Office of Foreign Assets Control 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning OFAC's Cuban Remittance Affidavit information collection.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one newly-designated individual 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 six newly designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, ``Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is removing the names of one individual and twelve entities from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons whose property and interests in property have been 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 individual, Ahmed Idris NASREDDIN, was designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 on April 19, 2002. The twelve entities: AKIDA BANK PRIVATE LIMITED, AKIDA INVESTMENT CO. LTD. GULF CENTER S.R.L., MIGA-MALAYSIAN SWISS, GULF AND AFRICAN CHAMBER; NASCO BUSINESS RESIDENCE CENTER SAS DI NASREDDIN AHMED IDRIS EC, NASCO NASREDDIN HOLDING A.S., NASCOSERVICE S.R.L., NASCOTEX S.A., NASREDDIN COMPANY NASCO SAS DI AHMED IDRIS NASREDDIN EC, NASREDDIN FOUNDATION, NASREDDIN GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LIMITED, NASREDDIN INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED HOLDING; were designated pursuant to Executive Order 13224 on August 28, 2002.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one newly designated individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria.''

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

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 538, to include several new provisions implementing Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 2006.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of eleven newly-designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13310 of July 28, 2003, ``Blocking Property of the Government of Burma and Prohibiting Certain Transactions.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two newly designated individuals and five newly designated entities 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 administers the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) as a targeted tool to help track terrorists and their networks. The TFTP utilizes certain financial transaction information provided by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a Belgium-based cooperative, under compulsion of administrative subpoenas. Discussions among U.S. and European authorities on the operation of the TFTP in the context of their respective counterterrorism efforts and data privacy laws culminated on June 28, 2007, in the ``Terrorist Finance Tracking Program Representations of the United States Department of the Treasury'' and a related exchange of letters between the Treasury Department and the EU. Each of these documents is included as an appendix to this notice.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 21 newly-designated individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked 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 changes to the identifying information associated with five individuals and three entities previously designated 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 9 newly-designated individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked 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 46 newly-designated individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.'' In addition, OFAC is publishing changes to the identifying information associated with three persons previously designated pursuant to Executive Order 12978.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two newly-designated individuals 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 four 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 Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is adding new part 593 to chapter V of 31 CFR to carry out the purposes of Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of Certain Goods from Liberia.'' These regulations implement targeted sanctions directed at the regime of former President Charles Taylor. The sanctions are not directed against the country of Liberia, the Government of Liberia, or the Central Bank of Liberia.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of two newly-designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.'' In addition, OFAC is publishing changes to the identifying information associated with three persons previously designated pursuant to Executive Order 12978.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of sixty-five newly-designated individuals and forty-five newly designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ``Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.''

The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is issuing this notice to clarify its policy with respect to the process for issuing one-year licenses to export agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Sudan and Iran pursuant to section 906 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, Title IX of Public Law 106-387 (October 28, 2000).

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three newly-designated persons 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 five individuals and one entity 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 removing the name of one person from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters. The entity, GREAT WALL AIRLINES COMPANY LIMITED, was designated pursuant to Executive Order 13382 on August 15, 2006.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is amending the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations to define the term ``otherwise associated with'' as used in 31 CFR 594.201 and to amend an explanatory note accompanying that section.