[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31029-31030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14635]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3059]
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Suspension of Munitions
Export Licenses and Other Approvals Destined for Russian Companies and
Related Matters
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 38 of the
Arms Export Control Act and section 126.7 of the International Traffic
in Arms Regulations, all licenses and other approvals for defense
articles and defense services involving certain Russian entities,
identified below, are suspended, effective immediately. Notice is
further given that it is the policy of the United States to deny
licenses, other approvals, exports and temporary imports of defense
articles and defense services destined for these Russian entities.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rose Biancaniello, Deputy Director,
Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls, Department of
State, 703-812-2568.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 126.7 of the International Traffic
in Arms Regulations (ITAR) provides that any application for an export
license or other approval under the ITAR may be disapproved, and any
license or other approval or exemption granted under the ITAR may be
revoked, suspended or amended without prior notice under various
circumstances, including whenever such action is deemed to be in
furtherance of world peace, the national security or the foreign policy
of the United States or is otherwise advisable.
Pursuant to section 126.7(a)(1) of the ITAR, it is deemed that
suspending the following foreign entities from participating in any
activities subject to Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act would
be in furtherance of the national security and foreign policy of the
United States. Therefore, until further notice, the Department of State
is hereby suspending all licenses and other approvals for: (a) Exports
and other transfers of defense articles and defense services from the
United States; (b) transfers of U.S.-origin defense articles and
defense services from foreign destinations; and (c) temporary import of
defense articles to or from the following entities:
(1) Tula Instrument Design Bureau (including at Tula 300001,
Russia);
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(2) Volsk Mechanical Plant (including at Saratov Region, 412013,
Volsk, Russia);
(3) Central Scientific Research Institute of Precision Machine-
Building, aka Tzniitochmash (including at 142080 Klimovsk, Russia).
Furthermore, it is the policy of the United States to deny licenses
and other approvals for exports and temporary imports of defense
articles and defense services destined for these Russian entities.
Dated: June 3, 1999.
Eric D. Newsom,
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.
[FR Doc. 99-14635 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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