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Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011 

Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to North 

Korea 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section 301 of title 3, 

United States Code, and in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1718 of October 14, 2006, and UNSCR 1874 of June 12, 

2009, 

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, in order 

to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, and expanded in Executive Order 13551 

of August 30, 2010, that will ensure implementation of the import restrictions 

contained in UNSCRs 1718 and 1874 and complement the import restrictions 

provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), 

hereby order: 

Section 1. Except to the extent provided in statutes or in licenses, regulations, 

orders, or directives that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior 

to the date of this order, the importation into the United States, directly 

or indirectly, of any goods, services, or technology from North Korea is 

prohibited. 

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United 

States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes 

a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in 

this order is prohibited. 

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth 

in this order is prohibited. 

Sec. 3. The provisions of Executive Orders 13466 and 13551 remain in 

effect, and this order does not affect any action taken pursuant to those 

orders. 

Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, 

corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 

(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, 

permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign 

branches), or any person in the United States; 

(d) the term ‘‘North Korea’’ includes the territory of the Democratic People’s 

Republic of Korea and the Government of North Korea; and 

(e) the term ‘‘Government of North Korea’’ means the Government of the 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, its agencies, instrumentalities, and 

controlled entities. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation 

of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President 


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by IEEPA and the UNPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 

of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these 

functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government 

consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government 

are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority 

to carry out the provisions of this order. 

Sec. 6. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or 

benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any 

party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its 

officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 

Sec. 7. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 

19, 2011. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

April 18, 2011. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9739 

Filed 4–19–11; 11:15 am] 

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