[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 215 (Monday, November 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 68809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28808]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 7678]


Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; 
Termination of Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Proliferation 
Sanctions Against a Foreign Person

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Government has decided to terminate 
sanctions imposed on a foreign person who had engaged in CBW 
proliferation activities that required the imposition of sanctions 
pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration 
Act of 1979.

DATES: Effective Date: Upon publication in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela K. Durham, Office of Missile, 
Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau of International 
Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, Telephone (202) 
647-4930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Sections 81(d) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2798(d)) and Section 11C(d) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2410c(d)), the 
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security 
determined and certified to Congress that reliable information 
indicated that the following foreign person has ceased to aid or abet 
any foreign government, project, or entity in its efforts to acquire 
chemical or biological weapons capability:

Gerhard Merz

    This determination and certification terminates the sanctions 
imposed on this foreign person in 1994 pursuant to Section 81(a) and 
(c) of the Arms Export Control Act and Section 11C(a) and (c) of the 
Export Administration Act. (Volume 59 FR Public Notice 2143)

    Dated: November 1, 2011.
Thomas M. Countryman,
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and 
Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2011-28808 Filed 11-4-11; 8:45 am]
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