[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 54709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18994]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5944]


 Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; 
Imposition of Missile Proliferation Sanctions Against a North Korean 
Entity

AGENCY: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, 
Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: Effective Date: September 26, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Durham, Office of Missile Threat 
Reduction, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, 
Department of State (202-647-4931). On import ban issues, Rochelle 
Stern, Director Policy Planning and Program Management, Office of 
Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury (202-622-2500). On 
U.S. Government procurement ban issues, Gladys Gines, Office of the 
Procurement Executive, Department of State (703-516-1621).

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. 2410b(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 18, 2007 that the following foreign person had 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 this person:

Korea Mining and Development Corporation (KOMID) (North Korea) and 
its sub-units and successors.

    Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on this 
person for two years:
    (A) Denial of all new individual licenses for the transfer to the 
sanctioned entity of all items on the U.S. Munitions List and all items 
the export of which is controlled under the Export Administration Act; 
and,
    (B) Denial of all U.S. Government contracts with the sanctioned 
entity; and
    (C) Prohibition on the importation into the U.S. of all products 
produced by the sanctioned entity.
    With respect to items controlled pursuant to the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, the above 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), the following sanctions shall be applied for two years to 
all activities of the North Korean government relating to the 
development or production of missile equipment or technology and all 
activities of the North Korean government affecting the development or 
production of electronics, space systems or equipment, and military 
aircraft:
    (A) Denial of all new individual licenses for the transfer to the 
government activities described above of all items on the U.S. 
Munitions List; and,
    (B) Denial of all U.S. Government contracts with the government 
activities described above; and
    (C) Prohibition on the importation into the U.S. of all products 
produced by the government activities described above.
    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 20, 2007.
John C. Rood,
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and 
Nonproliferation, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E7-18994 Filed 9-25-07; 8:45 am]
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