[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01404]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9422]
Sanctions Lifting Actions Taken Pursuant to the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Presidential Memorandum entitled
``Preparing for the Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action of July 14, 2015'' issued on October 18, 2015 and to give effect
to the United States commitment under Section 4.8.1 of Annex II and
Section 17.3 of Annex V of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
(JCPOA), the Secretary of State has taken action pursuant to Section
9(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-172) (50 U.S.C.
1701 note) (``ISA''), as amended, to discontinue the imposition of
sanctions on the following individuals and entities sanctioned under
section 5(a) of ISA: Dimitris Cambis, FAL Oil Company Limited, Ferland
Company Limited, Impire Shipping, Kuo Oil Pte. Ltd, Naftiran Intertrade
Company, Petrochemical Commercial Company International,
Petr[oacute]leos de Venezuela S.A., Royal Oyster Group, Speedy Ship,
and Zhuhai Zhenrong Company and the following entities sanctioned under
Section 212 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of
2012: Bimeh Markazi--Central Insurance of Iran and Kish Protection and
Indemnity. The Secretary of State has also taken action to discontinue
the imposition of sanctions under E. O. 13622 (July 30, 2012), as
amended, on the following entities: Jam Petrochemical Company and
Niksima Food and Beverage JLT. Finally, the Secretary of State has
taken action pursuant to Section 1244(i)of the Iran Freedom and
Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (subtitle D of title XII of Pub. L.
112-239, 22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.) (``IFCA'') to waive the imposition of
sanctions under Section 1244(c)(1) of IFCA with respect to the
following entities: the National Iranian Oil Company, the National
Iranian Tanker Company, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines,
and South Shipping Line Iran, and under Section 1244(d)(1) of IFCA with
respect to Goldentex FZE. The Department of the Treasury's Office of
Foreign Assets Control will take action to remove these entities from
its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN
List) and/or the Non-SDN ISA List, as appropriate, as of the effective
date.
DATES: Effective: These actions were effective on January 16, 2016
(Implementation Day), when the Secretary of State confirmed that Iran
had implemented the nuclear-related measures specified in Sections
15.1-15.11 of Annex V of the JCPOA, as verified by the International
Atomic Energy Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On general issues: Office of Sanctions
Policy and Implementation, Department of State, Telephone: (202) 647-
7489.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Relevant agencies and instrumentalities of
the United States Government shall take all appropriate measures within
their authority to carry out the provisions of this notice.
The following constitutes a list, as of the effective date of these
actions, of persons on whom sanctions are imposed under ISA. The
particular sanctions imposed on an individual person are identified in
the relevant Federal Register Notice.
--Sytrol (see Public Notice 8040, 77 FR 59034, September 25, 2012)
Dated: January 19, 2016.
Kurt Tong,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-01404 Filed 1-22-16; 8:45 am]
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