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a. Adding ‘‘Except as provided in
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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 Licenses
13E, 66, 67, and 68
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 Russian Harmful Foreign
Activities Sanctions Regulations: GLs
13E, 66, 67, and 68, each of which were
previously made available on OFAC’s
website.
DATES: GLs 13E, 66, 67, and 68 were
issued on May 19, 2023. See
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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 Compliance, 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 May 19, 2023, OFAC issued GLs
13E, 66, 67, and 68 to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587.
GLs 13E, 66, and 67 have an expiration
date of August 17, 2023; GL 68 has an
expiration date of July 18, 2023. 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
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 13E
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 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
daylight time, August 17, 2023.
(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
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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 May 19, 2023, General
License No. 13D, dated February 24,
2023, is replaced and superseded in its
entirety by this General License No.
13E.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 66
Authorizing the Wind Down of
Transactions Involving Public Joint
Stock Company Polyus
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this general license, all
transactions prohibited by Executive
Order (E.O.) 14024 that are ordinarily
incident and necessary to the wind
down of any transaction involving
Public Joint Stock Company Polyus, or
any entity in which Public Joint Stock
Company Polyus owns, directly or
indirectly, a 50 percent or greater
interest, are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, August 17,
2023, provided that any payment to a
blocked person must be made into a
blocked account in accordance with the
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587
(RuHSR).
(b) This general license does not
authorize:
(1) Any transactions prohibited by
Directive 2 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent
or Payable-Through Accounts and
Processing of Transactions Involving
Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
(2) Any transactions prohibited by
Directive 4 under 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; or
(3) Any transactions otherwise
prohibited by the RuHSR, including
transactions involving any person
blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other
than the blocked persons described in
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paragraph (a) of this general license,
unless separately authorized.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
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GENERAL LICENSE NO. 67
Authorizing Certain Transactions
Related to Debt or Equity of, or
Derivative Contracts Involving, Public
Joint Stock Company Polyus
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs
(d) and (e) of this general license, all
transactions prohibited by Executive
Order (E.O.) 14024 that are ordinarily
incident and necessary to the
divestment or transfer, or the facilitation
of the divestment or transfer, of debt or
equity of Public Joint Stock Company
Polyus, or any entity in which Public
Joint Stock Company Polyus owns,
directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or
greater interest, purchased prior to May
19, 2023 (‘‘covered debt or equity’’), to
a non-U.S. person are authorized
through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time, August 17, 2023.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph
(e) of this general license, all
transactions prohibited by E.O. 14024
that are ordinarily incident and
necessary to facilitating, clearing, and
settling trades of covered debt or equity
that were placed prior to 4:00 p.m.
eastern daylight time, May 19, 2023 are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time, August 17, 2023.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph
(e) of this general license, all
transactions prohibited by E.O. 14024
that are ordinarily incident and
necessary to the wind down of
derivative contracts entered into prior to
4:00 p.m. eastern daylight time, May 19,
2023 that (i) include a blocked person
described in paragraph (a) of this
general license as a counterparty or (ii)
are linked to covered debt or equity are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time, August 17, 2023,
provided that any payments to a
blocked person are made into a blocked
account in accordance with the Russian
Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR).
(d) Paragraph (a) of this general
license does not authorize:
(1) U.S. persons to sell, or to facilitate
the sale of, covered debt or equity to,
directly or indirectly, any person whose
property and interests in property are
blocked; or
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(2) U.S. persons to purchase or invest
in, or to facilitate the purchase of or
investment in, directly or indirectly,
covered debt or equity, other than
purchases of or investments in covered
debt or equity ordinarily incident and
necessary to the divestment or transfer
of covered debt or equity as described
in paragraph (a) of this general license.
(e) This general license does not
authorize:
(1) Any transactions prohibited by
Directive 2 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent
or Payable-Through Accounts and
Processing of Transactions Involving
Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
(2) Any transactions prohibited by
Directive 4 under 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; or
(3) Any transactions otherwise
prohibited by the 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.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 68
Authorizing the Wind Down of
Transactions Involving Certain
Universities and Institutes
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this general license, all
transactions prohibited by Executive
Order (E.O.) 14024 that are ordinarily
incident and necessary to the wind
down of any transaction involving one
or more of the following blocked
persons are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, July 18,
2023, provided that any payment to a
blocked person must be made into a
blocked account in accordance with the
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587
(RuHSR):
(1) Federal State Budgetary
Educational Institution of Higher
Education Grozny State Oil Technical
University Named After Academician
M.D. Millionshchikov;
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(2) Federal State Budget Educational
Institution of Higher Education Saint
Petersburg Mining University;
(3) Federal State Budgetary
Educational Institution of Higher
Education Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian
State University for Geological
Prospecting;
(4) Federal State Budgetary
Educational Institution of Higher
Vocational Education Gubkin Russian
State University of Oil and Gas;
(5) State Budgetary Educational
Institution of Higher Education
Almetyevsk State Oil Institute; or
(6) Any entity in which one or more
of the above persons own, directly or
indirectly, individually or in the
aggregate, a 50 percent or greater
interest.
(b) This general license does not
authorize:
(1) Any transactions prohibited by
Directive 2 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent
or Payable-Through Accounts and
Processing of Transactions Involving
Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
(2) Any transactions prohibited by
Directive 4 under 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; or
(3) Any transactions otherwise
prohibited by the 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.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
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 Licenses 13E, 66, 67, and 68
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 Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations: GLs 13E, 66, 67, and 68, each of which were previously
made available on OFAC's website.
DATES: GLs 13E, 66, 67, and 68 were issued on May 19, 2023. 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 Compliance, 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 May 19, 2023, OFAC issued GLs 13E, 66, 67, and 68 to authorize
certain transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful
Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. GLs 13E, 66,
and 67 have an expiration date of August 17, 2023; GL 68 has an
expiration date of July 18, 2023. 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
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 13E
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 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 daylight time, August 17, 2023.
(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 May 19, 2023, General License No. 13D, dated February
24, 2023, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General
License No. 13E.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 66
Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Public Joint Stock
Company Polyus
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are
ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of any transaction
involving Public Joint Stock Company Polyus, or any entity in which
Public Joint Stock Company Polyus owns, directly or indirectly, a 50
percent or greater interest, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time, August 17, 2023, provided that any payment to a blocked
person must be made into a blocked account in accordance with the
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part
587 (RuHSR).
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial
Institutions;
(2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under 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; or
(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR, including
transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other
than the blocked persons described in
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paragraph (a) of this general license, unless separately authorized.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 67
Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Debt or Equity of, or
Derivative Contracts Involving, Public Joint Stock Company Polyus
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this general
license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024
that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the divestment or
transfer, or the facilitation of the divestment or transfer, of debt or
equity of Public Joint Stock Company Polyus, or any entity in which
Public Joint Stock Company Polyus owns, directly or indirectly, a 50
percent or greater interest, purchased prior to May 19, 2023 (``covered
debt or equity''), to a non-U.S. person are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, August 17, 2023.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by E.O. 14024 that are ordinarily incident
and necessary to facilitating, clearing, and settling trades of covered
debt or equity that were placed prior to 4:00 p.m. eastern daylight
time, May 19, 2023 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time, August 17, 2023.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by E.O. 14024 that are ordinarily incident
and necessary to the wind down of derivative contracts entered into
prior to 4:00 p.m. eastern daylight time, May 19, 2023 that (i) include
a blocked person described in paragraph (a) of this general license as
a counterparty or (ii) are linked to covered debt or equity are
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August 17, 2023,
provided that any payments to a blocked person are made into a blocked
account in accordance with the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR).
(d) Paragraph (a) of this general license does not authorize:
(1) U.S. persons to sell, or to facilitate the sale of, covered
debt or equity to, directly or indirectly, any person whose property
and interests in property are blocked; or
(2) U.S. persons to purchase or invest in, or to facilitate the
purchase of or investment in, directly or indirectly, covered debt or
equity, other than purchases of or investments in covered debt or
equity ordinarily incident and necessary to the divestment or transfer
of covered debt or equity as described in paragraph (a) of this general
license.
(e) This general license does not authorize:
(1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial
Institutions;
(2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under 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; or
(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the 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.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 587
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 68
Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Certain
Universities and Institutes
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are
ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of any transaction
involving one or more of the following blocked persons are authorized
through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 18, 2023, provided that
any payment to a blocked person must be made into a blocked account in
accordance with the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR):
(1) Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher
Education Grozny State Oil Technical University Named After Academician
M.D. Millionshchikov;
(2) Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher
Education Saint Petersburg Mining University;
(3) Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher
Education Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological
Prospecting;
(4) Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher
Vocational Education Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas;
(5) State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education
Almetyevsk State Oil Institute; or
(6) Any entity in which one or more of the above persons own,
directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent
or greater interest.
(b) This general license does not authorize:
(1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024,
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial
Institutions;
(2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under 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; or
(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the 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.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 19, 2023.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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