[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 230 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 73637-73638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26201]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 598


Publication of Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 
Web General Licenses 2, 3, 3A, and 3B

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of Web General Licenses.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued 
pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations: GLs 2, 
3, 3A, and 3B, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's 
website.

DATES: GL 2 was issued on May 5, 2015. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
for additional relevant dates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for 
Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 
202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & 
Evaluation, 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's website: www.treas.gov/ofac.

Background

    On May 5, 2016, OFAC issued GLs 2 and 3 to authorize certain 
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 589. Subsequently, OFAC issued two 
further iterations of GL 3: on June 3, 2016, OFAC issued GL 3A, which 
superseded GL 3; and on January 5, 2017, OFAC issued GL 3B, which 
superseded GL 3A. Each of these GLs is now expired.
    Each GL was made available on OFAC's website (www.treas.gov/ofac) 
when it was issued. The text of these GLs is provided below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 2

Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities To Wind Down Operations 
for the Hotel Operating at Millennium Plaza, Panama

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all transactions and 
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics 
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are necessary 
to maintain lodging services or are for the winding down of 
operations, contracts, or other agreements involving hotel goods or 
services with the hotel operating at Millennium Plaza, Avenida A. 
Waked, Corredor Zona Libre, Colon, Panama, that were ongoing or in 
effect prior to May 5, 2016, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time, May 26, 2016.
    (b) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The unblocking of any accounts blocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and 
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 
598;
    (2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any 
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any 
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than 
the hotel operating at Millennium Plaza, Avenida A. Waked, Corredor 
Zona Libre, Colon, Panama; Plaza Milenio, S.A.; or Administracion 
Millenium Plaza, S.A. that is listed on the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control's List of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons 
or that otherwise constitutes a person whose property and interests 
in property are blocked;
    (3) Any payment incident to and necessary for the transactions 
authorized in paragraph (a) to or for the benefit of the entity 
Plaza Milenio, S.A. or Administracion Millenium Plaza, S.A. unless 
such payment is made into a blocked interest-bearing account in 
accordance with 31 CFR 598.206(a).

John E. Smith,

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: May 5, 2016.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3

Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities Necessary To Maintain 
Existing Operations of La Estrella and El Siglo Newspapers

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), all transactions and 
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics 
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are necessary 
to maintain all existing operations of the Panamanian newspapers, La 
Estrella and El Siglo, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern 
daylight time, July 6, 2016.
    (b) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The unblocking of any accounts blocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and 
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 
598; or
    (2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any 
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any 
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than 
the La Estrella and El Siglo newspapers that is listed on the Office 
of Foreign Assets Control's List of Specially Designated Nationals 
or Blocked Persons or that otherwise constitutes a person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked.

John E. Smith,

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: May 5, 2016.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3A

Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities Necessary To Maintain 
Existing Operations of La Estrella and El Siglo Newspapers

    (a) General License No. 3, dated May 5, 2016, is replaced and 
superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 3A.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all transactions and 
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics 
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are necessary 
to maintain all existing operations of the Panamanian newspapers, La 
Estrella and El Siglo, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern 
daylight time, January 6, 2017.
    (c) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and 
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 
598; or
    (2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any 
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR Chapter V, or any 
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than 
the La Estrella and El Siglo newspapers that is listed on the Office 
of Foreign Assets Control's List of Specially Designated Nationals 
or Blocked Persons or that otherwise constitutes a person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked.

John H. Battle,

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: June 3, 2016.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 598

GENERAL LICENSE NO. 3B

Authorizing Certain Transactions and Activities To Wind Operations 
Involving La Estrella and El Siglo Newspapers

    (a) General License No. 3A, dated June 3, 2016, is replaced and 
superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 3B.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all transactions or 
activities otherwise prohibited by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin 
Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and the Foreign Narcotics 
Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598, that are for the 
wind down of operations, contracts, or other agreements involving 
goods or services with Grupo Editorial La Estrella y El Siglo or the 
Panamanian newspapers, La Estrella and El Siglo (hereinafter Grupo 
GESE), are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 
13, 2017.
    (c) This general license does not authorize:
    (1) The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, and 
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 
598; or
    (2) Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any 
Executive order or any other part of 31 CFR. chapter V, or any 
transactions or dealings with any individual or entity other than 
Grupo GESE that is listed on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's 
List of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons or that 
otherwise constitutes a person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked.

John E. Smith,

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

    Dated: January 5, 2017.

Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2022-26201 Filed 11-30-22; 8:45 am]
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