[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43513-43514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10723]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Publication and Update of the List of Services, Software, and 
Hardware Incident to Communications

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication and update of a list of items determined to be 
incident to communications in the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions 
Regulations.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is updating a list of items published in the Federal 
Register that have been determined to be incident to communications and 
therefore authorized for export or reexport to Iran under a general 
license issued pursuant to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions 
Regulations (ITSR). OFAC is updating the list to restrict the computing 
power of certain items on the list.

DATES: This list is effective June 17, 2024.

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

    The text of the List of Services, Software, and Hardware Incident 
to Communications is available on the Iran Sanctions page on OFAC's 
website, and additional information concerning OFAC is available on 
OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Background

    Concurrent with this publication, OFAC published the list of items 
previously included in the annexes to GL D, GL D-1, and GL D-2 as 
``List of Services, Software, and Hardware Incident to Communications 
under 31 CFR 560.540'' (the ``List''). OFAC is updating the List to add 
a technical restriction to the computing power of laptops, tablets, and 
personal computing devices authorized for exportation or reexportation 
to Iran under category (5) of the List, effective 30 days after 
publication. The text of the updated List is provided below.

  ``List of Services, Software, and Hardware Incident to Communications
                         Under 31 CFR 560.540''
                         [Updated June 17, 2024]
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Note: See paragraphs (a)(3)(ii)-(iii) of Sec.   560.540 for
 authorizations related to certain hardware and software that is of a
 type described below but that is not subject to the Export
 Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730 through 774 (EAR).
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1. Mobile phones (including smartphones), Personal Digital Assistants
 (PDAs), Subscriber Identity Module/Subscriber Information Module (SIM)
 cards, and accessories for such devices designated EAR99 or classified
 on the CCL under ECCN 5A992.c; drivers and connectivity software for
 such hardware designated EAR99 or classified under ECCN 5D992.c; and
 services necessary for the operation of such hardware and software.
2. Satellite phones and Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) hardware
 designated EAR99 or classified under ECCN 5A992.c; demand drivers and
 connectivity software for such hardware designated EAR99 or classified
 under ECCN 5D992.c; and services necessary for the operation of such
 hardware and software.
3. Consumer * modems, network interface cards, radio equipment
 (including antennae), routers, switches, and WiFi access points,
 designed for 50 or fewer concurrent users, designated EAR99 or
 classified under ECCNs 5A992.c, 5A991.b.2, or 5A991.b.4; drivers,
 communications, and connectivity software for such hardware designated
 EAR99 or classified under ECCN 5D992.c; and services necessary for the
 operation of such hardware and software.
4. Residential consumer * satellite terminals, transceiver equipment
 (including to antennae, receivers, set-top boxes and video decoders)
 designated EAR99 or classified under ECCNs 5A992.c, 5A991.b.2, or
 5A991.b.4; drivers, communications, and connectivity software for such
 hardware designated EAR99 or classified under ECCN 5D992.c; and
 services necessary for the operation of such hardware and software.
5. Laptops, tablets, and personal computing devices with an ``Adjusted
 Peak Performance'' (``APP'') not exceeding 1 Weighted TeraFLOP (WT),
 and peripherals for such devices (including consumer* disk drives and
 other data storage devices) and accessories for such devices (including
 keyboards and mice) designated EAR99 or classified on the CCL under
 ECCNs 5A992.c, 5A991.b.2, 5A991.b.4, or 4A994.b; computer operating
 systems and software required for effective consumer use of such
 hardware designated EAR99 or classified under ECCN 5D992.c; and
 services necessary for the operation of such hardware and software.
6. Anti-virus and anti-malware software designated EAR99 or classified
 under ECCN 5D992.c; and services necessary for the operation of such
 software.
7. Anti-tracking software designated EAR99 or classified under ECCN
 5D992.c; and services necessary for the operation of such software.
8. Mobile operating systems, online application for mobile operating
 systems (app) stores, and related software, including apps designed to
 run on mobile operating systems, designated EAR99 or classified under
 ECCN 5D992.c; and services necessary for the operation of such
 software.
9. Anti-censorship tools and related software designated EAR99 or
 classified under ECCN 5D992.c; and services necessary for the operation
 of such software.
10. Virtual Private Network (VPN) client software, proxy tools, and fee-
 based client personal communications tools including voice, text,
 video, voice-over-IP telephony, video chat, and successor technologies,
 and communications and connectivity software required for effective
 consumer use designated EAR99 or classified under ECCN 5D992.c; and
 services necessary for the operation of such software.
11. Provisioning and verification software for Secure Sockets Layers
 (SSL) certificates designated EAR99 or classified under ECCN 5D992.c;
 and services necessary for the operation of such software.
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* For purposes of the ``List of Services, Software, and Hardware
  Incident to Communications under 31 CFR 560.540,'' the term
  ``consumer'' refers to items that are: (1) generally available to the
  public by being sold, without restriction, from stock at retail
  selling points by means of any of the following: (a) over-the-counter
  transactions; (b) mail order transactions; (c) electronic
  transactions; or (d) telephone call transactions; and (2) designed for
  installation by the user without further substantial support by the
  supplier.


Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2024-10723 Filed 5-16-24; 8:45 am]
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