[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26302-26303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10441]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
Pursuant to Executive Order 13469
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual and one entity
whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant
to Executive Order 13469 of July 25, 2008, ``Blocking Property of
Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in
Zimbabwe.''
DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons (``SDN List'') of the individual and
entity identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13469 of
July 25, 2008, is effective April 17, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance and Evaluation, 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.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On March 6, 2003, the President, invoking the authority of, inter
alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
06) (``IEEPA'') issued Executive Order 13288 (68 FR 11457, March 10,
2003). In Executive Order 13288, the President declared a national
emergency to deal with the threat posed by the actions and policies of
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions, contributing
to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to
politically motivated violence and intimidation in that country, and to
political and economic instability in the southern African region. The
Annex to Executive Order 13288 included 77 individuals. Executive Order
13288 also authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to designate additional persons determined
to meet the criteria set forth in Executive Order 13288.
On November 22, 2005, in order to take additional steps with
respect to the continued actions and policies of certain persons who
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes and with respect to the
national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 13288, the
President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, IEEPA, issued
Executive Order 13391 (70 FR 71201, November 25, 2005). Executive Order
13391 amends Executive Order 13288 and provides that the Annex to
Executive Order 13288 is replaced and superseded in its entirety by the
Annex to Executive Order 13391, containing the names of 128 individuals
and 33 entities. Executive Order 13288, as amended by Executive Order
13391, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, to block the property and interests in property
of additional categories of persons beyond the category set forth in
Executive Order 13288 prior to its amendment.
On July 25, 2008, the President, invoking the authority of, inter
alia, IEEPA, issued Executive Order 13469 ``Blocking Property of
Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in
Zimbabwe'' (the ``Order''). In the Order, the President took additional
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13288 and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive
Order 13391 in order to address the continued political repression and
the undermining of democratic processes and institutions in Zimbabwe.
The Order authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to block the property and interests in
property of persons determined to have engaged in actions or policies
to undermine democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe, to
commit acts of violence and other human rights abuses against political
opponents, and to engage in public corruption.
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On April 17, 2014, the Director of OFAC determined, pursuant to
Section 5 of the Order, that circumstances no longer warrant the
inclusion of Muller Rautenbach and Ridgepoint Overseas Developments
Limited on the SDN List and that their property and interests in
property are, therefore, no longer blocked pursuant to section 1(a) of
the Order and, accordingly, removed their names from the SDN List.
Individual
1. RAUTENBACH, Muller (a.k.a. RAUTENBACH, Billy; a.k.a. RAUTENBACH,
Muller Conrad); DOB 11 Nov 1950; alt. DOB 23 Sep 1959; citizen
Zimbabwe; Passport ZE26547 (Zimbabwe) (individual) [ZIMBABWE]
Entity
1. RIDGEPOINT OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (a.k.a. RIDGEPOINT OVERSEAS
DEVELOPMENTS LTD), C/O: Mossack Fonseca & Co. BVI Ltd, Akara Building,
24 DeCastro St, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, British; P.O. Box
3136, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, British [ZIMBABWE]
Dated: April 17, 2014.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2014-10441 Filed 5-6-14; 8:45 am]
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