[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53251-53252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21216]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Actions Taken Pursuant to Executive Orders 13608 and 13645
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 providing notice of actions taken by OFAC with respect to
VITALY SOKOLENKO to impose sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13608
of May 1, 2012 and Executive Order 13645 of June 3, 2013.
DATES: OFAC's actions pursuant to Executive Orders 13608 and 13645
described in this notice were effective December 12, 2013.
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
Additional information concerning OFAC is available from OFAC's Web
site (www.treasury.gov/ofac). Certain general information pertaining to
OFAC's sanctions programs also is available via facsimile through a 24-
hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On May 1, 2012, the President issued Executive Order 13608,
``Prohibiting Certain Transactions With and Suspending Entry Into the
United States of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and
Syria'' (``E.O. 13608''). Section 1 (a)(ii) of E.O. 13608 authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, to impose on a foreign person certain measures upon determining
that the foreign person has, inter alia, ``facilitated deceptive
transactions for or on behalf of any person subject to United States
sanctions concerning Iran or Syria.'' Section 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 13608
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to impose on a foreign person certain measures upon
determining that the foreign person is, inter alia, acting or
purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any
person determined to meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions
set forth in section 1(a) of E.O. 13608.
Section 7(d) of E.O. 13608 defines the term ``deceptive
transaction'' to mean ``any transaction where the identity of any
person subject to United States sanctions concerning Iran or Syria is
withheld or obscured from other participants in the transaction or any
relevant regulatory authorities.''
Section 1(b) of E.O. 13608 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury
to prohibit all transactions or dealings involving such persons
sanctioned under E.O. 13608 in or related to any goods, services, or
technology (i) in or intended for the United States, or (ii) provided
by or to United States persons, wherever located. These prohibitions
cover the aforementioned transactions or dealings, but do not require
the blocking of property or interests in property of the person
sanctioned pursuant to E.O. 13608.
On June 3, 2013, the President issued Executive Order 13645
(``Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the
Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 and Additional
Sanctions With Respect to Iran'') (``E.O. 13645''). Section 2 of E.O.
13645 blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the
United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or
control of any United States person, including any foreign branch, of
persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to satisfy any of the criteria set forth
in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of section 2.
On December 12, 2013, the Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, determined that the individual identified below,
meets the criteria set forth in subsections 1(a)(ii) and 1(a)(iii) of
E.O. 13608,\1\ imposed sanctions on that individual, and prohibited all
transactions or dealings involving that individual, as described in
Section 1(b) of E.O. 13608. In addition, on December 11, 2013, the
Director of OFAC designated the individual identified below as a person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
section 2 of E.O. 13645.\2\
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\1\ VITALY SOKOLENKO is the General Manager of FERLAND COMPANY
LIMITED. On May 31, 2013, the Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, imposed sanctions on FERLAND COMPANY LIMITED
pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13608. On the same day, the
Director of OFAC took action to implement additional sanctions
imposed on FERLAND COMPANY LIMITED by the Secretary of State
pursuant to the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended. Separately,
on December 11, 2013, the Director of OFAC designated FERLAND
COMPANY LIMITED pursuant to section 2 of E.O. 13645. A separate
notice detailing OFAC's May 31, 2013 and December 12, 2013 actions
with respect to FERLAND COMPANY LIMITED is being published in
today's Federal Register.
\2\ As noted above, on December 12, 2013, the Director of OFAC
designated individual VITALY SOKOLENKO and entity FERLAND COMPANY
LIMITED pursuant to section 2 of E.O. 13645. On the same day, the
Director of OFAC designated three additional entities pursuant to
section 2 of E.O. 13645 and identified three vessels as blocked
property of one of the entities. A notice detailing OFAC's December
12, 2013 actions with respect to the three additional entities and
three vessels is being published in today's Federal Register.
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Individual
SOKOLENKO, Vitaly (a.k.a. SOKOLENKO, Vitalii; a.k.a.
SOKOLENKO, Vitaliy); DOB 16 Jun 1968; Executive Order
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13645 Determination--Material Support; Passport EH354160; alt.
Passport P0329907; General Manager of Ferland Company Limited
(individual) [FSE-IR] [EO13645]
The Director of OFAC has prohibited all transactions or dealings
involving the individual listed above in or related to any goods,
services, or technology (i) in or intended for the United States, or
(ii) provided by or to United States persons, wherever located. The
individual listed above has been added to OFAC's List of Foreign
Sanctions Evaders with the identifying tag ``FSE-IR'' and OFAC's List
of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons with the
identifying tags ``FSE-IR'' and ``EO13645.''
Dated: August 8, 2014.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2014-21216 Filed 9-5-14; 8:45 am]
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