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Publication of Venezuela Sanctions Regulations Web General License 45A

Rule published January 18, 2024 · 89 FR 3353

Document number
FR Doc. 2024-00879
Type
Rule
Published
January 18, 2024
Citation
89 FR 3353 (pages 3,353–3,354)
Action
Publication of Web General License.
Dates
GL 45A was issued on November 16, 2023. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional relevant dates.
Official sources
PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov

Summary

The Federal Register's summaryThe Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing one general license (GL) issued pursuant to the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations: GL 45A, which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

Regulations cited

OFAC has reused some part numbers, so today's heading can name a different regulation from the one this document concerned.

Executive orders cited

Text

As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3353-3354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00879]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Part 591


Publication of Venezuela Sanctions Regulations Web General
License 45A

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Publication of Web General License.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing one general license (GL) issued pursuant
to the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations: GL 45A, which was previously
made available on OFAC's website.

DATES: GL 45A was issued on November 16, 2023. 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 Compliance, 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

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

Background

    On November 16, 2023, OFAC issued GL 45A to authorize certain
transactions otherwise prohibited by the Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations (VSR), 31 CFR part 591, or authorities incorporated
therein. The GL was made available on OFAC's website (https://ofac.treasury.gov) when it was issued. GL 45A supersedes GL 45, which
was issued on October 18, 2023. The text of GL 45A is provided below.

[[Page 3354]]

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Venezuela Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 591

General License No. 45A

Authorizing Certain Transactions Involving Consorcio Venezolano de
Industrias Aeron[aacute]uticas y Servicios A[eacute]reos, S.A.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the
repatriation of Venezuelan nationals from non-U.S. jurisdictions in
the Western Hemisphere to Venezuela, and which are exclusively for
the purposes of such repatriation, involving Consorcio Venezolano de
Industrias Aeron[aacute]uticas y Servicios A[eacute]reos, S.A.
(Conviasa), or any entity in which Conviasa owns, directly or
indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, that are prohibited by
Executive Order (E.O.) 13850, as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O.
13884, each as incorporated into the Venezuela Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 591 (the VSR), are authorized.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the general
maintenance (including repair) of the blocked aircraft listed in the
Annex to this general license that are prohibited by E.O. 13850, as
amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 13884, each as incorporated into the
VSR, are authorized.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this general license,
all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to non-commercial
(i.e., not-for-profit) flights between non-U.S. jurisdictions in the
Western Hemisphere and Venezuela of the blocked aircraft listed in
the Annex to this general license that are prohibited by E.O. 13850,
as amended by E.O. 13857, or E.O. 13884, each as incorporated into
the VSR, are authorized.
    (d) This general license does not authorize any transactions
otherwise prohibited by the VSR, including any transactions
involving any person blocked pursuant to the VSR other than the
blocked persons or blocked aircraft described in paragraphs (a), (b)
and (c) of this general license, Government of Venezuela persons
blocked solely pursuant to E.O. 13884, Banco Central de Venezuela,
or Banco de Venezuela SA Banco Universal.
    (e) Effective November 16, 2023, General License No. 45, dated
October 18, 2023, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this
General License No. 45A.
    Note to General License 45A. Nothing in this general license
relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or
requirements of other Federal agencies, including export, reexport,
and transfer (in-country) licensing requirements maintained by the
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security under the
Export Administration Regulations, 15 CFR parts 730-774.

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: November 16, 2023.

Annex--Blocked Aircraft Described in Paragraph (b) of General License
45A

    List of blocked aircraft described in paragraph (b) of General
License 45A:

(a) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2849
(b) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2850
(c) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2851
(d) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2911
(e) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2912
(f) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2913
(g) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2943
(h) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2944
(i) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2953
(j) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2954
(k) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2964
(l) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2965
(m) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
2966
(n) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
3052
(o) Aircraft Type: ERJ 190; Model: ERJ 190-100 IGW; Registration: YV
3071
(p) Aircraft Type: Lineage 1000; Model: ERJ 190-100 ECJ;
Registration: YV 3016

Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2024-00879 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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