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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014
Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine
GENERAL LICENSE NO.11
Authorizing Certain Transactions With FAU Glavgosekspertiza Rossii
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), all transactions and activities otherwise prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 13685 of December 19, 2014 ("Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine") that are ordinarily incident and necessary to requesting, contracting for, paying for, receiving, or utilizing a project design review or permit from FAU Glavgosekspertiza Rossii's office(s) in the Russian Federation are authorized, provided the underlying project is located wholly within the Russian Federation, and none of the transactions otherwise violate E.O. 13685.
(b) For the purposes of this general license, the term "Russian Federation" does not include the Crimea region of Ukraine, as defined in section 8(d) of E.O. 13685.
(c) This general license does not authorize the transfer of any property or debiting of any account blocked pursuant to any E.O., statute, or 31 C.F.R. chapter V, or any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any E.O. other than E.O. 13685, or any other part of 31 C.F.R. chapter V.
[SIGNATURE]
John E. Smith
Acting Director
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Dated: December 20, 2016
1) FAU Glavgosekspertiza Rossii is a Russian construction company involved in the construction of the Crimea-Russia bridge.
Compare this GL to Cyber General License (No. 1A), authorizing limited permitting and compliance-related transactions with a state-owned entity designated as an SDN. As there, this GL has no expiration date. As of 5/2019, the entity remains an SDN.
2) By its terms, the GL is not limited to activities in which a U.S. person is a party to an underlying transaction. This means that U.S. persons may engage in ancillary transactions that would be subject to the otherwise-applicable prohibitions, even if such activities pertain to a transaction involving no U.S. person. For example, the U.S. person “facilitation” of transactions between non-U.S. person subsidiaries and the entity is authorized. So are transactions involving the provision of services directly to the covered entity, e.g. the provision of “financial services” to it in connection with a transaction not otherwise involving a U.S. person. Compare e.g. FAQ # 661, comments thereto. See also FR Notice Explaining OFAC's Implementation of Sec. 218 of the TRA (77 FR 75849, Dec. 26, 2012).