Publication of Venezuela Sanctions Regulations Web General License 45B, 20120 [2024-06031]
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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 45B
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 Venezuela Sanctions Regulations:
GL 45B, which was previously made
available on OFAC’s website.
DATES: GL 45B was issued on February
29, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for additional relevant
dates.
SUMMARY:
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: https://
ofac.treasury.gov.
Background
On February 29, 2024, OFAC issued
GL 45B to authorize certain transactions
otherwise prohibited by the Venezuela
Sanctions Regulations (VSR), 31 CFR
part 591. The GL was made available on
OFAC’s website (https://
ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued.
GL 45B supersedes GL 45A, which was
issued on November 16, 2023. The text
of GL 45B is provided below.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
31 CFR Part 594
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations
Publication of Global Terrorism
Sanctions Regulations Web General
License 29
31 CFR Part 591
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 45B
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of web general
license.
AGENCY:
Authorizing Certain Repatriation
Transactions Involving Consorcio
Venezolano de Industrias Aerona´uticas y
Servicios Ae´reos, S.A.
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exclusively for the purposes of such
repatriation, involving Consorcio Venezolano
de Industrias Aerona´uticas y Servicios
Ae´reos, S.A. (Conviasa), or any entity in
which Conviasa owns, directly or indirectly,
a 50 percent or greater interest, that are
prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 13850,
as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 13884,
each as incorporated into the Venezuela
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the
VSR), are authorized.
Note to paragraph (a). The authorization in
paragraph (a) of this general license includes
transactions for the maintenance (including
repair) of the aircraft being used for such
repatriation flights.
(b) This general license does not authorize
any transactions otherwise prohibited by the
VSR, including any transactions involving
any person blocked pursuant to the VSR
other than the blocked persons described in
paragraphs (a) of this general license,
Government of Venezuela persons blocked
solely pursuant to E.O. 13884, Banco Central
de Venezuela, or Banco de Venezuela SA
Banco Universal.
(e) Effective February 29, 2024, General
License No. 45A, dated November 16, 2023,
is replaced and superseded in its entirety by
this General License No. 45B.
Note to General License No. 45B. Nothing
in this general license relieves any person
from compliance with any other Federal laws
or requirements of other Federal agencies,
including export, reexport, and transfer (incountry) licensing requirements maintained
by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of
Industry and Security under the Export
Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts
730–774.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: February 29, 2024.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of
this general license, all transactions
ordinarily incident and necessary to the
repatriation of Venezuelan nationals from
non-U.S. jurisdictions in the Western
Hemisphere to Venezuela, and which are
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Regulations: GL 29, which was
previously made available on OFAC’s
website.
DATES:
GL 29 was issued on March 11,
2024.
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: https://
ofac.treasury.gov.
Background
On March 11, 2024, OFAC issued GL
29 to authorize certain transactions
otherwise prohibited by the Global
Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31
CFR part 594. GL 29 was made available
on OFAC’s website (https://
ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued.
The text of this GL is provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 594
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 29
Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions
Involving Haleel Commodities LLC
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of
this general license, all transactions
prohibited by the Global Terrorism Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (GTSR), that are
ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind
down of any transaction involving Haleel
Commodities LLC (Haleel Commodities), or
any entity in which Haleel Commodities
owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or
greater interest, are authorized through 12:01
a.m. eastern daylight time, April 10, 2024,
provided that any payment to a blocked
person is made into a blocked account in
accordance with the GTSR.
(b) This general license does not authorize
any transactions otherwise prohibited by the
GTSR, including transactions involving any
person blocked pursuant to the GTSR other
than the blocked persons described in
paragraph (a) of this general license, unless
separately authorized.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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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 45B
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Publication of Web General License.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one general license (GL) issued pursuant
to the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations: GL 45B, which was previously
made available on OFAC's website.
DATES: GL 45B was issued on February 29, 2024. 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: https://ofac.treasury.gov.
Background
On February 29, 2024, OFAC issued GL 45B to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations (VSR), 31 CFR part 591. The GL was made available on OFAC's
website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued. GL 45B
supersedes GL 45A, which was issued on November 16, 2023. The text of
GL 45B is provided below.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations
31 CFR Part 591
GENERAL LICENSE NO. 45B
Authorizing Certain Repatriation Transactions Involving Consorcio
Venezolano de Industrias Aeron[aacute]uticas y Servicios A[eacute]reos,
S.A.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the
repatriation of Venezuelan nationals from non-U.S. jurisdictions in
the Western Hemisphere to Venezuela, and which are exclusively for
the purposes of such repatriation, involving Consorcio Venezolano de
Industrias Aeron[aacute]uticas y Servicios A[eacute]reos, S.A.
(Conviasa), or any entity in which Conviasa owns, directly or
indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, that are prohibited by
Executive Order (E.O.) 13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O.
13884, each as incorporated into the Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the VSR), are authorized.
Note to paragraph (a). The authorization in paragraph (a) of
this general license includes transactions for the maintenance
(including repair) of the aircraft being used for such repatriation
flights.
(b) This general license does not authorize any transactions
otherwise prohibited by the VSR, including any transactions
involving any person blocked pursuant to the VSR other than the
blocked persons described in paragraphs (a) of this general license,
Government of Venezuela persons blocked solely pursuant to E.O.
13884, Banco Central de Venezuela, or Banco de Venezuela SA Banco
Universal.
(e) Effective February 29, 2024, General License No. 45A, dated
November 16, 2023, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by
this General License No. 45B.
Note to General License No. 45B. Nothing in this general license
relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or
requirements of other Federal agencies, including export, reexport,
and transfer (in-country) licensing requirements maintained by the
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security under the
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730-774.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: February 29, 2024.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2024-06031 Filed 3-20-24; 8:45 am]
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