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technical personnel, are authorized to engage
in the following transactions, where such
transactions are ordinarily incident and
necessary to such U.S. persons’ journalistic
activities or to the establishment or operation
of a news bureau and are prohibited by
Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 or section
(1)(a)(i) of E.O. 14071, provided that the only
involvement of blocked persons is the
processing of funds by financial institutions
blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024:
(1) Compensating support staff (e.g.,
stringers, translators, interpreters, camera
operators, technical experts, freelance
producers, or drivers), persons to handle
logistics, or other office personnel;
(2) Leasing or renting office space;
(3) Purchasing, leasing, or renting goods
and services (e.g., mobile phones and related
airtime); or
(4) Paying for all other expenses ordinarily
incident and necessary to journalistic
activities, including sales or employment
taxes.
(b) For the purposes of this general license,
the term ‘‘news reporting organization’’
means an entity whose primary purpose is
the gathering and dissemination of news to
the general public.
(c) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The opening or maintaining of a
correspondent account or payable-through
account for or on behalf of any entity subject
to Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions
Related to Correspondent or PayableThrough Accounts and Processing of
Transactions Involving Certain Foreign
Financial Institutions;
(2) 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;
(3) Any transactions involving Joint Stock
Company Channel One Russia, Joint Stock
Company NTV Broadcasting Company,
Television Station Russia-1, Limited Liability
Company Algoritm, New Eastern Outlook, or
Oriental Review, unless separately
authorized; or
(4) 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
other than the blocked persons described in
paragraph (a) of this general license, unless
separately authorized.
Note to General License No. 52. See Russiarelated General License No. 25C for an
authorization for transactions ordinarily
incident and necessary to the receipt or
transmission of telecommunications
involving the Russian Federation.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: September 15, 2022.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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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 Web General License 53
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of Web General
License.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one
general license (GL) issued pursuant to
the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations: GL 53, which
was previously made available on
OFAC’s website.
DATES: GL 53 was issued on November
10, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC’s website:
www.treas.gov/ofac.
Background
On November 10, 2022, OFAC issued
GL 53 to authorize certain transactions
otherwise prohibited by the Russian
Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. The GL
was made available on OFAC’s website
(www.treas.gov/ofac) when it was
issued. The text of the GL is provided
below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 53
Authorizing Transactions for Diplomatic
Missions of the Russian Federation
Prohibited by Directive 4 under Executive
Order 14024
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of
this general license, U.S. persons are
authorized to engage in all transactions
ordinarily incident and necessary to the
official business of diplomatic or consular
missions of the Government of the Russian
Federation (‘‘Russian missions’’), where the
transactions are prohibited by Directive 4
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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.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of
this general license, U.S. persons are
authorized to engage in all transactions
ordinarily incident and necessary to the
compensation of employees of Russian
missions, including payment of salaries and
reimbursement of expenses, where the
transactions are prohibited by Directive 4
under E.O. 14024.
(c) 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.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: November 10, 2022.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 598
Publication of Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations Web
General Licenses 2, 3, 3A, and 3B
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 four
general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant
to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Sanctions Regulations: GLs 2, 3, 3A, and
3B, each of which was previously made
available on OFAC’s website.
DATES: GL 2 was issued on May 5, 2015.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Plaza, S.A. unless such payment is made into
a blocked interest-bearing account in
accordance with 31 CFR 598.206(a).
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
Dated: May 5, 2016.
Electronic Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC’s website:
www.treas.gov/ofac.
Background
On May 5, 2016, OFAC issued GLs 2
and 3 to authorize certain transactions
otherwise prohibited by the Foreign
Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 589.
Subsequently, OFAC issued two further
iterations of GL 3: on June 3, 2016,
OFAC issued GL 3A, which superseded
GL 3; and on January 5, 2017, OFAC
issued GL 3B, which superseded GL 3A.
Each of these GLs is now expired.
Each GL was made available on
OFAC’s website (www.treas.gov/ofac)
when it was issued. The text of these
GLs is provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 2
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Authorizing Certain Transactions and
Activities To Wind Down Operations for the
Hotel Operating at Millennium Plaza,
Panama
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all
transactions and activities otherwise
prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are
necessary to maintain lodging services or are
for the winding down of operations,
contracts, or other agreements involving
hotel goods or services with the hotel
operating at Millennium Plaza, Avenida A.
Waked, Corredor Zona Libre, Colon, Panama,
that were ongoing or in effect prior to May
5, 2016, are authorized through 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time, May 26, 2016.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any accounts
blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–
1908, and the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598;
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise
prohibited by any Executive order or any
other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual
or entity other than the hotel operating at
Millennium Plaza, Avenida A. Waked,
Corredor Zona Libre, Colon, Panama; Plaza
Milenio, S.A.; or Administracion Millenium
Plaza, S.A. that is listed on the Office of
Foreign Assets Control’s List of Specially
Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons or
that otherwise constitutes a person whose
property and interests in property are
blocked;
(3) Any payment incident to and necessary
for the transactions authorized in paragraph
(a) to or for the benefit of the entity Plaza
Milenio, S.A. or Administracion Millenium
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Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3
Authorizing Certain Transactions and
Activities Necessary To Maintain Existing
Operations of La Estrella and El Siglo
Newspapers
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all
transactions and activities otherwise
prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are
necessary to maintain all existing operations
of the Panamanian newspapers, La Estrella
and El Siglo, are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, July 6, 2016.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any accounts
blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–
1908, and the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598; or
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise
prohibited by any Executive order or any
other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual
or entity other than the La Estrella and El
Siglo newspapers that is listed on the Office
of Foreign Assets Control’s List of Specially
Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons or
that otherwise constitutes a person whose
property and interests in property are
blocked.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
Dated: May 5, 2016.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3A
Authorizing Certain Transactions and
Activities Necessary To Maintain Existing
Operations of La Estrella and El Siglo
Newspapers
(a) General License No. 3, dated May 5,
2016, is replaced and superseded in its
entirety by this General License No. 3A.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all
transactions and activities otherwise
prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are
necessary to maintain all existing operations
of the Panamanian newspapers, La Estrella
and El Siglo, are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, January 6, 2017.
(c) This general license does not authorize:
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(1) The unblocking of any property blocked
pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 598; or
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise
prohibited by any Executive order or any
other part of 31 CFR Chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual
or entity other than the La Estrella and El
Siglo newspapers that is listed on the Office
of Foreign Assets Control’s List of Specially
Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons or
that otherwise constitutes a person whose
property and interests in property are
blocked.
John H. Battle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
Dated: June 3, 2016.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3B
Authorizing Certain Transactions and
Activities To Wind Operations Involving La
Estrella and El Siglo Newspapers
(a) General License No. 3A, dated June 3,
2016, is replaced and superseded in its
entirety by this General License No. 3B.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all
transactions or activities otherwise
prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are for the
wind down of operations, contracts, or other
agreements involving goods or services with
Grupo Editorial La Estrella y El Siglo or the
Panamanian newspapers, La Estrella and El
Siglo (hereinafter Grupo GESE), are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time, July 13, 2017.
(c) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any property blocked
pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901–1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 598; or
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise
prohibited by any Executive order or any
other part of 31 CFR. chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual
or entity other than Grupo GESE that is listed
on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s List
of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked
Persons or that otherwise constitutes a
person whose property and interests in
property are blocked.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
Dated: January 5, 2017.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 598
Publication of Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations
Web General Licenses 2, 3, 3A, and 3B
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of Web General Licenses.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued
pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations: GLs 2,
3, 3A, and 3B, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's
website.
DATES: GL 2 was issued on May 5, 2015. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Electronic Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC's website: www.treas.gov/ofac.
Background
On May 5, 2016, OFAC issued GLs 2 and 3 to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 589. Subsequently, OFAC issued two
further iterations of GL 3: on June 3, 2016, OFAC issued GL 3A, which
superseded GL 3; and on January 5, 2017, OFAC issued GL 3B, which
superseded GL 3A. Each of these GLs is now expired.
Each GL was made available on OFAC's website (www.treas.gov/ofac)
when it was issued. The text of these GLs is provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 2
Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities To Wind Down Operations
for the Hotel Operating at Millennium Plaza, Panama
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all transactions and
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are necessary
to maintain lodging services or are for the winding down of
operations, contracts, or other agreements involving hotel goods or
services with the hotel operating at Millennium Plaza, Avenida A.
Waked, Corredor Zona Libre, Colon, Panama, that were ongoing or in
effect prior to May 5, 2016, are authorized through 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time, May 26, 2016.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any accounts blocked pursuant to the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part
598;
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than
the hotel operating at Millennium Plaza, Avenida A. Waked, Corredor
Zona Libre, Colon, Panama; Plaza Milenio, S.A.; or Administracion
Millenium Plaza, S.A. that is listed on the Office of Foreign Assets
Control's List of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons
or that otherwise constitutes a person whose property and interests
in property are blocked;
(3) Any payment incident to and necessary for the transactions
authorized in paragraph (a) to or for the benefit of the entity
Plaza Milenio, S.A. or Administracion Millenium Plaza, S.A. unless
such payment is made into a blocked interest-bearing account in
accordance with 31 CFR 598.206(a).
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 5, 2016.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3
Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities Necessary To Maintain
Existing Operations of La Estrella and El Siglo Newspapers
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all transactions and
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are necessary
to maintain all existing operations of the Panamanian newspapers, La
Estrella and El Siglo, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time, July 6, 2016.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any accounts blocked pursuant to the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part
598; or
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than
the La Estrella and El Siglo newspapers that is listed on the Office
of Foreign Assets Control's List of Specially Designated Nationals
or Blocked Persons or that otherwise constitutes a person whose
property and interests in property are blocked.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 5, 2016.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3A
Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities Necessary To Maintain
Existing Operations of La Estrella and El Siglo Newspapers
(a) General License No. 3, dated May 5, 2016, is replaced and
superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 3A.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all transactions and
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are necessary
to maintain all existing operations of the Panamanian newspapers, La
Estrella and El Siglo, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time, January 6, 2017.
(c) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part
598; or
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR Chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than
the La Estrella and El Siglo newspapers that is listed on the Office
of Foreign Assets Control's List of Specially Designated Nationals
or Blocked Persons or that otherwise constitutes a person whose
property and interests in property are blocked.
John H. Battle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: June 3, 2016.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3B
Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities To Wind Operations
Involving La Estrella and El Siglo Newspapers
(a) General License No. 3A, dated June 3, 2016, is replaced and
superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 3B.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all transactions or
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are for the
wind down of operations, contracts, or other agreements involving
goods or services with Grupo Editorial La Estrella y El Siglo or the
Panamanian newspapers, La Estrella and El Siglo (hereinafter Grupo
GESE), are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July
13, 2017.
(c) This general license does not authorize:
(1) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part
598; or
(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR. chapter V, or any
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than
Grupo GESE that is listed on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's
List of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons or that
otherwise constitutes a person whose property and interests in
property are blocked.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: January 5, 2017.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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