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1Pursuant to section 1244(c)(2)(C)(iii) of IFCA, 

the relevant sanction in Section 1244(c)(1) 

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[FR Doc. 2014–01532 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8610] 

Provision of Certain Temporary and 

Limited Sanctions Relief in Order To 

Implement the Joint Plan of Action of 

November 24, 2013 Between the P5+1 

and the Islamic Republic of Iran 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On November 24, 2013, the 

United States and its partners in the 

P5+1—France, the United Kingdom, 

Russia, China, and Germany—reached 

an initial understanding with Iran that 

halts progress on its nuclear program 

and rolls it back in key respects. In 

return, the P5+1 committed to provide 

limited, temporary, and targeted 

sanctions relief to Iran. This Notice 

outlines the U.S. Government (USG) 

actions taken to implement the 

sanctions relief aspects of this 

understanding. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective 

dates of these waiver actions are as 

described in the determinations set forth 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On 

general issues: John Hughes, Office of 

Economic Sanctions Policy and 

Implementation, Department of State, 

Telephone: (202) 647–7489. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 24, 2013, the P5+1 (China, 

France, Germany, Russia, the United 

States, and the United Kingdom, 

coordinated by EU High Representative 

Catherine Ashton) reached an initial 

understanding with Iran, outlined in a 

Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), that halts 

progress on Iran’s nuclear program and 

rolls it back in key respects. The JPOA 

includes the first meaningful limits Iran 

has accepted on its nuclear program in 

close to a decade. In return for 

important steps to constrain Iran’s 

nuclear program, the P5+1 committed to 

provide Iran with limited, temporary, 

and targeted sanctions relief for a period 

of six months, starting on January 20, 

2014, and concluding on July 20, 2014 

(the ‘‘JPOA period’’). 

The sanctions relief specified in the 

JPOA focuses on a limited number of 

commercial activities and associated 

services for: Iran’s exports of 

petrochemical products; Iran’s purchase 

and sale of gold and precious metals; 

the provision of goods and services to 

Iran’s automotive sector; and the 

licensing of safety-of-flight inspections 

and repairs for Iranian civil aviation. 

The sanctions relief also pauses efforts 

to further reduce Iran’s crude oil 

exports, enabling the current importers 

of Iranian crude oil—China, Japan, 

South Korea, India, Turkey, and 

Taiwan—to maintain purchases at 

current average levels during the JPOA 

period. (The purchase of Iranian crude 

oil by entities in jurisdictions outside of 

China, Japan, South Korea, India, 

Turkey, and Taiwan remains 

sanctionable under U.S. law.) Iran will 

also gain access, in installments, to $4.2 

billion of its restricted revenues now 

held in overseas accounts. Finally, Iran 

and the P5+1 have committed to 

establish a financial channel to facilitate 

Iran’s import of certain humanitarian 

goods, the payment of medical expenses 

incurred by Iranians overseas, payments 

of Iran’s UN obligations, and up to $400 

million toward university tuition for 

Iranian students studying abroad. 

To implement this limited sanctions 

relief, the U.S. government has executed 

temporary, partial waivers of certain 

statutory sanctions and has issued 

guidance regarding the suspension of 

sanctions under relevant Executive 

Orders and regulations. Because some of 

the waivers have a duration less than 

the six-month period of the JPOA, the 

USG plans to take such additional 

actions as may be necessary to extend 

this limited sanctions relief to July 20, 

2014. 

All U.S. sanctions not explicitly 

waived or suspended through these 

actions remain fully in force. 

Furthermore, U.S. persons and foreign 

entities owned or controlled by U.S. 

persons (‘‘U.S.-owned or -controlled 

foreign entities’’) continue to be 

generally prohibited from conducting 

transactions with Iran, including any 

transactions of the types permitted 

pursuant to the JPOA, unless licensed to 

do so by OFAC. The U.S. government 

will continue to enforce U.S. sanctions 

laws and regulations against those who 

engage in sanctionable activities that are 

not covered by the suspensions and 

temporary waivers announced on 

January 20, 2014. 

Acting under the authorities vested in 

me as Secretary of State, including 

through the applicable delegations of 

authority, I hereby make the following 

determinations and certifications: 

Pursuant to Sections 1244(i), 1245 (g), 

1246(e), and 1247(f) of the Iran Freedom 

and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 

(subtitle D of title XII of Public Law 

112–239, 22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.) (IFCA), 

I determine that it is vital to the national 

security of the United States to waive 

the imposition of sanctions pursuant to: 

1. Section 1244(c)(1) of IFCA 1 to the 

extent required for: 


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continues not to apply, by its terms, in the case of 

Iranian financial institutions that have not been 

designated for the imposition of sanctions in 

connection with Iran’s proliferation of weapons of 

mass destruction or delivery systems for weapons 

of mass destruction, support for international 

terrorism, or abuses of human rights (as described 

in section 1244(c)(3)). 

2 77 FR 67726–67731 (Nov. 13, 2012). 

3Pursuant to section 1246(a)(1)(C) of IFCA, the 

relevant sanction in section 1246(a)(1) continues 

not to apply, by its terms, in the case of Iranian 

financial institutions that have not been designated 

for the imposition of sanctions in connection with 

Iran’s proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 

or delivery systems for weapons of mass 

destruction, support for international terrorism, or 

abuses of human rights (as described in section 

1246(b)). 

4Pursuant to section 1247(a) of IFCA, the relevant 

sanction in section 1247(a) still continues not to 

apply, by its terms, in the case of Iranian financial 

institutions that have not been designated for the 

imposition of sanctions in connection with Iran’s 

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or 

delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction, 

support for international terrorism, or abuses of 

human rights (as described in section 1247(b)). 

a. Transactions by non-U.S. persons 

for the export from Iran of 

petrochemical products,2 and for 

associated services, excluding any 

transactions involving persons on the 

list of specially designated nationals 

and blocked persons of the Office of 

Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the 

U.S. Department of the Treasury 

(hereinafter the SDN List) except for the 

following companies: Bandar Imam 

Petrochemical Company; Bou Ali Sina 

Petrochemical Company; Ghaed Bassir 

Petrochemical Products Company; Iran 

Petrochemical Commercial Company; 

Jam Petrochemical Company; Marjan 

Petrochemical Company; Mobin 

Petrochemical Company; National 

Petrochemical Company; Nouri 

Petrochemical Company; Pars 

Petrochemical Company; Sadaf 

Petrochemical Assaluyeh Company; 

Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical 

Company; Shazand Petrochemical 

Company; and Tabriz Petrochemical 

Company; 

b. Transactions by U.S. or non-U.S. 

persons for the supply and installation 

of spare parts necessary for the safety of 

flight for Iranian civil aviation, for 

safety-related inspections and repairs in 

Iran, and for associated services, 

provided that OFAC has issued any 

required licenses, excluding any 

transactions involving persons on the 

SDN List except for Iran Air; 

c. Transactions by non-U.S. persons to 

which sanctions would not apply if an 

exception under section 1244(g)(2) of 

IFCA were applied to China, India, 

Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, 

and Turkey, and for insurance and 

transportation services associated with 

such transactions, provided that such 

transactions are consistent with the 

purchase amounts provided for in the 

Joint Plan of Action of November 24, 

2013, excluding any transactions or 

associated services involving persons on 

the SDN List except for the National 

Iranian Oil Company and the National 

Iranian Tanker Company; 

d. Transactions by non-U.S. persons 

for the sale, supply or transfer to or from 

Iran of precious metals, provided that 

such transactions are within the scope 

of the waiver of Sections 1245(a)(1)(A) 

and 1245(c) of IFCA (section 3 below), 

and for associated services, excluding 

any transactions involving persons on 

the SDN List except for any political 

subdivision, agency, or instrumentality 

of the Government of Iran listed solely 

pursuant to E.O. 13599; 

2. Section 1244(d) of IFCA to the 

extent required for the sale, supply or 

transfer of goods or services by non-U.S. 

persons in connection with transactions 

by non-U.S. persons to which sanctions 

would not apply if an exception under 

section 1244(g)(2) of IFCA were applied 

to China, India, Japan, the Republic of 

Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey, and for 

insurance and transportation services 

associated with such transactions, 

provided that such transactions are 

consistent with the purchase amounts 

provided for in the Joint Plan of Action 

of November 24, 2013, excluding any 

transactions or associated services 

involving persons on the SDN List 

except for the National Iranian Oil 

Company and the National Iranian 

Tanker Company; 

3. Sections 1245(a)(1)(A) and 1245(c) 

of IFCA to the extent required for 

transactions by non-U.S. persons for the 

sale, supply, or transfer to or from Iran 

of precious metals, provided that: 

a. Such transactions do not involve 

persons on the SDN List, except for any 

political subdivision, agency, or 

instrumentality of the Government of 

Iran listed solely pursuant to E.O. 13599 

or any Iranian depository institution 

listed solely pursuant to E.O. 13599; and 

b. This waiver shall not apply to 

transactions for the sale, supply, or 

transfer to Iran of precious metals 

involving funds credited to an account 

located outside Iran pursuant to Section 

1245(d)(4)(D)(ii)(II) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2012; 

4. Section 1246(a) of IFCA 3 to the 

extent required for the provision of 

underwriting services or insurance or 

reinsurance: 

a. By non-U.S. persons for the export 

from Iran of petrochemical products and 

for associated services, excluding any 

transactions involving persons on the 

SDN List except for the following 

companies: Bandar Imam Petrochemical 

Company; Bou Ali Sina Petrochemical 

Company; Ghaed Bassir Petrochemical 

Products; Iran Petrochemical 

Commercial Company; Jam 

Petrochemical Company; Marjan 

Petrochemical Company; Mobin 

Petrochemical Company; National 

Petrochemical Company; Nouri 

Petrochemical Company; Pars 

Petrochemical Company; Sadaf 

Petrochemical Assaluyeh Company; 

Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical 

Company; Shazand Petrochemical 

Company; and Tabriz Petrochemical 

Company; 

b. By U.S. persons or non-U.S. 

persons for the supply and installation 

of spare parts necessary for the safety of 

flight for Iranian civil aviation, for 

safety-related inspections and repairs in 

Iran, and for associated services, 

provided that OFAC has issued any 

required licenses, excluding any 

transactions involving persons on the 

SDN List except for Iran Air; 

c. By non-U.S. persons for 

transactions to which sanctions would 

not apply if an exception under section 

1244(g)(2) of IFCA were applied to 

China, India, Japan, the Republic of 

Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey, and for 

insurance and transportation services 

associated with such transactions, 

provided that such transactions are 

consistent with the purchase amounts 

provided for in the Joint Plan of Action 

of November 24, 2013, excluding any 

transactions or associated services 

involving persons on the SDN List 

except for the National Iranian Oil 

Company and the National Iranian 

Tanker Company; and 

d. By non-U.S. persons for the sale, 

supply or transfer to or from Iran of 

precious metals, provided that such 

transactions are within the scope of the 

waiver of Sections 1245(a)(1)(A) and 

1245(c) of IFCA, and for associated 

services, excluding any transactions 

involving persons on the SDN List 

except for any political subdivision, 

agency, or instrumentality of the 

Government of Iran listed solely 

pursuant to E.O. 13599; 

e. By non-U.S. persons for the sale, 

supply or transfer to Iran of goods and 

services used in connection with the 

automotive sector of Iran and for 

associated services, excluding any 

transactions involving persons on the 

SDN List. 

5. Section 1247(a) of IFCA 4 to the 

extent required for transactions by 

foreign financial institutions on behalf 

of: 

a. Bandar Imam Petrochemical 

Company; Bou Ali Sina Petrochemical 


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Company; Ghaed Bassir Petrochemical 

Products; Iran Petrochemical 

Commercial Company; Jam 

Petrochemical Company; Marjan 

Petrochemical Company; Mobin 

Petrochemical Company; National 

Petrochemical Company; Nouri 

Petrochemical Company; Pars 

Petrochemical Company; Shahid 

Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company; 

Sadaf Petrochemical Assaluyeh 

Company; Shahid Tondgooyan 

Petrochemical Company; Shazand 

Petrochemical Company; and Tabriz 

Petrochemical Company for the export 

from Iran of petrochemicals; 

b. Iran Air for the supply and 

installation of spare parts necessary for 

the safety of flight by Iran Air and for 

safety-related inspections and repairs 

for Iran Air, provided that OFAC has 

issued any required licenses; 

c. The National Iranian Oil Company 

and the National Iranian Tanker 

Company for transactions by non-U.S. 

persons to which sanctions would not 

apply if an exception under section 

1244(g)(2) of IFCA were applied to 

China, India, Japan, the Republic of 

Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey, provided 

that such transactions are consistent 

with the purchase amounts provided for 

in the Joint Plan of Action of November 

24, 2013, excluding any transactions or 

associated services involving any other 

persons on the SDN List; and 

d. Any political subdivision, agency, 

or instrumentality of the Government of 

Iran listed solely pursuant to E.O. 13599 

for the sale, supply or transfer to or from 

Iran of precious metals, provided that 

such transactions are within the scope 

of the waiver of Sections 1245(a)(1)(A) 

and 1245(c) of IFCA. 

Pursuant to section 1245(d)(5) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2012, I determine that it is 

in the national security interest of the 

United States to waive the imposition of 

sanctions under Section 1245(d)(1) with 

respect to: 

(1) Foreign financial institutions 

under the primary jurisdiction of China, 

India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the 

authorities on Taiwan, and Turkey, 

subject to the following conditions: 

a. This waiver shall apply to a 

financial transaction only for trade in 

goods and services between Iran and the 

country with primary jurisdiction over 

the foreign financial institution 

involved in the financial transaction 

(but shall not apply to any transaction 

for the sale, supply, or transfer to Iran 

of precious metals involving funds 

credited to an account described in 

paragraph (b)); 

b. Any funds owed to Iran as a result 

of such trade shall be credited to an 

account located in the country with 

primary jurisdiction over the foreign 

financial institution involved in the 

financial transaction; and 

c. With the exception that certain 

foreign financial institutions notified 

directly in writing by the U.S. 

Government may engage in financial 

transactions with the Central Bank of 

Iran in connection with the repatriation 

of revenues and the establishment of a 

financial channel, to the extent 

specifically provided for in the Joint 

Plan of Action of November 24, 2013; 

and 

(2) Foreign financial institutions 

under the primary jurisdiction of 

Switzerland that are notified directly in 

writing by the U.S. Government, to the 

extent necessary for such foreign 

financial institutions to engage in 

financial transactions with the Central 

Bank of Iran in connection with the 

repatriation of revenues and the 

establishment of a financial channel as 

specifically provided for in the Joint 

Plan of Action of November 24, 2013. 

Pursuant to Section 302(e) of the Iran 

Threat Reduction and Syria Human 

Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 

158) (TRA), I determine that it would 

cause damage to the national security of 

the United States to identify or 

designate a foreign person under section 

302(a) of TRA in connection with 

transactions by non-U.S. persons with 

the National Iranian Oil Company to 

which sanctions would not apply if an 

exception under section 1244(g)(2) of 

IFCA were applied to China, India, 

Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, 

and Turkey, and for insurance and 

transportation services associated with 

such transactions, provided that such 

transactions are consistent with the 

purchase amounts provided for in the 

Joint Plan of Action of November 24, 

2013. 

Pursuant to Section 4(c)(1)(A) of the 

Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104– 

172, 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) (ISA), I certify 

that it is vital to the national security 

interests of the United States to waive 

the application of section 5(a)(7) of ISA 

to the National Iranian Oil Company 

and the National Iranian Tanker 

Company to the extent required for 

insurance and transportation services 

provided on or after the date of 

transmittal of this certification to the 

appropriate congressional committees 

and associated with transactions to 

which sanctions would not apply if an 

exception under section 1244(g)(2) of 

IFCA were applied to China, India, 

Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, 

and Turkey, provided that such 

transactions are consistent with the 

purchase amounts provided for in the 

Joint Plan of Action of November 24, 

2013. 

These waivers shall take effect upon 

their transmittal to Congress, unless 

otherwise provided in the relevant 

provision of law. 

(Signed John F. Kerry, Secretary of 

State) 

Therefore, these sanctions have been 

waived as described in the 

determinations above. Relevant agencies 

and instrumentalities of the United 

States Government shall take all 

appropriate measures within their 

authority to carry out the provisions of 

this notice. 

Dated: January 22, 2014. 

William E. Craft, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic and 

Business Affairs. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Invitation for Applications for Inclusion 

on the Dispute Settlement Rosters for 

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (‘‘USTR’’). 

ACTION: Invitation for applications. 

SUMMARY: The United States-Panama 

Trade Promotion Agreement (the 

‘‘Agreement’’) calls for the Parties to 

establish four rosters of individuals that 

would be available to serve as panelists 

in dispute settlement proceedings 

arising under the Agreement. A general 

roster is required to be established 

under Chapter Twenty (Dispute 

Settlement). Chapter Twelve (Financial 

Services), Chapter Sixteen (Labor), and 

Chapter Seventeen (Environment) 

require the establishment of separate 

rosters for disputes arising under those 

chapters. USTR is inviting interested 

persons to apply to be on any of the 

rosters under the Agreement, as 

indicated below. 

DATES: Applications should be received 

no later than March 14, 2014 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Applications should be 

submitted electronically to 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2014–0002. If you are unable to 

submit an application using 

www.regulations.gov, please contact 

Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to 

arrange for an alternative method of 

transmission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding the form of the 


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