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Federal Register :: Darfur Sanctions Regulations
A Rule by the Foreign Assets Control Office on 05/28/2009
74 FR 25430
25430-25439 (10 pages)
31 CFR 546
E9-11952
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 546
PART 546—DARFUR SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E9-11952 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/E9-11952
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is adding a new part to the Code of Federal Regulations to implement Executive Order 13400 of April 26, 2006, “Blocking Property of Persons in Connection With the Conflict in Sudan's Darfur Region.”
Effective Date: May 28, 2009.
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On November 3, 1997, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706 (“IEEPA”), issued Executive Order 13067 (62 FR 59989, November 5, 1997) (“E.O. 13067”) declaring a national emergency with respect to the Government of Sudan's policies and actions. These policies and actions included supporting international terrorism, destabilizing neighboring governments, and committing widespread human rights violations. Subsequently, on October 13, 2006, the President issued Executive Order 13412 (71 FR 61369, October 17, 2006) (“E.O. 13412”) to take additional steps with respect to the emergency declared in E.O. 13067 and to implement the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) promulgated the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 538 (the “SSR”), on July 1, 1998, to implement the provisions of E.O. 13067. A final rule amending the SSR to implement the provisions of E.O. 13412 was published in the Federal Register on October 31, 2007 (72 FR 61513).
On April 26, 2006, under the authority of, inter alia, IEEPA and section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, 22 U.S.C. 287c (“UNPA”), the President issued Executive Order 13400 (71 FR 25483, May 1, 2006) (“E.O. 13400”), effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 27, 2006. At the time that he issued E.O. 13400, the President condemned the continued violations of the N'djamena Ceasefire Agreement of April 8, 2004, and the Abuja Humanitarian and Security Protocols of November 9, 2004, by all sides in Darfur, as well as the deterioration of the security situation in Darfur and the negative impact this had on humanitarian assistance efforts. The President also strongly condemned the continued violence against civilians, including sexual violence against women and girls, as noted by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 1591 of March 29, 2005. To deal with the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by this situation, E.O. 13400 expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 13067 with respect to the policies and actions of the Government of Sudan. It also took the additional steps of blocking all property and interests in property of certain persons in connection with the conflict in Darfur.
Section 1(a) of E.O. 13400 blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or that are or come within the possession or control of United States persons of: (1) the persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13400; and (2) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of State:
To have constituted a threat to the peace process in Darfur;
To have constituted a threat to stability in Darfur and the region;
To be responsible for conduct related to the conflict in Darfur that violates international law;
To be responsible for heinous conduct with respect to human life or limb related to the conflict in Darfur;
To have directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or transferred arms or any related materiel, or any assistance, advice, or training related to military activities to: (i) The Government of Sudan; (ii) the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army; (iii) the Justice and Equality Movement; (iv) the Janjaweed; or (v) any person (other than a person listed in (i)-(iv) above) operating in the states of North Darfur, South Darfur, or West Darfur that is a belligerent, a nongovernmental entity, or an individual;
To be responsible for offensive military overflights in and over the Darfur region;
To have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the activities described above, or any person listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13400; or
To be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13400.
In Section 1(b) of E.O. 13400, the President determined that the making of donations of certain articles, such as food, clothing, and medicine intended to be used to relieve human suffering, as specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA, 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2), by, to, or for the benefit of any person listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13400 would seriously impair his ability to deal with the national emergency declared in E.O. 13067 and expanded in E.O. 13400, and the President therefore prohibited such donations. Accordingly, the donation of such items is prohibited, unless authorized by OFAC.
Section 1(c) of E.O. 13400 provides that the prohibition on any transaction or dealing by a United States person or within the United States in blocked property and interests in property includes, but is not limited to, the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13400, and the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Section 2 of E.O. 13400 prohibits any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in E.O. 13400, as well as any conspiracy formed to violate such prohibitions.
Section 5 of E.O. 13400 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of E.O. 13400. In furtherance of these purposes, OFAC is promulgating these Darfur Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 546 (the “Regulations”). As described above, these sanctions are targeted sanctions directed at certain actors in connection with the conflict in Darfur, and are separate from the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 538.
Subpart B of the Regulations implements the prohibitions contained in sections 1 and 2 of E.O. 13400. See, e.g., §§ 546.201 and 546.205. Persons identified in the Annex to E.O. 13400, designated by or under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to E.O. 13400, or otherwise subject to the blocking provisions of E.O. 13400 are referred to throughout the Regulations as “persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a).” The names of persons listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13400 are or will be published on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, which is accessible via OFAC's Web site, and can be found at Appendix A to 31 CFR chapter V. Those names also have been or will be published in the Federal Register.
Sections 546.202 and 546.203 of subpart B detail the effect of transfers of blocked property in violation of the Regulations and set forth the requirement to hold blocked funds, such as currency, bank deposits, and Start Printed Page 25432liquidated financial obligations, in interest-bearing blocked accounts. Section 546.204 of subpart B provides that all expenses incident to the maintenance of blocked physical property shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of such property, and that such expenses shall not be met from blocked funds, unless otherwise authorized. The section further provides that blocked property may, in OFAC's discretion, be sold or liquidated and the net proceeds placed in a blocked interest-bearing account in the name of the owner of the property.
Section 546.205 implements the prohibitions in sections 2(a) and 2(b) of E.O. 13400 on any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in E.O. 13400, and on any conspiracy formed to violate such prohibitions.
Subpart C of the Regulations defines key terms used throughout the Regulations, and subpart D sets forth interpretive sections regarding the general prohibitions contained in subpart B. Section 546.411 sets out the rule that the property and interests in property of an entity are blocked if the entity is 50 percent or more owned by a person whose property and interests in property are blocked, whether or not the entity itself is listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13400.
Transactions otherwise prohibited under the Regulations but found to be consistent with U.S. policy may be authorized by one of the general licenses contained in subpart E or by a specific license issued pursuant to the procedures described in subpart E of part 501 of 31 CFR chapter V. Subpart E of part 546 also contains certain statements of licensing policy, in addition to the general licenses.
Subpart H of the Regulations refers to subpart E of part 501 for applicable provisions relating to administrative procedures and contains a delegation of authority by the Secretary of the Treasury. Subpart I of the Regulations sets forth a Paperwork Reduction Act notice.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control adds part 546 to 31 CFR Chapter V to read as follows:
546.101
546.205
Arms or any related materiel.
546.307
546.309
546.311
546.401
546.406
546.407
546.409
546.501
546.503
546.504
546.505
546.506
546.507
546.701
546.703
546.802
Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; 22 U.S.C. 287c; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 110-96, 121 Stat. 1011; E.O. 13067, 62 FR 59989, 3 CFR, 1997 Comp., p. 230; E.O. 13400, 71 FR 25483, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 220.
§ 546.101
This part is separate from, and independent of, the other parts of this chapter, with the exception of part 501 Start Printed Page 25433of this chapter, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements and license application and other procedures of which apply to this part. Actions taken pursuant to part 501 of this chapter with respect to the prohibitions contained in this part are considered actions taken pursuant to this part. Differing foreign policy and national security circumstances may result in differing interpretations of similar language among the parts of this chapter. No license or authorization contained in or issued pursuant to those other parts authorizes any transaction prohibited by this part. No license or authorization contained in or issued pursuant to any other provision of law or regulation authorizes any transaction prohibited by this part. No license or authorization contained in or issued pursuant to this part relieves the involved parties from complying with any other applicable laws or regulations.
§ 546.201
Note 1 to paragraph (a) of § 546.201:
The names of persons listed in or designated pursuant to Executive Order 13400, whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, are published on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”) (which is accessible via the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Web site), published in the Federal Register, and incorporated into Appendix A to this chapter with the identifier “[DARFUR].” See § 546.411 concerning entities that may not be listed on the SDN list but whose property and interests in property are nevertheless blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.
Note 2 to paragraph (a) of § 546.201:
Section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) (“IEEPA”) explicitly authorizes the blocking of property and interests in property of a person during the pendency of an investigation. The names of persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pending investigation pursuant to this part also are published on the SDN List, published in the Federal Register, and incorporated into Appendix A to this chapter with the identifier “[BPI-DARFUR].”
Note 3 to paragraph (a) of § 546.201:
§ 546.202
(a) Any transfer after the effective date that is in violation of any provision of this part or of any regulation, order, directive, ruling, instruction, or license issued pursuant to this part, and that involves any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), is null and void and shall not be the basis for the assertion or recognition of any interest in or right, remedy, power, or privilege with respect to such property or property interests.
(b) No transfer before the effective date shall be the basis for the assertion or recognition of any right, remedy, power, or privilege with respect to, or any interest in, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), unless the person who holds or maintains such property, prior to that date, had written notice of the transfer or by any written evidence had recognized such transfer.
(c) Unless otherwise provided, an appropriate license or other authorization issued by or pursuant to Start Printed Page 25434the direction or authorization of the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control before, during, or after a transfer shall validate such transfer or make it enforceable to the same extent that it would be valid or enforceable but for the provisions of IEEPA, Executive Order 13400, this part, and any regulation, order, directive, ruling, instruction, or license issued pursuant to this part.
(d) Transfers of property that otherwise would be null and void or unenforceable by virtue of the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to be null and void or unenforceable as to any person with whom such property is or was held or maintained (and as to such person only) in cases in which such person is able to establish to the satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control each of the following:
Note to paragraph (d) of § 546.202:
(e) Unless licensed pursuant to this part, any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process is null and void with respect to any property in which, on or since the effective date, there existed an interest of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a).
§ 546.203
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) or (d) of this section, or as otherwise directed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, any U.S. person holding funds, such as currency, bank deposits, or liquidated financial obligations, subject to § 546.201(a) shall hold or place such funds in a blocked interest-bearing account located in the United States.
(c) Blocked funds held in instruments the maturity of which exceeds 180 days at the time the funds become subject to § 546.201(a) may continue to be held until maturity in the original instrument, provided any interest, earnings, or other proceeds derived therefrom are paid into a blocked interest-bearing account in accordance with paragraph (b) or (d) of this section.
(d) Blocked funds held in accounts or instruments outside the United States at the time the funds become subject to § 546.201(a) may continue to be held in the same type of accounts or instruments, provided the funds earn interest at rates that are commercially reasonable.
(f) Funds subject to this section may not be held, invested, or reinvested in a manner that provides immediate financial or economic benefit or access to any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), nor may their holder cooperate in or facilitate the pledging or other attempted use as collateral of blocked funds or other assets.
§ 546.204
(a) Except as otherwise authorized, and notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by any international agreement or contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date, all expenses incident to the maintenance of physical property blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of such property, which expenses shall not be met from blocked funds.
(b) Property blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) may, in the discretion of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, be sold or liquidated and the net proceeds placed in a blocked interest-bearing account in the name of the owner of the property.
§ 546.205
§ 546.301
§ 546.302
The terms blocked account and blocked property shall mean any account or property subject to the prohibitions in § 546.201 held in the name of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), or in which such person has an interest, and with respect to which payments, transfers, exportations, withdrawals, or other dealings may not be made or effected except pursuant to an authorization or license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control expressly authorizing such action.
Note to § 546.302:
See § 546.411 concerning the blocked status of property and interests in property of an entity that is 50 percent or more owned by a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a).
§ 546.303
(a) With respect to a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a)(1), 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, April 27, 2006;
(b) With respect to a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a)(2), the earlier of the date of actual or constructive notice of such person's designation.
§ 546.304
§ 546.305
§ 546.306
Note to § 546.306:
§ 546.307
§ 546.308
§ 546.309
§ 546.310
§ 546.311
The term U.S. financial institution means any U.S. entity (including its foreign branches) that is engaged in the business of accepting deposits, making, granting, transferring, holding, or brokering loans or credits, or purchasing or selling foreign exchange, securities, commodity futures or options, or procuring purchasers and sellers thereof, as principal or agent; including but not limited to, depository Start Printed Page 25436institutions, banks, savings banks, trust companies, securities brokers and dealers, commodity futures and options brokers and dealers, forward contract and foreign exchange merchants, securities and commodities exchanges, clearing corporations, investment companies, employee benefit plans, and U.S. holding companies, U.S. affiliates, or U.S. subsidiaries of any of the foregoing. This term includes those branches, offices, and agencies of foreign financial institutions that are located in the United States, but not such institutions' foreign branches, offices, or agencies.
§ 546.312
§ 546.401
§ 546.402
§ 546.403
(a) Whenever a transaction licensed or authorized by or pursuant to this part results in the transfer of property (including any property interest) away from a person, such property shall no longer be deemed to be property blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), unless there exists in the property another interest that is blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) or any other part of this chapter, the transfer of which has not been effected pursuant to license or other authorization.
(b) Unless otherwise specifically provided in a license or authorization issued pursuant to this part, if property (including any property interest) is transferred or attempted to be transferred to a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), such property shall be deemed to be property in which that person has an interest and therefore blocked.
§ 546.404
(a) An ordinarily incident transaction, not explicitly authorized within the terms of the license, by or with a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a); or
(c) Example. A license authorizing Company A, whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), to complete a securities sale also authorizes all activities by other parties required to complete the sale, including transactions by the buyer, broker, transfer agents, banks, etc., provided that such other parties are not themselves persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a).
§ 546.405
(a) The prohibitions on transactions involving blocked property contained in § 546.201 apply to services performed in the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, including by an overseas branch of an entity located in the United States:
(1) On behalf of or for the benefit of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a); or
(2) With respect to property interests subject to § 546.201.
(b) Example. U.S. persons may not, except as authorized by or pursuant to this part, provide legal, accounting, financial, brokering, freight forwarding, transportation, public relations, or other services to a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a).
Note to § 546.405:
See §§ 546.507 and 546.508 on licensing policy with regard to the provision of certain legal or medical services.
§ 546.406
The prohibitions in § 546.201 on transactions or dealings involving blocked property apply to transactions by any U.S. person in a location outside the United States with respect to property held in the name of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), or property in which a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) has or has had an interest since the effective date.
§ 546.407
Pursuant to § 546.201, no debits may be made to a blocked account to pay obligations to U.S. persons or other persons, except as authorized by or pursuant to this part.
§ 546.408
Unless specifically authorized by the Office of Foreign Assets Control pursuant to this part, no charitable contribution of funds, goods, services, or technology, including contributions to relieve human suffering, such as food, clothing, or medicine, may be made by, to, or for the benefit of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a). For the purposes of this part, a contribution is made by, to, or for the benefit of a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) if made by, to, or in the name of such a person; if made by, to, or in the name of an entity or individual acting for or on behalf of, or owned or controlled by, such a person; or if made in an attempt to violate, to evade, or to avoid the bar on the provision of contributions by, to, or for the benefit of such a person.
§ 546.409
The prohibition in § 546.201 on dealing in property subject to that section prohibits U.S. financial institutions from performing under any existing credit agreements, including, but not limited to, charge cards, debit cards, or other credit facilities issued by a U.S. financial institution to a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a).
§ 546.410
A setoff against blocked property (including a blocked account), whether Start Printed Page 25437by a U.S. bank or other U.S. person, is a prohibited transfer under § 546.201 if effected after the effective date.
§ 546.411
A person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) has an interest in all property and interests in property of an entity in which it owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest. The property and interests in property of such an entity, therefore, are blocked, and such an entity is a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), regardless of whether the entity itself is listed in the Annex to Executive Order 13400 or designated pursuant to § 546.201(a).
§ 546.501
§ 546.502
(a) No license or other authorization contained in this part, or otherwise issued by or under the direction of the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, authorizes or validates any transaction effected prior to the issuance of such license or other authorization, unless specifically provided in such license or authorization.
(b) No regulation, ruling, instruction, or license authorizes any transaction prohibited under this part unless the regulation, ruling, instruction, or license is issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control and specifically refers to this part. No regulation, ruling, instruction, or license referring to this part shall be deemed to authorize any transaction prohibited by any other provision of this chapter unless the regulation, ruling, instruction, or license specifically refers to such provision.
§ 546.503
The Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control reserves the right to exclude any person, property, or transaction from the operation of any license or from the privileges conferred by any license. The Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control also reserves the right to restrict the applicability of any license to particular persons, property, transactions, or classes thereof. Such actions are binding upon actual or constructive notice of the exclusions or restrictions.
§ 546.504
Any payment of funds or transfer of credit in which a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) has any interest that comes within the possession or control of a U.S. financial institution must be blocked in an account on the books of that financial institution. A transfer of funds or credit by a U.S. financial institution between blocked accounts in its branches or offices is authorized, provided that no transfer is made from an account within the United States to an account held outside the United States, and further provided that a transfer from a blocked account may be made only to another blocked account held in the same name.
Note to § 546.504:
See § 501.603 of this chapter for mandatory reporting requirements regarding financial transfers. See also § 546.203 concerning the obligation to hold blocked funds in interest-bearing accounts.
§ 546.505
§ 546.506
Subject to the requirements of § 546.203, U.S. financial institutions are authorized to invest and reinvest assets blocked pursuant to § 546.201, subject to the following conditions:
(c) No immediate financial or economic benefit accrues (e.g., through pledging or other use) to persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a).
§ 546.507
(a) The provision of the following legal services to or on behalf of persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) is authorized, provided that all receipts of payment of professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses must be specifically licensed:
(5) Provision of legal services in any other context in which prevailing U.S. law requires access to legal counsel at public expense. Start Printed Page 25438
(b) The provision of any other legal services to persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a), not otherwise authorized in this part, requires the issuance of a specific license.
(c) Entry into a settlement agreement or the enforcement of any lien, judgment, arbitral award, decree, or other order through execution, garnishment, or other judicial process purporting to transfer or otherwise alter or affect property or interests in property blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) is prohibited unless specifically licensed in accordance with § 546.202(e).
§ 546.508
The provision of nonscheduled emergency medical services in the United States to persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 546.201(a) is authorized, provided that all receipt of payment for such services must be specifically licensed.
§ 546.601
§ 546.701
Note to paragraph (a)(1) of § 546.701:
(c) Attention is directed to section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c(b)) (“UNPA”), which provides that any person who willfully violates or evades or attempts to violate or evade any order, rule, or regulation issued by the President pursuant to the authority granted in that section, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 and, if a natural person, may also be imprisoned for not more than 10 years; and the officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in such violation or evasion shall be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both and any property, funds, securities, papers, or other articles or documents, or any vessel, together with her tackle, apparel, furniture, and equipment, or vehicle, or aircraft, concerned in such violation shall be forfeited to the United States.
(d) Violations involving transactions described at section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA shall be subject only to the penalties set forth in paragraph (c) of this section.
(e) Attention is also directed to 18 U.S.C. 1001, which provides that whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; or makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(f) Violations of this part may also be subject to relevant provisions of other applicable laws.
§ 546.702
(2) Deadline for response. A response to the Pre-Penalty Notice must be made within the applicable 30-day period set forth in this paragraph. The failure to submit a response within the applicable time period set forth in this paragraph shall be deemed to be a waiver of the right to respond.
(3) Form and method of response. A response to a Pre-Penalty Notice need not be in any particular form, but it Start Printed Page 25439must be typewritten and signed by the alleged violator or a representative thereof, must contain information sufficient to indicate that it is in response to the Pre-Penalty Notice, and must include the Office of Foreign Assets Control identification number listed on the Pre-Penalty Notice. A copy of the written response may be sent by facsimile, but the original also must be sent to the Office of Foreign Assets Control Civil Penalties Division by mail or courier and must be postmarked or date-stamped, in accordance with paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
§ 546.703
If, after considering any written response to the Pre-Penalty Notice and any relevant facts, the Office of Foreign Assets Control determines that there was a violation by the alleged violator named in the Pre-Penalty Notice and that a civil monetary penalty is appropriate, the Office of Foreign Assets Control may issue a written Penalty Notice to the violator containing a determination of the violation and the imposition of the monetary penalty. For additional details concerning issuance of a Penalty Notice, see Appendix A to part 501 of this chapter. The issuance of the Penalty Notice shall constitute final agency action. The violator has the right to seek judicial review of that final agency action in Federal district court.
§ 546.704
§ 546.801
§ 546.802
§ 546.901
For approval by the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507) of information collections relating to record keeping and reporting requirements, licensing procedures (including those pursuant to statements of licensing policy), and other procedures, see § 501.901 of this chapter. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid control number assigned by OMB.
[FR Doc. E9-11952 Filed 5-27-09; 8:45 am]