[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 91 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21812-21813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10091]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10407]


Imposition of Nonproliferation Measures Against Foreign Persons, 
Including a Ban on U.S. Government Procurement

AGENCY: Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, 
Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a number of foreign persons 
have engaged in activities that warrant the imposition of measures 
pursuant to Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
Nonproliferation Act. The Act provides for penalties on foreign 
entities and individuals for the transfer to or acquisition from Iran 
since January 1, 1999; the transfer to or acquisition from Syria since 
January 1, 2005; or the transfer to or acquisition from North Korea 
since January 1, 2006, of goods, services, or technology controlled 
under multilateral control lists (Missile Technology Control Regime, 
Australia Group, Chemical Weapons Convention, Nuclear Suppliers Group, 
Wassenaar Arrangement) or otherwise having the potential to make a 
material contribution to the development of weapons of mass destruction 
(WMD) or cruise or ballistic missile systems. The latter category 
includes items of the same kind as those on multilateral lists but 
falling below the control list parameters when it is determined that 
such items have the potential of making a material contribution to WMD 
or cruise or ballistic missile systems, items on U.S. national control 
lists for WMD/missile reasons that are not on multilateral lists, and 
other items with the potential of making such a material contribution 
when added through case-by-case decisions.

DATES: April 30, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On general issues: Pam Durham, Office 
of Missile, Biological, and Chemical Nonproliferation, Bureau of 
International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State, 
Telephone (202) 647-4930, [email protected]. For U.S. Government 
procurement ban issues: Eric Moore, Office of the Procurement 
Executive, Department of State, Telephone: (703) 875-4079, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 30, 2018 the U.S. Government 
applied the measures authorized in Section 3 of the Iran, North Korea, 
and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub. L. 109-353) against the following 
foreign persons identified in the report submitted pursuant to Section 
2(a) of the Act:
    Abascience Tech Co., Ltd. (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or 
subsidiary thereof;
    Easy Fashion Metal Products Trade Company [aka Easyfashion 
Industries] (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Emily Liu (Chinese individual);
    Karl Lee [aka Li Fangwei] (Chinese individual);
    Raybeam Optronics Co., Ltd (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or 
subsidiary thereof;
    Shanghai Rotech Pharmaceutical Engineering Company (China) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Sinotech (Dalian) Carbon and Graphite Corporation (SCGC) (China) 
and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Sunway Tech Co., Ltd (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or 
subsidiary thereof;
    T-Rubber Co. Ltd (China) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary 
thereof;
    Sakr Factory for Developmental Industries (Egypt) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Mojtaba Ghasemi (Iranian individual);
    Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC QF) (Iran) and 
any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Pars Aviation Service Company (PASC) (Iran) and any successor, sub-
unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Defense Industries Organization (DIO) (Iran) and any successor, 
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Saeng Pil Trading Corporation (SPTC) (North Korea) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Second Economic Committee (SEC) Korea Ryonbong General Corporation 
(North Korea) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    183rd Guard Air Defense Missile Regiment (Russia) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Instrument Design Bureau (KBP) Tula (Russia) and any successor, 
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Gatchina Surface-to-Air Missile Training Center (Russia) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) (Russia) 
and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    18th Central Scientific Research Institute (18th TsNII) Scientific 
Research Center (NITs) (Kursk) (Russia) and any successor, sub-unit, or 
subsidiary thereof;
    Russian Research and Production Concern (BARL) and any successor, 
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) (Syria) and any 
successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof;
    Lebanese Hizballah (Syria) and any successor, sub-unit, or 
subsidiary thereof;
    Megatrade (Syria) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary 
thereof;
    Syrian Air Force (Syria) and any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary 
thereof;
    Seden Denizcilik Hizmeleri Sanayi de Ticaret Limited (Turkey) and 
any successor, sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof; and
    Yona Star International (United Arab Emirates) and any successor, 
sub-unit, or subsidiary thereof.
    Accordingly, pursuant to Section 3 of the Act, the following 
measures are imposed on these persons:
    1. No department or agency of the United States Government may 
procure

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or enter into any contract for the procurement of any goods, 
technology, or services from these foreign persons, except to the 
extent that the Secretary of State otherwise may determine;
    2. No department or agency of the United States Government may 
provide any assistance to these foreign persons, and these persons 
shall not be eligible to participate in any assistance program of the 
United States Government, except to the extent that the Secretary of 
State otherwise may determine;
    3. No United States Government sales to these foreign persons of 
any item on the United States Munitions List are permitted, and all 
sales to these persons of any defense articles, defense services, or 
design and construction services under the Arms Export Control Act are 
terminated; and
    4. No new individual licenses shall be granted for the transfer to 
these foreign persons of items the export of which is controlled under 
the Export Administration Act of 1979 or the Export Administration 
Regulations, and any existing such licenses are suspended.
    These measures shall be implemented by the responsible departments 
and agencies of the United States Government and will remain in place 
for two years from the effective date, except to the extent that the 
Secretary of State may subsequently determine otherwise.

Christopher A. Ford,
Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and 
Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 2018-10091 Filed 5-9-18; 8:45 am]
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