Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations Web General Licenses 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100

<RULE> DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY <SUBAGY>Office of Foreign Assets Control</SUBAGY> <CFR>31 CFR Part 587</CFR> <SUBJECT>Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations Web General Licenses 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Publication of web general licenses. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing six general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GLs 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100, each of which were previously made available on OFAC's website. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> GLs 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100 were issued on June 12, 2024. See <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> for additional relevant dates. </EFFDATE> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Compliance, 202-622-2490. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Electronic Availability</HD> This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC's website: <E T="03">https://ofac.treasury.gov.</E> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On June 12, 2024, OFAC issued GLs 6D, 8J, 25D, 98, 99, and 100 to authorize certain transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587. GL 8J has an expiration date of November 1, 2024; GL 98 has an expiration date of July 27, 2024; and GLs 99 and 100 have an expiration date of August 13, 2024. GLs 6D, 8J and 25D superseded GLs 6C, 8I, and 25C, respectively. Each GL was made available on OFAC's website ( <E T="03">www.treas.gov/ofac</E> ) when it was issued. The text of these GLs is provided below. <EXTRACT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR part 587</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">GENERAL LICENSE NO. 6D</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Transactions Related to Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components, or Software Updates, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic, or Clinical Trials</HD> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587, related to: (1) the production, manufacturing, sale, transport, or provision of agricultural commodities, agricultural equipment, medicine, medical devices, replacement parts and components for medical devices, or software updates for medical devices; (2) the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID-19 (including research or clinical studies relating to COVID-19); or (3) clinical trials and other medical research activities are authorized. (b) For the purposes of this general license, agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices are defined as follows: (1) <E T="03">Agricultural commodities.</E> For the purposes of this general license, agricultural commodities are products that fall within the term “agricultural commodity” as defined in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602) and are intended for use as: (i) Food for humans (including raw, processed, and packaged foods; live animals; vitamins and minerals; food additives or supplements; and bottled drinking water) or animals (including animal feeds); (ii) Seeds for food crops; (iii) Fertilizers or organic fertilizers; or (iv) Reproductive materials (such as live animals, fertilized eggs, embryos, and semen) for the production of food animals. (2) <E T="03">Medicine.</E> For the purposes of this general license, medicine is an item that falls within the definition of the term “drug” in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). (3) <E T="03">Medical devices.</E> For the purposes of this general license, a medical device is an item that falls within the definition of “device” in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). (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, <E T="03">Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;</E> (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; or (3) Transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066, E.O. 14068, or E.O. 14071, except for transactions prohibited by the determination of May 8, 2022, made pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 14071, “Prohibitions Related to Certain Accounting, Trust and Corporate Formation, and Management Consulting Services,” or the determination of June 12, 2024, made pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 14071, “Prohibition on Certain Information Technology and Software Services.” (d) Effective June 12, 2024, General License No. 6C, dated January 17, 2023, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 6D. <E T="04">Note 1 to General License No. 6D.</E> Transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066, E.O. 14068, and E.O. 14071 include new investment in the Russian Federation and the importation into the United States of certain products of Russian Federation origin, such as alcoholic beverages and fish, seafood, or preparations thereof. <E T="04">Note 2 to General License No. 6D.</E> Nothing in this general license relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or requirements of other Federal agencies. <FP>Bradley T. Smith,</FP> <FP> <E T="03">Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control</E> </FP> Dated: June 12, 2024. <HD SOURCE="HD1">OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR part 587</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">GENERAL LICENSE NO. 8J</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Authorizing Transactions Related to Energy</HD> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 involving one or more of the following entities that are related to energy are authorized, through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, November 1, 2024: (1) State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs Vnesheconombank; (2) Public Joint Stock Company Bank Financial Corporation Otkritie; (3) Sovcombank Open Joint Stock Company; (4) Public Joint Stock Company Sberbank of Russia; (5) VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company; (6) Joint Stock Company Alfa-Bank; (7) Public Joint Stock Company Rosbank; (8) Bank Zenit Public Joint Stock Company; (9) Bank Saint-Petersburg Public Joint Stock Company; (10) National Clearing Center (NCC); (11) 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; or (12) the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. (b) For the purposes of this general license, the term “related to energy” means the extraction, production, refinement, liquefaction, gasification, regasification, conversion, enrichment, fabrication, transport, or purchase of petroleum, including crude oil, lease condensates, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, petroleum products, natural gas, or other products capable of producing energy, such as coal, wood, or agricultural products used to manufacture biofuels, or uranium in any form, as well as the development, production, generation, transmission, or exchange of power, through any means, including nuclear, thermal, and renewable energy sources. (c) This general license does not authorize: (1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 1A under E.O. 14024, <E T="03">Prohibitions Related to Certain Sovereign Debt of the Russian Federation;</E> (2) The opening or maintaining of a correspondent account or payable-through account for or on behalf of any entity subject to Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, <E T="03">Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;</E> (3) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation; or (4) 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 other than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general license, unless separately authorized. (d) Effective June 12, 2024, General License No. 8I, dated April 29, 2024, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 8J. <E T="04">Note to General License No. 8J.</E> This authorization is valid until November 1, 2024, unless renewed. <FP>Bradley T. Smith,</FP> <FP> <E T="03">Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.</E> </FP> Dated: June 12, 2024. <HD SOURCE="HD1">OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">31 CFR Part 587</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">GENERAL LICENSE NO. 25D</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Authorizing Transactions Related to Telecommunications and Certain internet-Based Communications</HD> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this gene ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 23k characters. 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