[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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