[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40011-40012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16938]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Nonproliferation
[Public Notice 4392]
Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against Chinese and North
Korean Entities, Including Ban on U.S. Government Procurement
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: A determination has been made that five Chinese and one North
Korean entities have engaged in activities that require the imposition
of measures pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of
2000, which provides for penalties on entities for the transfer to Iran
of equipment and technology controlled under multilateral export
control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, Australia Group,
Nuclear Suppliers Group, Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the
potential to make a material contribution to weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) or missiles.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 26, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On general issues: Vann H. Van Diepen,
Office of Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, Bureau of
Nonproliferation, Department of State, (202-647-1142). On U.S.
Government procurement ban issues: Gladys Gines, Office of the
Procurement Executive, Department of State, (703-516-1691).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to sections 2 and 3 of the Iran
Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-178), the U.S. Government
determined on June 23, 2003, that the measures authorized in section 3
of the Act shall apply to the following foreign entities identified in
the report submitted pursuant to section 2(a) of the Act:
Taian Foreign Trade General Corporation (China) and any successor,
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Zibo Chemical Equipment Plant, aka Chemet Global Ltd., aka South
Industries Science and Technology Trading Company, Ltd. (China) and any
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Liyang Yunlong Chemical Equipment Group Company (China) and any
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) (China) and any
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
China Precision Machinery Import/Export Corporation (CPMIEC)
(China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Changgwang Sinyong Corporation (North Korea) and any successor,
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof.
Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the following
measures are imposed on these entities:
1. No department or agency of the United States Government may
procure, or enter into any contract for the procurement of, any goods,
technology, or services from these foreign persons;
2. No department or agency of the United States Government may
provide any assistance to the foreign persons, and these persons shall
not be eligible to participate in any assistance program of the United
States Government;
3. No United States Government sales to the foreign persons of any
item on the United States Munitions List (as in effect on August 8,
1995) are permitted, and all sales to these persons of any defense
articles, defense services, or design and construction services under
the Arms Export Control Act are terminated; and,
4. No new individual licenses shall be granted for the transfer to
these foreign persons of items the export of which is
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controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Export
Administration Regulations, and any existing such licenses are
suspended.
These measures shall be implemented by the responsible departments
and agencies of the United States Government and will remain in place
for two years, except to the extent that the Secretary of State or
Deputy Secretary of State may subsequently determine otherwise. A new
determination will be made in the event that circumstances change in
such a manner as to warrant a change in the duration of sanctions.
Section 2(a) of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 requires
twice-yearly reports to Congress identifying foreign entities (not
governments) with respect to whom there is credible information that
they have transferred to Iran: (a) Items on multilateral export control
lists; or (b) items not on any control list, but which nevertheless
would be, if they were U.S. goods, services, or technology, prohibited
for export to Iran because of their potential to make a material
contribution to the development of missiles or WMD. In previous
reports, we reported pursuant to Section 2(a) transfers of items not on
a multilateral list if they were controlled on the Commerce Control
List for WMD or missile reasons, on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
or Department of Energy nuclear control lists, or on the United States
Munitions List.
We now are adding to the items previously reported, both (1) items
of the same kinds as those on multilateral lists, but falling below the
control list parameters (e.g., aluminum powder above the Missile
Technology Control Regime's 0-200 micron size limit), when it is
determined they have the potential to make a material contribution to
weapons of mass destruction, or cruise or ballistic missile systems;
and (2) other items with the potential of making such a material
contribution, when added through case-by-case decisions.
Dated: June 26, 2003.
Andrew K. Semmel,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 03-16938 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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