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Re: تعديل في العقوبات الإقتصادية علي السودان (Re: Nasreldin Abdalla)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Parts 538 and 560 Sudanese Sanctions Regulations; Iranian Transactions Regulations AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is adopting as final, with changes, a previously issued interim final rule. These changes primarily amend the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations and the Iranian Transactions Regulations by issuing general licenses that authorize the exportation or reexportation of food to individuals and entities in an area of Sudan other than the Specified Areas of Sudan and in Iran. Certain specified food items, as well as exports to certain persons, requiring a greater level of scrutiny are excluded from the general licenses. DATES: Effective Date: October 12, 2011. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance and Evaluation, tel.: 202/ 622–2490, Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202/622–2480, Assistant Director for Policy, tel.: 202/622–4855, Office of Foreign Assets Control, or Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622–2410, Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Treasury (not toll free numbers).
OFAC has defined food as items that are intended to be consumed by and provide nutrition to humans or animals in Sudan or Iran—including vitamins and minerals, food additives and supplements, and bottled drinking water—and seeds that germinate into items that are intended to be consumed by and provide nutrition to humans or animals in Sudan or Iran. The definitions also specify that food does not include alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, gum, or fertilizer. OFAC has further determined that the exportation or reexportation of a small number of food items (which are set forth in SSR section 538.523(a)(3)(C) and ITR section 560.530(a)(2)(C)) to the Governments of Sudan or Iran, any individual or entity in an area of Sudan other than the Specified Areas of Sudan or in Iran, and persons in third countries purchasing specifically for resale to any of the foregoing, as well as the exportation or reexportation of food to military or law enforcement purchasers or importers (see SSR section 538.523(a)(3)(D) and ITR section 560.530(a)(2)(D)), continue to require the level of review afforded by specific licensing. Specific licenses are still required also for the exportation or reexportation of agricultural commodities that do not fall within the definition of food in the general licenses, medicine, and medical devices. Accordingly, through a new general license set forth at SSR section 538.523(a)(3), OFAC is authorizing the exportation or reexportation of food (other than those food items excluded by SSR section 538.523(a)(3)(C) and other than exports or reexports of food to persons excluded by SSR section 538.523(a)(3)(D)) to the Government of Sudan, individuals or entities in an area of Sudan other than the Specified Areas of Sudan, or persons in third countries purchasing specifically for resale to an of the foregoing, and the conduct of related transactions, provided that all such exports or reexports are shipped within the 12-month period beginning on the date of the signing of the contract for export or reexport. OFAC also is authorizing the exportation or reexportation of food (other than those food items excluded by ITR section 560.530(a)(2)(C) and other than exports or reexports of food to persons excluded by ITR section 560.530(a)(2)(D)) to the Government of Iran, individuals or entities in Iran, or persons in third countries purchasing specifically for resale to any of the foregoing, and the conduct of related transactions, through a new general license set forth at ITR
no notice of proposed rulemaking is ** required for this rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply.
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