[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 100 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 29849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11472]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designations of Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 
13405

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three newly-designated entities 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain 
Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the three entities 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Orders 13405, is 
effective May 15, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., (Treasury Annex), 
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    Information about this designation and additional information 
concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 
service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On June 16, 2006, the President issued Executive Order 13405 (the 
``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). In the Order, the President 
declared a national emergency to address political repression, 
electoral fraud, and public corruption in Belarus. The Order imposes 
economic sanctions on persons responsible for actions or policies that 
undermine democratic processes or institutions in Belarus. The 
President identified ten individuals as subject to the economic 
sanctions in the Annex to the Order.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property, and interests in property, that are in, or hereafter come 
within, the United States or the possession or control of United States 
persons for persons listed in the Annex and those persons determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State, to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs 
(a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(E) of Section 1.
    On May 15, 2008, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria 
set forth in Section 1, subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(E) of 
the Order, the following three entities, whose names have been added to 
the list of Specially Designated Nationals and whose property and 
interests in property are blocked, pursuant to Executive Order 13405:
    1. LAKOKRASKA OAO (a.k.a. LAKOKRASKA OPEN JOINT-STOCK COMPANY), 71 
Ignatova Street, Grodnenskaya Region, Lida 231300, Belarus; ul. 
Ignatova, 71, Grodnenskaya oblast, Lida 231300, Belarus [BELARUS].
    2. POLOTSK STEKLOVOLOKNO OAO (a.k.a. POLOTSK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION 
STEKLOVOLOKNO; a.k.a. POLOTSKOE STEKLOVOLOKNO OAO; a.k.a. POLOTSK-
STEKLOVOLOKNO; a.k.a. POLOTSK-STEKLOVOLOKNO JSC; a.k.a. POLOTSK-
STEKLOVOLOKNO JSC SD STEKLOKOMPOZIT; a.k.a. POLOTSK-STEKLOVOLOKNO OPEN 
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY; a.k.a. POLOTZK STEKLOVOLOKNO OAO; a.k.a. 
STEKLOVOLOKNO), ul. Stroitelnaya, Polotsk, 211412, Belarus; Industrial 
Zone Ksty, Vitebsk Region, Polotsk 21140, Belarus; Ksty Industrial 
Zone, 211400 Vitebskaya oblast, Polotsk, Belarus; Promuzel Ksty, 
Polotsk 211400, Belarus [BELARUS].
    3. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADE HOUSE (a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADING HOUSE; 
a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADING HOUSE REPUBLICAN SUBSIDIARY UNITARY 
ENTERPRISE; a.k.a. BELARUSIAN OIL TRADING HOUSE REPUBLICAN UNITARY 
SUBSIDIARY; a.k.a. BOTH; a.k.a. UE BELARUSIAN OIL TRADE HOUSE), 
Dzerzhinsky Avenue, 73, Minsk 220116, Belarus; Prospect Dzerzhinskogo, 
73, Minsk 220116, Belarus; 73 Derzhinskiy Ave., Minsk 220116, Belarus; 
Business Registration Document  UNP 101119568 (Belarus) 
[BELARUS].

    Dated: May 15, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8-11472 Filed 5-21-08; 8:45 am]
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