64380 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 19, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 

Persons With Respect to the 

Humanitarian and Human Rights Crisis 

in Ethiopia’’ (86 FR 52389). On February 

9, 2022, OFAC incorporated the 

prohibitions of E.O. 14046 into the 

Ethiopia Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 

part 550. GL 4 was made available on 

OFAC’s website (https://

ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued. 

GL 4 is now expired. The text of this GL 

is provided below. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Executive Order 14046 of September 17, 

2021 

Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With 

Respect to the Humanitarian and Human 

Rights Crisis in Ethiopia 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 4 

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions 

Involving Hidri Trust or Red Sea Trading 

Corporation 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities prohibited by Executive Order 

(E.O.) 14046 that are ordinarily incident and 

necessary to the wind down of transactions 

involving Hidri Trust or Red Sea Trading 

Corporation are authorized through 12:01 

a.m. eastern standard time, December 14, 

2021. 

Note to paragraph (a): OFAC’s 50 Percent 

Rule does not apply to persons blocked 

solely pursuant to the blocking sanctions in 

section 2(a)(i)(A) of E.O. 14046. 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) Any debit to an account on the books 

of a U.S. financial institution of any blocked 

person under E.O. 14046; or 

(2) Any transactions or activities otherwise 

prohibited by E.O. 14046, or prohibited by 

any part of 31 CFR chapter V, statute, or 

other E.O., or involving any blocked person 

other than the blocked persons identified in 

paragraph (a) of this general license. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Dated: November 12, 2021. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 583 

Publication of Global Magnitsky 

Sanctions Regulations Web General 

Licenses 1, 2, and Subsequent 

Iterations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Publication of web general 

licenses. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing four 

general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant 

to the Global Magnitsky Sanctions 

Regulations: GLs 1, 1A, 2, and 2A, each 

of which was previously made available 

on OFAC’s website. 

DATES: GL 1 was issued on December 9, 

2019. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for additional relevant dates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or 

Assistant Director for Compliance, 202– 

622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available on OFAC’s website: https://

ofac.treasury.gov. 

Background 

On December 9, 2019, OFAC issued 

GL 1 to authorize certain transactions 

otherwise prohibited by the Global 

Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations, 31 

CFR part 583 (‘‘the Regulations’’). 

Subsequently, on December 18, 2019, 

OFAC issued GL 1A, which superseded 

GL 1. On July 31, 2020, OFAC issued GL 

2, also authorizing certain transactions 

otherwise prohibited by the Regulations. 

On September 25, 2020, OFAC issued 

GL 2A, which superseded GL 2. Each 

GL was made available on OFAC’s 

website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when 

it was issued. Each of these GLs is now 

expired. The text of these GLs is 

provided below. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 583 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 1 

Authorizing Certain Activities Necessary to 

the Wind Down of Transactions Involving 

Ventspils Freeport Authority, Ventspils 

Attistibas Agentura, Biznesa Attistibas 

Asociacija, and Latvijas Tranzita Biznesa 

Asociacija 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities prohibited by the Global Magnitsky 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 583, that 

are ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

wind down of transactions involving, 

directly or indirectly, one or more of the 

following entities, or any entity in which one 

or more of the following entities owns, 

directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater 

interest, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time, January 8, 2020: 

• Ventspils Freeport Authority; 

• Ventspils Attistibas Agentura (Ventspils 

Development Agency); 

• Biznesa Attistibas Asociacija (Business 

Development Association); or 

• Latvijas Tranzita Biznesa Asociacija 

(Latvian Transit Business Association). 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) Any debit to an account on the books 

of a U.S. financial institution of the entities 

listed in paragraph (a), or any entity in which 

one or more of the entities in paragraph (a) 

owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or 

greater interest; 

(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise 

prohibited by the Global Magnitsky 

Sanctions Regulations, or any other part of 31 

CFR chapter V, or any transactions or 

dealings with any blocked person other than 

the blocked persons described in paragraph 

(a) of this general license; or 

(3) The unblocking of any property blocked 

pursuant to any part of 31 CFR chapter V, or 

any Executive order except as authorized by 

paragraph (a) of this general license. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: December 9, 2019. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 583 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 1A 

Authorizing Certain Activities Necessary to 

the Wind Down of Transactions Involving 

Ventspils Attistibas Agentura, Biznesa 

Attistibas Asociacija, and Latvijas Tranzita 

Biznesa Asociacija 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities prohibited by the Global Magnitsky 

Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 583, that 

are ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

wind down of transactions involving, 

directly or indirectly, one or more of the 

following entities, or any entity in which one 

or more of the following entities owns, 

directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater 

interest, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time, January 8, 2020: 

• Ventspils Attistibas Agentura (Ventspils 

Development Agency); 

• Biznesa Attistibas Asociacija (Business 

Development Association); or 

• Latvijas Tranzita Biznesa Asociacija 

(Latvian Transit Business Association). 

(b) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) Any debit to an account on the books 

of a U.S. financial institution of the entities 

listed in paragraph (a), or any entity in which 

one or more of the entities in paragraph (a) 

owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or 

greater interest; 

(2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise 

prohibited by the Global Magnitsky 

Sanctions Regulations, or any other part of 31 

CFR chapter V, or any transactions or 

dealings with any blocked person other than 

the blocked persons described in paragraph 

(a) of this general license; or 

(3) The unblocking of any property blocked 

pursuant to any part of 31 CFR chapter V, or 

any Executive order except as authorized by 

paragraph (a) of this general license. 


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(c) Effective December 18, 2019, General 

License 1, dated December 9, 2019, is 

replaced and superseded in its entirety by 

this General License 1A. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: December 18, 2019. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 583 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 2 

Authorizing Certain Wind Down and 

Divestment Transactions and Activities 

Related to Blocked Subsidiaries of the 

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 

(XPCC) 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities otherwise prohibited by the Global 

Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 

part 583 (GMSR), that are ordinarily incident 

and necessary to the wind down of 

transactions involving any entity in which 

the XPCC owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 

percent or greater interest (Blocked XPCC 

Subsidiary), are authorized through 12:01 

a.m. eastern daylight time, September 30, 

2020. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities otherwise prohibited by the GMSR 

that are ordinarily incident and necessary to 

(1) divest or transfer debt, equity, or other 

holdings in any Blocked XPCC Subsidiary to 

a non-U.S. person, or (2) facilitate the transfer 

of debt, equity, or other holdings in any 

Blocked XPCC Subsidiary by a non-U.S. 

person to another non-U.S. person, are 

authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern 

daylight time, September 30, 2020. 

(c) The transactions and activities 

authorized in paragraph (b) include 

facilitating, clearing, and settling transactions 

that are ordinarily incident and necessary to 

a U.S. person’s divestment to a non-U.S. 

person of debt, equity, or other holdings in 

any Blocked XPCC Subsidiary. 

(d) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) The unblocking of any property blocked 

pursuant to any other part of 31 CFR chapter 

V; 

(2) Any debit to the account of any Blocked 

XPCC Subsidiary on the books of a U.S. 

financial institution; 

(3) U.S. persons to sell debt, equity, or 

other holdings to; to purchase or invest in 

debt, equity, or other holdings in; or to 

facilitate such transactions with, directly or 

indirectly, any person whose property and 

interests in property are blocked pursuant to 

the GMSR, including any Blocked XPCC 

Subsidiary, other than purchases of or 

investments in debt, equity, or other holdings 

in any Blocked XPCC Subsidiary that are 

ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

divestment or transfer of investments in debt, 

equity, or other holdings in any Blocked 

XPCC Subsidiary as described in paragraph 

(b); or 

(4) Any transactions or dealings involving 

the property or interests in property of any 

person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to the GMSR, 

including the XPCC, or any person whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to any other part of 31 CFR 

chapter V, other than Blocked XPCC 

Subsidiaries. 

(e) U.S. persons participating in 

transactions authorized by this general 

license are required, within 10 business days 

after the expiration date of this general 

license, to file a comprehensive, detailed 

report of each transaction, including the 

name of this general license, the names and 

addresses of parties involved, the type and 

scope of activities conducted, and the dates 

on which the activities occurred, with the 

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Office of 

Compliance and Enforcement, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Freedman’s Bank 

Building, Washington, DC 20220, or via 

email (preferred) to OFACReport@

treasury.gov. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: July 31, 2020. 

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL 

Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations 

31 CFR Part 583 

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 2A 

Authorizing Certain Wind Down and 

Divestment Transactions and Activities 

Related to Blocked Subsidiaries of the 

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps 

(XPCC) 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities otherwise prohibited by the Global 

Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 

part 583 (GMSR), that are ordinarily incident 

and necessary to the wind down of 

transactions involving any entity in which 

the XPCC owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 

percent or greater interest (Blocked XPCC 

Subsidiary), are authorized through 12:01 

a.m. eastern standard time, November 30, 

2020. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of 

this general license, all transactions and 

activities otherwise prohibited by the GMSR 

that are ordinarily incident and necessary to 

(1) divest or transfer debt, equity, or other 

holdings in any Blocked XPCC Subsidiary to 

a non-U.S. person, or (2) facilitate the transfer 

of debt, equity, or other holdings in any 

Blocked XPCC Subsidiary by a non-U.S. 

person to another non-U.S. person, are 

authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern 

standard time, November 30, 2020. 

(c) The transactions and activities 

authorized in paragraph (b) include 

facilitating, clearing, and settling transactions 

that are ordinarily incident and necessary to 

a U.S. person’s divestment to a non-U.S. 

person of debt, equity, or other holdings in 

any Blocked XPCC Subsidiary. 

(d) This general license does not authorize: 

(1) The unblocking of any property blocked 

pursuant to any other part of 31 CFR chapter 

V; 

(2) Any debit to the account of any Blocked 

XPCC Subsidiary on the books of a U.S. 

financial institution; 

(3) U.S. persons to sell debt, equity, or 

other holdings to; to purchase or invest in 

debt, equity, or other holdings in; or to 

facilitate such transactions with, directly or 

indirectly, any person whose property and 

interests in property are blocked pursuant to 

the GMSR, including any Blocked XPCC 

Subsidiary, other than purchases of or 

investments in debt, equity, or other holdings 

in any Blocked XPCC Subsidiary that are 

ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

divestment or transfer of investments in debt, 

equity, or other holdings in any Blocked 

XPCC Subsidiary as described in paragraph 

(b); or 

(4) Any transactions or dealings involving 

the property or interests in property of any 

person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to the GMSR, 

including the XPCC, or any person whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to any other part of 31 CFR 

chapter V, other than Blocked XPCC 

Subsidiaries. 

(e) U.S. persons participating in 

transactions authorized by this general 

license are required, within 10 business days 

after the expiration date of this general 

license, to file a comprehensive, detailed 

report of each transaction, including the 

name of this general license, the names and 

addresses of parties involved, the type and 

scope of activities conducted, and the dates 

on which the activities occurred, with the 

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Office of 

Compliance and Enforcement, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Freedman’s Bank 

Building, Washington, DC 20220, or via 

email (preferred) to OFACReport@

treasury.gov. 

(f) Effective September 25, 2020, General 

License No. 2, dated July 31, 2020, is 

replaced and superseded in its entirety by 

this General License 2A. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

Dated: September 25, 2020. 

Bradley T. Smith, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. USCG–2023–0768] 

Special Local Regulations; Clearwater 

Offshore Nationals/Race World 

Offshore; Gulf of Mexico; Clearwater, 

FL 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). 

ACTION: Notification of enforcement of 

regulation. 


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