[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48431-48432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19152]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Identification of Blocked Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 
13460

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 two entities that have been 
identified as entities in which Rami Makhluf, a person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13460 
of February 13, 2008, ``Blocking Property of Additional Persons in 
Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria,'' owns, 
directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest. Therefore, 
all property and interests in property of such entities are blocked.

DATES: The identification by the Secretary of the Treasury of these two 
entities is effective on July 10, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document 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 May 11, 2004, the President issued Executive Order 13338 
pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq., the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty 
Restoration Act of 2003, Public Law 108-175, and section 301 of title 
3, United States Code. In Executive Order 13338, the President declared 
a national emergency to address the threat posed by the actions of the 
Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation 
of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, 
and undermining the United States and international efforts with 
respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq.
    On February 13, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 13460 
(the ``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., the National Emergencies 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code. In the Order, the President found that the Government of Syria 
continues to engage in certain conduct that formed the basis for the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, 
including but not limited to undermining efforts with respect to the 
stabilization of Iraq. The President further found that the conduct of 
certain members of the Government of Syria and other persons 
contributing to public corruption related to Syria, including by 
misusing Syrian public assets or by misusing public authority, 
entrenches and enriches the Government of Syria and its supporters and 
thereby enables the Government of Syria to continue to engage in 
certain conduct that formed the basis for the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13338.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property of the following persons, that are 
in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or 
that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United 
States persons: Persons who are determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to be 
responsible for, to have engaged in, to have facilitated, or to have 
secured improper advantage as a result of, public corruption by senior 
officials within the Government of Syria.
    On July 10, 2008, the Secretary of the Treasury identified two 
entities in which Rami Makhluf, whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13460, owns, directly 
or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest. Therefore, all 
property and interests in property of such entities are blocked.
    The list of blocked entities is as follows:
    1. RAMAK (a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY FREE; a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY FREE SHOP LTD; 
a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY FREE SHOPS--SYRIA; a.k.a. RAMAK DUTY FREE SHOPS LTD.; 
a.k.a. RAMAK FIRM FOR FREE TRADE ZONES), Free Zone Area, Jamarek, P.O. 
Box 932, Damascus, Syria; Al Rawda Street, P.O. Box 932,

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Damascus, Syria; Abu Ramana Street, Rawda, Damascus, Syria; Damascus 
Duty Free, Damascus International Airport, Damascus, Syria; Dara'a Duty 
Free, Naseeb Border Center, Dara'a, Syria; Aleppo Duty Free, Aleppo 
International Airport, Aleppo, Syria; Jdaideh Duty Free Complex, 
Jdaideh Yaboos, Damascus, Syria; Bab el Hawa Border Center, Aleppo, 
Syria; Lattakia Port, Lattakia, Syria; Tartous Port, Tartous, Syria; E-
mail Address [email protected] (Syria); Web site http://www.ramakdutyfree.net (Syria) [SYRIA].
    2. SYRIATEL (a.k.a. SYRIATEL MOBILE; a.k.a. SYRIATEL MOBILE 
TELECOM; a.k.a. SYRIATEL MOBILE TELECOM SA), Doctors Syndicate 
Building, Al Jalaa Street, Abu Roumaneh Area, P.O. Box 2900, Damascus, 
Syria [SYRIA].

    Dated: July 18, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
 [FR Doc. E8-19152 Filed 8-18-08; 8:45 am]
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