Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations

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 31 CFR Part 539 AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations to add a June 28, 2005 Executive order as an authority, remove the appendix to the part, and modify three definitions referencing the appendix. DATES: This rule is effective December 27, 2021. 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.treasury.gov/​ofac . Background On February 23, 1999, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations, 31 CFR part 539 ( 64 FR 8715 , February 23, 1999) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 12938 of November 14, 1994, “Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” ( 59 FR 59099 , November 16, 1994), as amended by E.O. 13094 of July 28, 1998, “Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction” ( 63 FR 40803 , July 30, 1998). Since that time, OFAC has amended the Regulations to remove two names from appendix I to the Regulations ( 66 FR 57371 , November 15…