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EAR99 and 5D992 Software Exceptions with Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine
May 26, 2015 /0 Comments/in Hot Topics, Recent News /by admin
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014 Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine GENERAL LICENSE NO. 9 Exportation of Certain Services and Software Incident to Internet-Based Communications Authorized (a) Except as provided m paragraph (d) of this general license, the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in the Crimea region of Ukraine of services incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet, such as instant messaging, chat and email, social networking, sharing of photos and movies, web browsing, and blogging, is authorized, provided that such services are widely available to the public at no cost to the user. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in the Crimea region of Ukfaine of software necessary to enable the services described in paragraph (a) of this general license is authorized, provided that such software is designated EAR99 under the Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 (the “EAR”), or is classified by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) as mass market software under export control classification number (ECCN) 5D992 of the EAR, and provided further that such software is widely available to the public at no cost to the user. (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license, the exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by U.S. persons, wherever located, to persons in the Crimea region of Ukraine of software that is not subject to the EAR because it is of foreign origin and is located outside the United States that is necessary to enable the services described in paragraph (a) of this general license is authorized, provided that such software would be designated EAR99 if it were located in the United States or would meet the criteria for classification under ECCN 5D992 of the EAR if it were subject to the EAR, and provided further that such software is widely available to the public at no cost to the user. (d) This general license does not authorize: (1) The exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, of services or software with knowledge or reason to know that such services or software are intended for any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, Executive Order 13661 of March 17, 2014, Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014, or Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014; (2) The exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, of any goods or technology listed on the Commerce Control List in the EAR, 15 CFR part 774, supplement No. 1 (CCL), except for software necessary to enable the services described in paragraph (a) of this general license that is classified by Commerce as mass market software under ECCN 5D992 of the EAR; (3) The exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, of commercial-grade Internet comiectivity services or telecommunications transmission facilities (such as dedicated satellite links or dedicated lines that include quality of service guarantees); or (4) The exportation or reexportation, directly or indirectly, of web-hosting services that are for commercial endeavors or of domain name registration services. (e) Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis for the exportation or reexportation of services or software incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet not specified in paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) of this general license, and for the exportation or reexportation of hardware incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet. Note to General License 9: Nothing in this general license or in any license issued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this general license relieves the exporter from compliance with the export license application requirements of another Federal agency. John E. Smith Acting Director Office of Foreign Assets Control Dated: May 22, 2015
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/ukraine_gl_9.pdf
May 21, 2015 /0 Comments/in Recent News /by admin
Also today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Iraq-based Al-Naser Airlines, Syrian businessman Issam Shammout, and his UAE-based Sky Blue Bird Aviation pursuant to Executive Order 13224, a counter-terrorism authority. These entities and this individual were sanctioned for providing support to Iran’s Mahan Air, which was designated in October 2011 pursuant to E.O. 13224 for providing financial, material and technological support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF).
http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/about-bis/newsroom/press-releases/172-about-bis/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2015/868-bis-adds-al-naser-airlines-to-mahan-air-temporary-denial-order
March 31, 2015 /0 Comments/in Recent News /by admin
BEIJING, March 30 — China is looking forward to a China-Australia free trade agreement being signed this year, President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on Monday.
Settlement Agreement between the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and PayPal, Inc.; OFAC has also Released Additional Enforcement Information
March 26, 2015 /0 Comments/in Recent News /by admin
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a $7,658,300 settlement with PayPal, Inc. (PayPal) to settle potential civil liability for 486 apparent violations of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544; the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560; the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 515; the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594; and the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 538. For several years up to and including 2013, PayPal failed to employ adequate screening technology and procedures to identify the potential involvement of U.S. sanctions targets in transactions that PayPal processed. As a result of this failure, PayPal did not screen in-process transactions in order to reject or block prohibited transactions pursuant to applicable U.S. economic sanctions program requirements. Separately, between October 20, 2009 and April 1, 2013, PayPal processed 136 transactions totaling $7,091.77 to or from a PayPal account registered to an individual on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. PayPal’s automated interdiction filter did not initially identify the account holder as a potential match to the SDN List, and when it did, PayPal Risk Operations Agents dismissed alerts on six separate occasions after failing to obtain or review documentation corroborating the identity of the SDN.
Paypal agrees within 15 days of the date Pay Pal receives the unsigned copy of this Agreement to pay to the U.S. Department of the Treasury the amount of$7,658,300.
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20150325_33.aspx
September 30, 2014 /0 Comments/in Recent News /by admin
BEIJING – China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced it will begin a review of the nation’s imported polyvinyl chloride (PVC) policies as anti-dumping measures are due for renewal.
The review comes at the request of domestic PVC companies and seeks to evaluate whether dumping or damages to the domestic industry will recur if the anti-dumping measures were terminated against PVC imports from the United States, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Russia as well as China’s Taiwan, the MOC said in a statement Monday.
The review will begin on Sept 29 and end before Sept 28, 2015.
A five-year anti-dumping tax on the PVC imports started on Sept 29, 2003. In 2008, the MOC decided to renew the anti-dumping measures for another five years after a sunset review.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-09/30/content_18685918.htm