2022-11760. Publication of Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations Web General Licenses 7A, 26A, 31, and 32

AGENCY:

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION:

Publication of Web General Licenses.

SUMMARY:

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GL 7A, GL 26A, GL 31, and GL 32, each of which was previously issued on OFAC's website.

DATES:

GL 7A, GL 26A, GL 31, and GL 32 were each issued on May 5, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION of this publication 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 Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC's website: www.treas.gov/​ofac.

Background

On May 5, 2022, OFAC, in consultation with the Department of State, issued pursuant to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (the “Regulations”), GL 7A, GL 26A, GL 31, and GL 32, each of which authorize certain transactions prohibited by the Regulations. GL 7A and GL 31 do not contain expiration dates. GL 26A and GL 32 each expire at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 12, 2022. The texts of GLs 7A, 26A, 31, and 32 are provided below.

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

General License No. 7A

Authorizing Overflight Payments, Emergency Landings, and Air Ambulance Services

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the receipt of, and payment of charges for, services rendered in connection with overflights of the Russian Federation or emergency landings in the Russian Federation by aircraft registered in the United States or owned or controlled by, or chartered to, U.S. persons that are prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this general license, all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to provide air ambulance and related medical services, including medical evacuation, to individuals in the Russian Federation that are prohibited by the RuHSR are authorized.

(c) This general license does not authorize:

(1) The opening or maintaining of a correspondent account or payable-through account for or on behalf of any entity subject to Directive 2 under Executive Order 14024, Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions; or

(2) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

(d) Effective May 5, 2022, General License No. 7, dated February 24, 2022, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 7A.

Bradley T. Smith,

Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Dated: May 5, 2022.

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

General License No. 26A

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Joint Stock Company SB Sberbank Kazakhstan, Sberbank Europe AG, or Sberbank (Switzerland) AG

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of transactions involving Joint Stock Company SB Sberbank Kazakhstan, Sberbank Europe AG, or Sberbank (Switzerland) AG (collectively, “the blocked Sberbank subsidiaries”), or any entity in which the blocked Sberbank subsidiaries own, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, that are prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 12, 2022.

(b) This general license does not authorize:

(1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;

(2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions Related to Transactions Involving the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation; or

(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), including transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general license, unless separately authorized.

(c) Effective May 5, 2022, General License No. 26, dated April 12, 2022, is replaced and superseded in its entirety by this General License No. 26A.

Bradley T. Smith,

Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Dated: May 5, 2022.

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

General License No. 31

Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, the following transactions in connection with a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection in the United States or the Russian Federation that would be prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), are authorized:

(1) The filing and prosecution of any application to obtain a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection;

(2) The receipt of a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection;

(3) The renewal or maintenance of a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection; and

(4) The filing and prosecution of any opposition or infringement proceeding with respect to a patent, trademark, copyright, or other form of intellectual property protection, or the entrance of a defense to any such proceeding.

(b) This general license does not authorize:

(1) The opening or maintaining of a correspondent account or payable-through account for or on behalf of foreign financial institutions determined to be subject to the prohibitions of Directive 2 under Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;

(2) Any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial institution of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, or the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation; or

(3) Any transactions prohibited by E.O. 14066 or E.O. 14068.

Bradley T. Smith,

Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Dated: May 5, 2022.

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations

31 CFR Part 587

General License No. 32

Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions Involving Amsterdam Trade Bank NV

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this general license, all transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of transactions involving Amsterdam Trade Bank NV, or any entity in which Amsterdam Trade Bank NV owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest, that are prohibited by Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, July 12, 2022.

(b) This general license does not authorize:

(1) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 2 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions Related to Correspondent or Payable-Through Accounts and Processing of Transactions Involving Certain Foreign Financial Institutions;

(2) Any transactions prohibited by Directive 4 under E.O. 14024, Prohibitions Related to Transactions Involving the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, the National Wealth Fund of the Russian Federation, and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation; or

(3) Any transactions otherwise prohibited by the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 587 (RuHSR), including transactions involving any person blocked pursuant to the RuHSR other than the blocked persons described in paragraph (a) of this general license, unless separately authorized.

Bradley T. Smith,

Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Dated: May 5, 2022.

Andrea M. Gacki,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.