Today, on January 19th, the U.S. Department of State designated Ansarallah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended and have been added to the Specially Designated Nationals […]
So, as announced on the White House website on Thursday (I still have not received an email from OFAC – I just decided to check if it had shown up on the Recent Actions page), there is a new Executive Order that amends Executive Order 13959. It basically makes a […]
HM Treasury revokes 3 CT general licences, replaces 1 On 11 January 2020, HM Treasury revoked 3 general licences which related to the provision of insurance and the payment of legal fees by third parties for counter- terrorism regimes. HM Treasury has also revoked and replaced the general licence relating […]
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL Executive Order 13959 of November 12, 2020 Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies GENERAL LICENSE NO. 1 Authorizing Transactions Involving Securities of Certain Communist Chinese Military Companies (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, all […]
This is an exception – this is not a limited time General License being renewed for another time period. Two important changes – first, the GL now authorizes transactions with a broader class of persons (it used to be just people appointed by Guaido): (b) Except as provided in paragraph […]
When I first got notice of the General License INT/2020/059 issued under the UK’s The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, I thought “oh, wow! Something new and novel.” And, don’t get me wrong – there’s a lot to like in it, like the prior notification and reporting requirements. But […]
As did OFSI (I got notification of their very first post-Brexit General License at 11:48 PM London time on New Year’s Eve)! So, I decided to make a podcast episode about it… “Trust, but Verify”, Revisited walks through the bulk of the GL, as well as relevant portions of the […]
General licence – INT/2020/059 OFSI has the power to issue General Licences for country sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (“the Sanctions Act”). On 1 January 2021, OFSI issued General Licence INT/2020/059 under Regulation 64 of The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (“The Russia Regulations”). […]
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing General License 5F, “Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to the Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. 2020 8.5 Percent Bond on or After July 21, 2021,” and is amending a related Frequently Asked Question (FAQ 595). In addition, OFAC is issuing Ukraine-related General […]
OFAC added the following entity: CEIEC (Chinese Simplified: 中国电子进出口总公司) (a.k.a. CHINA NATIONAL ELECTRONIC IMPORT-EXPORT COMPANY; a.k.a. CHINA NATIONAL ELECTRONICS IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION), Block A 6-23F, No. 17 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100036, China; Calle Orinoco, Torre Nordic, Piso 6, Las Mercedes, Caracas 1060, Venezuela; Website https://www.ceiec.com; Registration Number […]
