[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 53222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21778]
[[Page 53222]]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9251]
Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against Foreign Persons,
Including a Ban on U.S. Government Procurement
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a number of foreign persons
have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures
pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria
Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for penalties on foreign
entities and individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran
since January 1, 1999; the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since
January 1, 2005; or the transfer to or acquisition from North Korea
since January 1, 2006, of goods, services, or technology controlled
under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime,
Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group,
Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the potential to make a
material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The latter category
includes (a) items of the same kind as those on multilateral lists but
falling below the control list parameters when it is determined that
such items have the potential of making a material contribution to WMD
or cruise or ballistic missile systems, (b) items on U.S. national
control lists for WMD/missile reasons that are not on multilateral
lists, and (c) other items with the potential of making such a material
contribution when added through case-by-case decisions.
DATES: Effective Date: September 2, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On general issues: Pam Durham, Office
of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau of
International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State,
Telephone (202) 647-4930. For U.S. Government procurement ban issues:
Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement Executive, Department of State,
Telephone: (703) 875-4079.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 21, 2015 the U.S. Government
determined that the measures authorized in Section 3 of the Iran, North
Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub. L. 109-353) shall apply to
the following foreign persons identified in the report submitted
pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Act:
BST Technology and Trade Company (China) and any successor, sub-
unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Dalian Sunny Industries (China) [also known as LIMMT] and any
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Li Fang Wei (China) [also known as Karl Lee];
Tianjin Flourish Chemical Company (China) and any successor, sub-
unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Qasem Soleimani (Iran);
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force (Iran) and any
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Rock Chemie (Iran) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof;
Polestar Trading Company, Ltd. (North Korean entity in China) and
any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
RyonHap-2 (North Korea) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof;
Instrument Design Bureau (KBP) Tula (Russia) and any successor,
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Joint Stock Company Katod (Russia) and any successor, sub-unit, or
subsidiary thereof;
JSC Mic NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) (Russia) and any successor,
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Rosoboronexport (ROE) (Russia) and any successor, sub-unit, or
subsidiary thereof:
Russian Aircraft Corporation (RAC) MiG (Russia) and any successor,
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) (Sudan) and any successor, sub-unit, or
subsidiary thereof;
Vega Aeronautics (Sudan) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof;
Yarmouk Complex (Sudan) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof;
Ayman al Shaher (Syria);
Hizballah facilitators for logistics (Syria) and any successor,
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
Lebanese Hizballah (Syria) and any successor, sub-unit, or
subsidiary thereof;
Syrian Air Force (Syria) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary
thereof;
Multimat Ic ve Dis Ticaret Pazarlama Limited (Turkey) and any
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof; and
Eliya General Trading (United Arab Emirates) and any successor,
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof.
Accordingly, pursuant to Section 3 of the Act, the following
measures are imposed on these persons:
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, except to the
extent that the Secretary of State otherwise may determine;
2. No department or agency of the United States Government may
provide any assistance to these foreign persons, and these persons
shall not be eligible to participate in any assistance program of the
United States Government, except to the extent that the Secretary of
State otherwise may determine;
3. No United States Government sales to these foreign persons of
any item on the United States Munitions List 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 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 from the effective date, except to the extent that the
Secretary of State may subsequently determine otherwise.
Dated: August 28, 2015.
Vann H. Van Diepen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International, Security and
Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2015-21778 Filed 9-1-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-27-P