’s designee, or the Secretary of
State or the Secretary of State’s
designee, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury or the
Secretary of the Treasury’s designee,
subsequently determines operates or has
operated in this sector shall be subject
to sanctions pursuant to section 1(a)(i).
This determination shall take effect
upon publication by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control on the
Department of the Treasury’s website.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
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Determination Pursuant to Section
1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 14071
Prohibitions Related to Certain
Quantum Computing Services
Pursuant to sections 1(a)(ii), 1(b), and
5 of Executive Order (E.O.) 14071 of
April 6, 2022 (‘‘Prohibiting New
Investment in and Certain Services to
the Russian Federation in Response to
Continued Russian Federation
Aggression’’) and 31 CFR 587.802, the
Director of the Office of Foreign Assets
Control, in consultation with the
Department of State, hereby determines
that the prohibitions in section 1(a)(ii)
of E.O. 14071 shall apply to quantum
computing services. As a result, the
following activities are prohibited,
except to the extent provided by law, or
unless licensed or otherwise authorized
by the Office of Foreign Assets Control:
the exportation, reexportation, sale, or
supply, directly or indirectly, from the
United States, or by a United States
person, wherever located, of quantum
computing services to any person
located in the Russian Federation.
This determination excludes the
following:
(1) any service to an entity located in
the Russian Federation that is owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by a
United States person;
(2) any service in connection with the
wind down or divestiture of an entity
located in the Russian Federation that is
not owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by a Russian person.
This determination shall take effect
beginning at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on October 15, 2022.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 591
Publication of Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations Web General License 3
and Subsequent Iterations
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of web general
licenses.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing nine
general licenses (GLs) issued in the
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations
program: GLs 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 3F,
and 3G, each of which was previously
issued on OFAC’s website and is now
expired, as well as GL 3H, which was
also previously issued on OFAC’s
website.
SUMMARY:
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
September 15, 2022
General License 3H was issued
on May 12, 2020. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION of this document for
additional relevant dates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing,
202–622–2480; Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or
Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, 202–622–
2490.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC’s website
www.treasury.gov/ofac.
Background
On August 25, 2017, OFAC issued GL
3 to authorize certain transactions
otherwise prohibited by Executive
Order 13808 of August 24, 2017,
‘‘Imposing Additional Sanctions With
Respect to the Situation in Venezuela’’
(82 FR 41155, August 29, 2017). At the
time of issuance, OFAC made GL 3
available on its website (www.treas.gov/
ofac). Subsequently, OFAC issued eight
further iterations of GL 3, which
extended the duration and modified the
scope of the authorization: on January
28, 2019, OFAC issued GL 3A which
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superseded GL 3; on February 1, 2019,
OFAC issued GL 3B, which superseded
GL 3A; on February 11, 2019, OFAC
issued GL 3C, which superseded GL 3B;
on March 8, 2019, OFAC issued GL 3D,
which superseded GL 3C; on April 17,
2019, OFAC issued GL 3E, which
superseded GL 3D; on August 5, 2019,
OFAC issued GL 3F, which superseded
GL 3E; on October 1, 2019, OFAC issued
GL 3G, which superseded GL 3F; and on
May 12, 2020, OFAC issued GL 3H,
which superseded GL 3G. Each GL was
made available on OFAC’s website
when it was issued. On November 22,
2019, OFAC incorporated the
prohibitions of Executive Order 13808,
as well as of any other Executive orders
issued pursuant to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order
13692 of March 8, 2015, into the
Venezuelan Sanctions Regulations, 31
CFR part 591. The text of these GLs is
provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Executive Order of August 24, 2017
Imposing Additional Sanctions With
Respect to the Situation in Venezuela
GENERAL LICENSE 3
Authorizing Transactions Related to,
Provision of Financing for, and Other
Dealings in Certain Bonds
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(c) of this general license, all
transactions related to, the provision of
financing for, and other dealings in
bonds specified in the Annex to this
general license that would be prohibited
by Subsection l(a)(iii) of Executive
Order of August 24, 2017, ‘‘Imposing
Additional Sanctions with Respect to
the Situation in Venezuela,’’ are
authorized.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph
(c) of this general license, all
transactions related to, the provision of
financing for, and other dealings in
bonds that were issued both (i) prior to
the effective date of Executive Order of
August 24, 2017, and (ii) by U.S. person
entities owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by the Government of
Venezuela, are authorized.
(c) This general license does not
authorize any transaction that is
otherwise prohibited by Executive
Order of August 24, 2017, Executive
Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, or any
part of 31 CFR chapter V.
Andrea Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control
Dated: August 25, 2017
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 587
Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations Determinations
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of determinations.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one sectoral determination issued pursuant
to an April 15, 2021 Executive order, as well as a category of services
determination issued pursuant to an April 6, 2022 Executive order. Each
determination was previously issued on OFAC's website.
DATES: The Determination Pursuant to Section (1)(a)(i) of Executive
Order 14024 was issued on September 15, 2022. The Determination
Pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 14071 was issued on
September 15, 2022 and takes effect on October 15, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for
Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs,
202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, 202-622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC's website: www.treas.gov/ofac.
Background
On April 15, 2021, the President, invoking the authority of, inter
alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 (86 FR 20249,
April 19, 2022). Among other prohibitions, section 1(a) of E.O. 14024
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 U.S. person
of, any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State: (i) to operate or have
operated in the technology sector or the defense and related materiel
sector of the Russian Federation economy, or any other sector of the
Russian Federation economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State.
On April 6, 2022, the President, invoking the authority of, inter
alia, IEEPA, issued E.O. 14071 of April 6, 2022, ``Prohibiting New
Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in
Response to Continued Russian Federation Aggression'' (87 FR 20999,
April 8, 2022). Among other prohibitions, section 1(a)(ii) of E.O.
14071 prohibits the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply,
directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States
person, wherever located, of any category of services as may be
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to any person located in the Russian Federation.
On September 15, 2022, pursuant to delegated authority, the
Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Department of State, issued
a sectoral determination pursuant to E.O. 14024. This determination
took effect upon publication on OFAC's website, which occurred on
September 15, 2022. Also on September 15, 2022, pursuant to delegated
authority, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Department of
State, issued a category of services determination pursuant to E.O.
14071. This determination takes effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on October 15, 2022.
The texts of the September 15, 2022 sectoral determination pursuant
to E.O. 14024, and the September 15, 2022 category of services
determination pursuant to E.O. 14071, are below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Determination Pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order 14024
Section 1(a) of Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 of April 15, 2021
(``Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign
Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation'') imposes
economic sanctions on any person determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, or the Secretary
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to
operate or have operated in such sectors of the Russian Federation
economy as may be determined, pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of E.O.
14024, by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State.
To further address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
described in E.O. 14024, and in consultation with the
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Department of State and pursuant to 31 CFR 587.802, I hereby determine
that section 1(a)(i) shall apply to the quantum computing sector of the
Russian Federation economy. Any person that the Secretary of the
Treasury or the Secretary of the Treasury's designee, in consultation
with the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State's designee, or
the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State's designee, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of the
Treasury's designee, subsequently determines operates or has operated
in this sector shall be subject to sanctions pursuant to section
1(a)(i).
This determination shall take effect upon publication by the Office
of Foreign Assets Control on the Department of the Treasury's website.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Determination Pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 14071
Prohibitions Related to Certain Quantum Computing Services
Pursuant to sections 1(a)(ii), 1(b), and 5 of Executive Order
(E.O.) 14071 of April 6, 2022 (``Prohibiting New Investment in and
Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued
Russian Federation Aggression'') and 31 CFR 587.802, the Director of
the Office of Foreign Assets Control, in consultation with the
Department of State, hereby determines that the prohibitions in section
1(a)(ii) of E.O. 14071 shall apply to quantum computing services. As a
result, the following activities are prohibited, except to the extent
provided by law, or unless licensed or otherwise authorized by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control:
the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person,
wherever located, of quantum computing services to any person located
in the Russian Federation.
This determination excludes the following:
(1) any service to an entity located in the Russian Federation that
is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a United States
person;
(2) any service in connection with the wind down or divestiture of
an entity located in the Russian Federation that is not owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Russian person.
This determination shall take effect beginning at 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time on October 15, 2022.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
September 15, 2022
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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