[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 34169-34170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12004]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 587


Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations Web General Licenses 25A, 33, 34, and 35

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of Web General Licenses.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued 
pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations: GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35, each of which was 
previously issued on OFAC's website.

DATES: GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35 were each issued on May 8, 2022. 
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this publication 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 Sanctions Compliance & 
Evaluation, 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's website: www.treas.gov/ofac.

Background

    OFAC issued GL 25A, GL 33, GL 34, and GL 35 on May 8, 2022 on its 
website to authorize certain transactions otherwise prohibited by the 
Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 
587. GL 25A does not contain an expiration date. GL 33 expires at 12:01 
a.m. eastern daylight time, June 7, 2022. GL 34 expires at 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time, July 7, 2022. GL 35 expires at 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time, August 20, 2022. The texts of GLs 25A, 33, 34, 
and 35 are provided below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 
587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25A

Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Certain 
Internet-Based Communications

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt or 
transmission of telecommunications involving the Russian Federation 
that are prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, 
the exportation or reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever 
located, to the Russian Federation of services, software, hardware, or 
technology incident to the exchange of communications over the 
internet, such as instant messaging, videoconferencing, chat and email, 
social networking, sharing of photos, movies, and documents, web 
browsing, blogging, web hosting, and domain name registration services, 
that is prohibited by the RuHSR, is authorized.
    (c) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The opening or maintaining of a correspondent account or 
payable-through account for or on behalf of any entity subject to 
Directive 2 under Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, Prohibitions Related to 
Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of 
Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;
    (2) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial 
institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National 
Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of 
the Russian Federation;
    (3) Any transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068; or
    (4) Any transactions involving Joint Stock Company Channel One 
Russia, Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting Company, or Television 
Station Russia-1, unless separately authorized.
    (d) Effective May 8, 2022, General License No. 25, dated April 7, 
2022, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General 
License No. 25A.
    Note to General License No. 25A. Nothing in this general license 
relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or 
requirements of other Federal agencies, including export, reexport, and 
transfer (in-country) licensing requirements maintained by the 
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security under the 
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730-774.

Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022

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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 
587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 33

Authorizing the Wind Down of Operations or Existing Contracts Involving 
Certain Blocked Entities

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, 
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of 
operations, contracts, or other agreements involving one or more of the 
following blocked persons that were in effect prior to May 8, 2022, and 
that are prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, are authorized 
through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, June 7, 2022, provided that 
any payment to a blocked person must be made into a blocked account 
located in the United States in accordance with the Russian Harmful 
Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR):
    (1) Joint Stock Company Channel One Russia;
    (2) Joint Stock Company NTV Broadcasting Company;
    (3) Television Station Russia-1; or
    (4) Any entity in which one or more of the above persons own, 
directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, a 50 percent 
or greater interest.
    (b) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, 
Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and 
Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial 
Institutions;
    (2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, 
Prohibitions Related to Transactions Involving the Central Bank of the 
Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, 
and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation; or
    (3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the RuHSR, including 
transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other 
than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general 
license, unless separately authorized.

Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 
587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 34

Authorizing the Wind Down of Accounting, Trust and Corporate Formation, 
and Management Consulting Services

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, 
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of 
the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person, 
wherever located, of accounting, trust and corporate formation, or 
management consulting services to any person located in the Russian 
Federation that are prohibited by section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 
14071 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 7, 
2022.
    (b) This general license does not authorize any transactions 
otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), including transactions 
involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, unless separately 
authorized.

Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 
587

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 35

Authorizing Transactions Involving Credit Rating and Auditing Services

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, 
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the exportation, 
reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United 
States, or by a United States person, wherever located, of credit 
rating or auditing services to any person located in the Russian 
Federation that are prohibited by section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 
14071 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, August 
20, 2022.
    (b) This general license does not authorize any transactions 
otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities 
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), including transactions 
involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR, unless separately 
authorized.

Andrea M. Gacki
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: May 8, 2022

Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2022-12004 Filed 6-3-22; 8:45 am]
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