[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 73 (Friday, April 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20239-20240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9349]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3286]


Bureau of Nonproliferation, Imposition of Missile Proliferation 
Sanctions Against Entities in North Korea and Iran

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Government has determined that entities in 
North Korea and Iran have engaged in missile technology proliferation 
activities that require imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Arms 
Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export Administration Act of 
1979, as amended (as carried out under Executive Order 12924 of August 
19, 1994).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vann H. Van Diepen, Office of 
Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, Bureau of 
Nonproliferation, Department of State (202-647-1142).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 73(a)(1) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)), section 11B(b)(1) of the 
Export

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Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2401b(b)(1)), as carried out 
under Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994 (hereinafter cited as 
the ``Export Administration Act of 1979''), and Executive Order 12851 
of June 11, 1993, the United States Government determined on April 6, 
2000, that the following foreign persons have engaged in missile 
technology proliferation activities that require the imposition of the 
sanctions described in sections 73(a)(2)(B) and (C) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)(B) and (C)) and sections 
11B(b)(1)(B)(ii) and (iii) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
U.S.C. app. 2410b(b)(1)(B)(ii) and (iii)) on these entities:
    1. Changgwang Sinyong Corporation (North Korea) and its sub-units, 
successors, and affiliated companies;
    2. The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) 
(Iran) and its sub-units and successors;
    3. Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) (Iran) and its sub-units 
and successors;
    4. Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) (Iran) and its sub-units 
and successors; and
    5. SANAM Industrial Group (Iran) and its sub-units and successors.
    Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these 
entities:
    (A) New individual licenses for exports to the entities described 
above of items controlled pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 
1979 will be denied for two years;
    (B) New licenses for export to the entities described above of 
items controlled pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will be denied 
for two years;
    (C) No new United States Government contracts involving the 
entities described above will be entered into for two years; and
    (D) No products produced by the entities described above will be 
imported into the United States for two years.
    With respect to items controlled pursuant to the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, the export sanction only applies to exports 
made pursuant to individual export licenses.
    Additionally, because North Korea is a country with a non-market 
economy that is not a former member of the Warsaw Pact (as referenced 
in the definition of ``person'' in section 74(8)(B) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(8)(B)), the following sanctions shall be 
applied to all activities of the North Korean government relating to 
the development or production of missile equipment or technology and to 
all activities of the North Korean government affecting the development 
or production of electronics, space systems or equipment, and military 
aircraft:
    (A) New licenses for export to the government activities described 
above of items controlled pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will 
be denied for two years;
    (B) No new U.S. Government contracts involving the government 
activities described above will be entered into for two years; and
    (C) No products produced by the government activities described 
above will be imported into the United States for two years.
    These measures shall be implemented by the responsible agencies as 
provided in Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.

    Dated: April 7, 2000.
Robert J. Einhorn,
Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation, Department of State.
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