Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations Web General Licenses 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100, 65994-65996 [2024-17804]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
• Office of Foreign Assets Control

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65994-65996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17804]



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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 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100

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 six general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant 
to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GLs 
6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100, each of which were previously made 
available on OFAC's website.

DATES: GLs 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100 were issued on June 12, 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 June 12, 2024, OFAC issued GLs 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100 to 
authorize certain transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian 
Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. GL 
8J has an expiration date of November 1, 2024; GL 98 has an expiration 
date of July 27, 2024; and GLs 99 and 100 have an expiration date of 
August 13, 2024. GLs 6D, 8J and 25D superseded GLs 6C, 8I, and 25C, 
respectively. 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. 6D

Transactions Related to Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical 
Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates, the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, or Clinical Trials

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
all transactions prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign 
Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587, related to: (1) 
the production, manufacturing, sale, transport, or provision of 
agricultural commodities, agricultural equipment, medicine, medical 
devices, replacement parts and components for medical devices, or 
software updates for medical devices; (2) the prevention, diagnosis, 
or treatment of COVID-19 (including research or clinical studies 
relating to COVID-19); or (3) clinical trials and other medical 
research activities are authorized.
    (b) For the purposes of this general license, agricultural 
commodities, medicine, and medical devices are defined as follows:
    (1) Agricultural commodities. For the purposes of this general 
license, agricultural commodities are products that fall within the 
term ``agricultural commodity'' as defined in section 102 of the 
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602) and are intended for 
use as:
    (i) Food for humans (including raw, processed, and packaged 
foods; live animals; vitamins and minerals; food additives or 
supplements; and bottled drinking water) or animals (including 
animal feeds);
    (ii) Seeds for food crops;
    (iii) Fertilizers or organic fertilizers; or
    (iv) Reproductive materials (such as live animals, fertilized 
eggs, embryos, and semen) for the production of food animals.
    (2) Medicine. For the purposes of this general license, medicine 
is an item that falls within the definition of the term ``drug'' in 
section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321).
    (3) Medical devices. For the purposes of this general license, a 
medical device is an item that falls within the definition of 
``device'' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
    (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 Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, Prohibitions Related 
to Correspondent or Payable-Through 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; or
    (3) Transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066, E.O. 14068, or E.O. 
14071, except for transactions prohibited by the determination of 
May 8, 2022, made pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 14071, 
``Prohibitions Related to Certain Accounting, Trust and Corporate 
Formation, and Management Consulting Services,'' or the 
determination of June 12, 2024, made pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of 
E.O. 14071, ``Prohibition on Certain Information Technology and 
Software Services.''
    (d) Effective June 12, 2024, General License No. 6C, dated 
January 17, 2023, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this 
General License No. 6D.
    Note 1 to General License No. 6D. Transactions prohibited by 
E.O. 14066, E.O. 14068, and E.O. 14071 include new investment in the 
Russian Federation and the importation into the United States of 
certain products of Russian Federation origin, such as alcoholic 
beverages and fish, seafood, or preparations thereof.
    Note 2 to General License No. 6D. Nothing in this general 
license relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal 
laws or requirements of other Federal agencies.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control

    Dated: June 12, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR part 
587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 8J

Authorizing Transactions Related to Energy

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 
involving one or more of the following entities that are related to 
energy are authorized, through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, 
November 1, 2024:
    (1) State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic 
Affairs Vnesheconombank;
    (2) Public Joint Stock Company Bank Financial Corporation 
Otkritie;
    (3) Sovcombank Open Joint Stock Company;
    (4) Public Joint Stock Company Sberbank of Russia;
    (5) VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company;
    (6) Joint Stock Company Alfa-Bank;
    (7) Public Joint Stock Company Rosbank;
    (8) Bank Zenit Public Joint Stock Company;
    (9) Bank Saint-Petersburg Public Joint Stock Company;
    (10) National Clearing Center (NCC);
    (11) 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; or
    (12) the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
    (b) For the purposes of this general license, the term ``related 
to energy'' means the extraction, production, refinement, 
liquefaction, gasification, regasification, conversion, enrichment, 
fabrication, transport, or purchase of petroleum, including crude 
oil, lease condensates, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, 
petroleum products, natural gas, or other products capable of 
producing energy, such as coal, wood, or agricultural products used

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to manufacture biofuels, or uranium in any form, as well as the 
development, production, generation, transmission, or exchange of 
power, through any means, including nuclear, thermal, and renewable 
energy sources.
    (c) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 1A under E.O. 
14024, Prohibitions Related to Certain Sovereign Debt of the Russian 
Federation;
    (2) 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 Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving 
Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
    (3) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial 
institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation; 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.
    (d) Effective June 12, 2024, General License No. 8I, dated April 
29, 2024, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General 
License No. 8J.
    Note to General License No. 8J. This authorization is valid 
until November 1, 2024, unless renewed.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: June 12, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25D

Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Certain 
internet-Based Communications

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or 
transmission of telecommunications involving the Russian Federation 
that are prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever 
located, to the Russian Federation of services incident to the 
exchange of communications over the internet, such as instant 
messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and 
movies, web browsing, blogging, social media platforms, 
collaboration platforms, video conferencing, e-gaming, e-learning 
platforms, automated translation, web maps, user authentication 
services, web hosting, and domain name registration services, that 
is prohibited by the RuHSR, is authorized.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, 
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, to the 
Russian Federation of software, hardware, or technology incident to 
the exchange of communications over the internet is authorized, 
provided that:
    (i) If the software, hardware, or technology is subject to the 
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 
(EAR), the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply to the 
Russian Federation of such software, hardware, or technology is 
licensed or otherwise authorized by the Department of Commerce 
pursuant to the EAR; and
    (ii) If the software, hardware, or technology is not subject to 
the EAR, the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply to the 
Russian Federation of such software, hardware, or technology would 
be eligible for a license exception or otherwise authorized by the 
Department of Commerce if it were subject to the EAR.
    (d) 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 Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, Prohibitions Related 
to Correspondent or Payable-Through 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 prohibited by E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068; or
    (4) 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, Oriental Review, or Garantex Europe OU, unless separately 
authorized.
    (e) Effective June 12, 2024, General License No. 25C, dated July 
14, 2022, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General 
License No. 25D.
    Note to General License No. 25D. 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 
EAR.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: June 12, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 98

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Certain Entities 
Blocked on June 12, 2024

    (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 entities 
are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 27, 
2024, provided that any payment to a blocked person is made into a 
blocked account in accordance with the Russian Harmful Foreign 
Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR):
    (1) Aviatech FZC
    (2) Beijing Deepcool Industries Co., Ltd.
    (3) Guangdong Pratic CNC Technology Co., Ltd.
    (4) Joint Stock Company Uralredmet
    (5) Joint Stock Company Goznak
    (6) Limited Liability Company Elga Stroy Mining Services
    (7) Limited Liability Company Elgaugol
    (8) Limited Liability Company Management Company Elga
    (9) Limited Liability Company Koulstar
    (10) Max Jet Service Limited Liability Company
    (11) Mile Hao Xiang Technology Co., Ltd.
    (12) Platin Group Machine Manufacturing International Company 
Limited
    (13) Public Joint Stock Company Seligdar
    (14) Shandong Oree Laser Technology Co., Ltd.
    (15) Wuhan Tianyu Information Industry Co., Ltd; or
    (16) Any entity in which one or more 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.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: June 12, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 99

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions and Certain Transactions 
Related to Debt or Equity of, or Derivative Contracts Involving, MOEX, 
NCC, or NSD

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this general license, 
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are 
ordinarily incident and necessary to

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the wind down of any transaction involving one or more of the 
following blocked entities are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern 
daylight time, August 13, 2024, provided that any payment to a 
blocked person is made into a blocked account in accordance with the 
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 
part 587 (RuHSR):
    (1) Moscow Exchange (MOEX);
    (2) National Clearing Center (NCC);
    (3) Non-Bank Credit Institution Joint Stock Company National 
Settlement Depository (NSD); and
    (4) 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) Except as provided in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this general 
license, all transactions prohibited by 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 
issued or guaranteed by any of the blocked entities identified in 
paragraph (a) (``Covered Debt or Equity'') to a non-U.S. person are 
authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August 13, 
2024, 2024:
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (f) 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, June 12, 2024 are authorized through 12:01 
a.m. eastern daylight time, August 13, 2024, 2024.
    (d) Except as provided in paragraph (f) 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 June 12, 2024 
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 13, 2024, 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).
    (e) Paragraph (b) 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 (b) of 
this general license.
    (f) 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.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: June 12, 2024.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 100

Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Debt or Equity or the 
Conversion of Currencies Involving MOEX, NCC, or NSD

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 that are 
ordinarily incident and necessary to the divestment of debt or 
equity to a non-U.S. person, who is not a person whose property or 
interests in property are blocked, or the conversion of currencies, 
involving one or more of the following blocked entities that is 
acting solely as a securities, trade, or settlement depository, 
central counterparty or clearing house, or public trading market, 
are authorized through 12:01 eastern daylight time August 13, 2024:
    (1) Moscow Exchange (MOEX);
    (2) National Clearing Center (NCC);
    (3) Non-Bank Credit Institution Joint Stock Company National 
Settlement Depository (NSD); and
    (4) 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.
    (c) 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.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: June 12, 2024.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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