[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53251-53252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21216]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Actions Taken Pursuant to Executive Orders 13608 and 13645

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 providing notice of actions taken by OFAC with respect to 
VITALY SOKOLENKO to impose sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13608 
of May 1, 2012 and Executive Order 13645 of June 3, 2013.

DATES: OFAC's actions pursuant to Executive Orders 13608 and 13645 
described in this notice were effective December 12, 2013.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    Additional information concerning OFAC is available from OFAC's Web 
site (www.treasury.gov/ofac). Certain general information pertaining to 
OFAC's sanctions programs also is available via facsimile through a 24-
hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On May 1, 2012, the President issued Executive Order 13608, 
``Prohibiting Certain Transactions With and Suspending Entry Into the 
United States of Foreign Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and 
Syria'' (``E.O. 13608''). Section 1 (a)(ii) of E.O. 13608 authorizes 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, to impose on a foreign person certain measures upon determining 
that the foreign person has, inter alia, ``facilitated deceptive 
transactions for or on behalf of any person subject to United States 
sanctions concerning Iran or Syria.'' Section 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 13608 
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, to impose on a foreign person certain measures upon 
determining that the foreign person is, inter alia, acting or 
purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any 
person determined to meet the criteria for the imposition of sanctions 
set forth in section 1(a) of E.O. 13608.
    Section 7(d) of E.O. 13608 defines the term ``deceptive 
transaction'' to mean ``any transaction where the identity of any 
person subject to United States sanctions concerning Iran or Syria is 
withheld or obscured from other participants in the transaction or any 
relevant regulatory authorities.''
    Section 1(b) of E.O. 13608 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury 
to prohibit all transactions or dealings involving such persons 
sanctioned under E.O. 13608 in or related to any goods, services, or 
technology (i) in or intended for the United States, or (ii) provided 
by or to United States persons, wherever located. These prohibitions 
cover the aforementioned transactions or dealings, but do not require 
the blocking of property or interests in property of the person 
sanctioned pursuant to E.O. 13608.
    On June 3, 2013, the President issued Executive Order 13645 
(``Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the 
Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 and Additional 
Sanctions With Respect to Iran'') (``E.O. 13645''). Section 2 of E.O. 
13645 blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in 
property 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 any United States person, including any foreign branch, of 
persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, to satisfy any of the criteria set forth 
in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of section 2.
    On December 12, 2013, the Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to 
delegated authority, determined that the individual identified below, 
meets the criteria set forth in subsections 1(a)(ii) and 1(a)(iii) of 
E.O. 13608,\1\ imposed sanctions on that individual, and prohibited all 
transactions or dealings involving that individual, as described in 
Section 1(b) of E.O. 13608. In addition, on December 11, 2013, the 
Director of OFAC designated the individual identified below as a person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
section 2 of E.O. 13645.\2\
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    \1\ VITALY SOKOLENKO is the General Manager of FERLAND COMPANY 
LIMITED. On May 31, 2013, the Director of OFAC, acting pursuant to 
delegated authority, imposed sanctions on FERLAND COMPANY LIMITED 
pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13608. On the same day, the 
Director of OFAC took action to implement additional sanctions 
imposed on FERLAND COMPANY LIMITED by the Secretary of State 
pursuant to the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended. Separately, 
on December 11, 2013, the Director of OFAC designated FERLAND 
COMPANY LIMITED pursuant to section 2 of E.O. 13645. A separate 
notice detailing OFAC's May 31, 2013 and December 12, 2013 actions 
with respect to FERLAND COMPANY LIMITED is being published in 
today's Federal Register.
    \2\ As noted above, on December 12, 2013, the Director of OFAC 
designated individual VITALY SOKOLENKO and entity FERLAND COMPANY 
LIMITED pursuant to section 2 of E.O. 13645. On the same day, the 
Director of OFAC designated three additional entities pursuant to 
section 2 of E.O. 13645 and identified three vessels as blocked 
property of one of the entities. A notice detailing OFAC's December 
12, 2013 actions with respect to the three additional entities and 
three vessels is being published in today's Federal Register.
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Individual

     SOKOLENKO, Vitaly (a.k.a. SOKOLENKO, Vitalii; a.k.a. 
SOKOLENKO, Vitaliy); DOB 16 Jun 1968; Executive Order

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13645 Determination--Material Support; Passport EH354160; alt. 
Passport P0329907; General Manager of Ferland Company Limited 
(individual) [FSE-IR] [EO13645]

    The Director of OFAC has prohibited all transactions or dealings 
involving the individual listed above in or related to any goods, 
services, or technology (i) in or intended for the United States, or 
(ii) provided by or to United States persons, wherever located. The 
individual listed above has been added to OFAC's List of Foreign 
Sanctions Evaders with the identifying tag ``FSE-IR'' and OFAC's List 
of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons with the 
identifying tags ``FSE-IR'' and ``EO13645.''

    Dated: August 8, 2014.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2014-21216 Filed 9-5-14; 8:45 am]
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