[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4050-4051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1362]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3539]


Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against a North Korean 
Entity, Including Ban on U.S. Government Procurement

AGENCY: Bureau of Nonproliferation, Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a North Korean entity has 
engaged in activities that require the imposition of measures pursuant 
to section 3 of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2, 2001.

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 January 2, 2001, that the measures authorized in section 
3 of the Act shall apply to the following foreign entity identified in 
the report submitted pursuant to section 2(a) of the Act:
    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 this entity:
    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 the foreign person.
    2. No department or agency of the United States Government may 
provide any assistance to the foreign person, and that person shall not 
be eligible to participate in any assistance program of the United 
States Government;
    3. No United States Government sales to the foreign person of any 
item on the United States Munitions List (as in effect on August 8, 
1995) are permitted, and all sales to that person 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 
the foreign person 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 
until April 6, 2002, except to the extent that the Secretary of State 
may subsequently determine otherwise. The Secretary of State will make 
a new determination in the event that

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circumstances change in such a manner as to warrant a change in the 
duration of sanctions.

    Dated: January 10, 2001.
Robert J. Einhorn,
Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 01-1362 Filed 1-16-01; 8:45 am]
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