Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control Office
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the name of one (1) entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011, "Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria."
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is publishing the name of one (1) entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria.” DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the one (1) entity identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13572 , is effective on July 18, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. (Treasury Annex), Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site ( www.treas.gov/​ofac ) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622-0077. Background On April 29, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13572 , “Blocking Property of Certain Persons with Respect to Human Rights Abuses in Syria,” (the “Order”) pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 -06). In the Order, the President expanded the scope of the national emergenc…
Citation: 77 FR 43658