[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 10000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03174]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Identification of an entity Pursuant to Executive Order 13582 of 
August 17, 2011, ``Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and 
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria.''

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Department.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the name of an entity identified on September 
19, 2012, as an entity whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 2011, 
``Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain 
Transactions with Respect to Syria.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On August 18, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13582 of 
August 17, 2011, ``Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and 
Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to Syria,'' (``the 
Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). In the Order, the President took 
additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that come within the United 
States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any 
United States person, including any overseas branch, of the Government 
of Syria, which is defined to include its agencies, instrumentalities, 
and controlled entities.
    On September 19, 2012, the Director of OFAC identified, pursuant to 
Section 1 of the Order, an entity whose property and interests in 
property are blocked. The listing for this entity is below.
    Entity:
    1. ARMY SUPPLY BUREAU, P.O. Box 3361, Damascus, Syria [SYRIA] 
[NPWMD]

    Dated: September 19, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2013-03174 Filed 2-11-13; 8:45 am]
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