Foreign Assets Control Office – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') has made changes to the identifying information associated with the following two entities, previously designated pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of 4 individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901- 1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is amending the Persons Contributing to the Conflict in C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 543 (the ``Regulations''), to change the heading of the Regulations.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of one newly designated entity and one newly designated individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of four individuals and three entities whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one newly-designated entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') of the Department of the Treasury is amending Appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V to: Reflect the addition to, or removal from, Appendix A, since it was last published, of the names of individuals and entities subject to the various economic sanctions programs administered by OFAC; provide updated identifying and clarifying information for certain individuals and entities included on the appendix; reflect the addition of Iran as an entity's associated sanctions program in certain circumstances and the removal of certain entities listed in Appendix A to 31 CFR part 560; and reflect the removal of North Korea as a sanctions program under which entities may be blocked. OFAC also is amending the ``Appendixes to Chapter V-Note,'' which contains notes applicable to both Appendix A and Appendix B to 31 CFR chapter V, to reflect changes in the status of several programs and to clarify the obligations of financial institutions with respect to blocked vessels.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (``OFAC'') is amending the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations to expand the scope of an existing authorization of certain imports for diplomatic or official personnel to include the provision of goods or services in the United States to the diplomatic missions of the Government of Sudan to the United States and the United Nations, and to the employees of such missions, subject to certain conditions. The amended section also authorizes the importation of goods or services into the United States by the regional Government of Southern Sudan and its employees that involve the transit or transshipment of goods through areas of Sudan other than the Specified Areas of Sudan, subject to certain conditions.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of two newly-designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is adding a new part to the Code of Federal Regulations to implement Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.''

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (``OFAC'') is amending the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations so that the schedule to which a prohibition section refers lists those countries that are currently designated as supporting international terrorism, instead of the countries that were designated as of the effective date of these regulations. This amendment also removes Iraq, Libya, and North Korea from the schedule, because these countries are no longer designated as state sponsors of terrorism.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of six newly-designated entities, one newly-designated person, and eight additional aliases for a previously-designated entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 11 newly designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is adding a new part to the Code of Federal Regulations to implement Executive Order 13396 of February 7, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of four individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one newly-designated entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 26 entities and 14 individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two newly-designated individuals and two newly-designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of four newly-designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one newly-designated entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 19 newly-designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters'' and 123 related vessels.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three newly designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is amending the Iranian Transactions Regulations to expand the scope of Appendix A to Part 560 to include non-financial as well as financial institutions determined to be owned or controlled by the Government of Iran, and to add to the appendix three non-financial institutions that have been determined to be owned or controlled by the Government of Iran: The National Iranian Oil Company (a.k.a. NIOC), Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd (a.k.a. NICO), and Naftiran Intertrade Co. (NICO) Sarl.