[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 52362-52364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13695]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 240614-0163]
RIN 0694-AJ73


Additions to the Entity List

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this rule, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amends 
the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding 3 entries to the 
Entity List, under the destinations of Russia (2), and the United 
Kingdom (1). These entities have been determined by the U.S. Government 
to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy 
interests of the United States.

DATES: This rule is effective June 24, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, End-User Review Committee, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of 
Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Phone: (202) 482-5991, 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Entity List

    The Entity List (supplement no. 4 to part 744 of the EAR (15 CFR 
parts 730-774)) identifies entities for which there is reasonable cause 
to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that the entities 
have been involved, are involved, or pose a significant risk of being 
or becoming involved in activities contrary to the national security or 
foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to Sec.  
744.11(b). The EAR imposes additional license requirements on, and 
limits the availability of, most license exceptions for exports, 
reexports, and transfers (in-country) when a listed entity is a party 
to the transaction. The license review policy for each listing is 
identified in the ``License Review Policy'' column on the

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Entity List, and the impact on the availability of license exceptions 
is described in the relevant Federal Register document that added the 
listing to the Entity List. BIS amends the Entity List pursuant to 
parts 744 (Control Policy: End-User and End-Use Based) and 746 
(Embargoes and Other Special Controls) of the EAR.
    The End-User Review Committee (ERC), composed of representatives of 
the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy and, where 
appropriate, the Treasury, makes all decisions regarding additions to, 
removals from, or other modifications to the Entity List. The ERC makes 
all decisions to add an entry to the Entity List by majority vote and 
makes all decisions to remove or modify an entry by unanimous vote.

Entity List Decisions

Additions to the Entity List

    The ERC determined to add AO Kaspersky Lab and OOO Kaspersky Group, 
under the destination of Russia, and Kaspersky Labs Limited, under the 
destination of United Kingdom, to the Entity List. These entities are 
being added for their cooperation with Russian military and 
intelligence authorities in support of the Russian government's cyber 
intelligence objectives. This activity is contrary to U.S. national 
security and foreign policy interests under Sec.  744.11 of the EAR. A 
license for these entities will be required for all items subject to 
the EAR; the licenses will be reviewed under a presumption of denial.
    For the reasons described above, this final rule adds the following 
3 entities including aliases where appropriate, to the Entity List:

Russia

     AO Kaspersky Lab; and
     OOO Kaspersky Group.

United Kingdom

     Kaspersky Labs Limited.

Savings Clause

    For the changes being made in this final rule, shipments of items 
removed from eligibility for a License Exception or export, reexport, 
or transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR) as a result of this 
regulatory action that were en route aboard a carrier to a port of 
export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), on June 24, 2024, pursuant 
to actual orders for export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) to or 
within a foreign destination, may proceed to that destination under the 
previous eligibility for a License Exception or export, reexport, or 
transfer (in-country) without a license (NLR) before July 24, 2024. Any 
such items not actually exported, reexported or transferred (in-
country) before midnight, on July 24, 2024, require a license in 
accordance with this final rule.

Export Control Reform Act of 2018

    On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which 
included the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) (50 U.S.C. 4801-
4852). ECRA provides the legal basis for BIS's principal authorities 
and serves as the authority under which BIS issues this rule.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes 
of Executive Order 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond to or be subject to a penalty for failure to comply 
with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA), unless 
that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This regulation involves an 
information collection approved by OMB under control number 0694-0088, 
Simplified Network Application Processing System. BIS does not 
anticipate a change to the burden hours associated with this collection 
as a result of this rule. Information regarding the collection, 
including all supporting materials, can be accessed at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with federalism implications 
as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
    4. Pursuant to section 1762 of the Export Control Reform Act of 
2018, this action is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (5 
U.S.C. 553) requirements for notice of proposed rulemaking, opportunity 
for public participation, and delay in effective date.
    5. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for 
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by 5 U.S.C. 
553, or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., are not applicable. 
Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required, and none 
has been prepared.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.

    Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 
CFR parts 730-774) is amended as follows:

PART 744--END-USE AND END-USER CONTROLS

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1. The authority citation for part 744 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  50 U.S.C. 4801-4852; 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 
1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 
608; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026, 
61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 
CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., 
p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice 
of September 7, 2023, 88 FR 62439 (September 11, 2023); Notice of 
November 1, 2023, 88 FR 75475 (November 3, 2023).


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2. Supplement no. 4 is amended by:
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a. Under RUSSIA, adding, in alphabetical order, entries for ``AO 
Kaspersky Lab;'' and ``OOO Kaspersky Group;'' and
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b. Under UNITED KINGDOM, adding an entry in alphabetical order for 
``Kaspersky Labs Limited.''
    The additions read as follows:

Supplement No. 4 to Part 744--Entity List

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                                                          License                               Federal Register
        Country                    Entity               requirement     License review policy       citation
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RUSSIA................                                         * * * * * *

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                        AO Kaspersky Lab, a.k.a.,    For all items     Presumption of denial..  89 FR [INSERT FR
                         the following twelve         subject to the                             PAGE NUMBER AND
                         aliases:                     EAR (See Sec.                              June 24, 2024].
                        --Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo    744.11 of the
                         Laboratoriya Kasperskogo;    EAR).
                        --AO Kaspersky Laboratory;
                        --AO Laboratoriya
                         Kasperskogo;
                        --Joint Stock Company
                         Kaspersky Lab;
                        --JSC Kaspersky Lab;
                        --Kaspersky;
                        --Kaspersky Lab CJSC;
                        --Kaspersky Lab ZAO;
                        --Kaspersky Lab;
                        --Kaspersky Laboratory;
                        --Kaspersky Labs; and
                        --Kaspersky's Laboratory.
                        39A Leningradskoe Highway,
                         Business Center Olimpiya
                         Park, Building 2, Moscow,
                         125212, Russia.
 
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                        OOO Kaspersky Group,         For all items     Presumption of denial..  89 FR [INSERT FR
                         a.k.a., the following        subject to the                             PAGE NUMBER AND
                         eight aliases:               EAR (See Sec.                              June 24, 2024].
                        --Kaspersky Group;            744.11 of the
                        --Kaspersky Group Limited;    EAR).
                        --Kaspersky Group Limited
                         Liability Company;
                        --Kaspersky Group LLC;
                        --Kaspersky Group Ltd;
                        --Obshchestvo S
                         Ogranichennoi
                         Otvetstvennostyu Gruppa
                         Kompanii Kasperskogo;
                        --OOO Gruppa Kompanii
                         Kasperskogo; and
                        --OOO Kaspersky Group of
                         Companies.
                        39A Leningradskoe Highway,
                         Business Center Olimpiya
                         Park, Building 2, Moscow,
                         125212, Russia.
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UNITED KINGDOM........                                         * * * * * *
                        Kaspersky Labs Limited,      For all items     Presumption of denial..  89 FR [INSERT FR
                         a.k.a., the following two    subject to the                             PAGE NUMBER AND
                         aliases:                     EAR (See Sec.                              June 24, 2024].
                        --Kaspersky Labs; and         744.11 of the
                        --Kaspersky Labs Ltd.         EAR).
                        2 Kingdom Street,
                         Paddington Basin, London,
                         England, W2 6BD, United
                         Kingdom.
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Eric Longnecker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-13695 Filed 6-20-24; 4:15 pm]
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