[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36645-36646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11977]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions 
Regulations Determinations

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of determinations.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing one sectoral determination issued pursuant 
to an April 15, 2021 Executive order, as well as a category of services 
determination issued pursuant to an April 6, 2022 Executive order. Each 
determination was previously issued on OFAC's website.

DATES: The May 19, 2023 Determination Pursuant to Section (1)(a)(i) of 
Executive Order 14024 was issued on May 19, 2023 and took effect on May 
19, 2023. The May 19, 2023 Determination Pursuant to Section (1)(a)(ii) 
of Executive Order 14071 was issued on May 19, 2023 and takes effect on 
June 18, 2023.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

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

Background

    On April 15, 2021, the President, invoking the authority of, inter 
alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
et seq.) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 (86 FR 20249, 
April 19, 2022). Among other prohibitions, section 1(a) of E.O. 14024 
blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property 
that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or 
that are or come within the possession or control of any U.S. person 
of, any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State: (i) to operate or have 
operated in the technology sector or the defense and related materiel 
sector of the Russian Federation economy, or any other sector of the 
Russian Federation economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State.
    On April 6, 2022, the President, invoking the authority of, inter 
alia, IEEPA, issued E.O. 14071, ``Prohibiting New Investment in and 
Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued 
Russian Federation Aggression'' (87 FR 20999, April 8, 2022). Among 
other prohibitions, section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 14071 prohibits the 
exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, 
from the United States, or by a United States person, wherever located, 
of any category of services as may be determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to any 
person located in the Russian Federation.
    On May 19, 2023, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director of 
OFAC, in consultation with the Department of State, issued a sectoral 
determination pursuant to E.O. 14024. This determination took effect on 
May 19, 2023. Also on May 19, 2023, pursuant to delegated authority, 
the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Department of State, 
issued a category of services determination pursuant to E.O. 14071. 
This determination takes effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on 
June 18, 2023.
    The texts of the determinations are below.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Determination Pursuant to Section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order 14024

Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, and 
Transportation Sectors of the Russian Federation Economy

    Section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 of April 15, 2021 
(``Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign 
Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation'') imposes 
economic sanctions on any person determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, or the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
operate or have operated in such sectors of the Russian Federation 
economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State.
    To further address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States 
described in E.O. 14024, and in consultation with the Department of 
State and pursuant to 31 CFR 587.802, I hereby determine that section 
1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024 shall apply to the architecture, engineering,

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construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors of the Russian 
Federation economy. Any person determined, pursuant to section 1(a)(i) 
of E.O. 14024, to operate or have operated in such sectors shall be 
subject to sanctions pursuant to section 1(a)(i).
    This determination shall take effect on May 19, 2023.

Andrea M. Gacki,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

May 19, 2023.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Determination Pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 14071

Prohibitions Related to Architecture Services and Engineering Services

    Pursuant to sections 1(a)(ii), 1(b), and 5 of Executive Order 
(E.O.) 14071 of April 6, 2022 (``Prohibiting New Investment in and 
Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to Continued 
Russian Federation Aggression'') and 31 CFR 587.802, and in 
consultation with the Department of State, I hereby determine that the 
prohibitions in section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 14071 shall apply to the 
following categories of services: architecture and engineering. As a 
result, the following activities are prohibited, except to the extent 
provided by law, or unless licensed or otherwise authorized by the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control:
    the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person, 
wherever located, of architecture services or engineering services to 
any person located in the Russian Federation.
    This determination excludes the following:
    (1) any service to an entity located in the Russian Federation that 
is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a United States 
person; and
    (2) any service in connection with the wind down or divestiture of 
an entity located in the Russian Federation that is not owned or 
controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Russian person.
    This determination shall take effect beginning at 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time on June 18, 2023.

Andrea M. Gacki,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

May 19, 2023.

Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2023-11977 Filed 6-2-23; 8:45 am]
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