[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 47256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22769]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3774]


Bureau of Nonproliferation; Imposition of Missile Proliferation 
Sanctions Against a Chinese Entity and a Pakistani Entity

AGENCY: Bureau of Nonproliferation, Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a Chinese entity and a 
Pakistani entity have engaged in activities that require the imposition 
of measures pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, and the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, as amended (as carried out under Executive 
Order 13222 of August 17, 2001).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela K. Roe, Office of Chemical, 
Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, Bureau of Nonproliferation, 
Department of State (202-647-4931).

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 Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2401b(b)(1)), as 
carried out under Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (hereinafter 
cited as the ``Export Administration Act of 1979''); and Executive 
Order 12851 of June 11, 1993; the U.S. Government determined on 
September 1, 2001 that the following foreign persons have engaged in 
missile technology proliferation activities that require the imposition 
of the sanctions described in section 73(a)(2)(A) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)(A)) and section 11B(b)(1)(B)(i) of 
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 
2410b(b)(1)(B)(i)) on these entities:
    1. National Development Complex (Pakistan) and its sub-units and 
successors.
    2. China Metallurgical Equipment Corporation (a/k/a CMEC, a/k/a 
MECC) (China) 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 MTCR Annex-controlled equipment or technology 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 MTCR 
Annex-controlled equipment or technology controlled pursuant to the 
Arms Export Control Act will be denied for two years; and
    (C) No new United States Government contracts relating to MTCR 
Annex-controlled equipment or technology involving the entities 
described above will be entered into for two years.
    With respect to items controlled pursuant to the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, the export sanctions only apply to exports 
made pursuant to individual export licenses.
    Additionally, because China 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, the following sanctions shall be applied to all activities of the 
Chinese government relating to the development or production of missile 
equipment or technology and all activities of the Chinese 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 MTCR Annex-controlled equipment or technology controlled 
pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will be denied for two years; 
and
    (B) No new U.S. Government contracts relating to MTCR Annex-
controlled equipment or technology involving the government activities 
described above will be entered into for two years.
    These measures shall be implemented by the responsible departments 
and agencies of the United States Government as provided in Executive 
Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.

    Dated: September 4, 2001.
Vann H. Van Diepen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation, Department of 
State.
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