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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 142 / Wednesday, July 28, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Background On March 6, 2014, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 50 U.S.C. 17011706
IEEPA, issued Executive Order E.O.
13660, Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine 79 FR 13493, March 10, 2014. In E.O. 13660, the President determined that the actions and policies of persons including persons who have asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine;
threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and declared a national emergency to deal with that threat.
The President subsequently issued E.O. 13661 of March 16, 2014, Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine 79 FR 15535, March 19, 2014, and E.O. 13662 of March 20, 2014, Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine 79 FR 16169, March 20, 2014, pursuant to the national emergency declared in E.O. 13660. E.O.
13661 and E.O. 13662 expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 13660. On May 8, 2014, OFAC published the Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 589
the Regulations, to implement E.O.
13660, E.O. 13661, and E.O. 13662 79
FR 26365, May 8, 2014. The President has issued additional Executive orders pursuant to the national emergency declared in E.O. 13660, and expanded in E.O. 13661 and E.O. 13662, which are not discussed in this publication as they are not relevant to the web GLs being published.
OFAC, in consultation with the Department of State, issued GL 15 on May 22, 2018, pursuant to the Regulations, to authorize certain transactions and activities with GAZ
Group, or entities in which GAZ Group owned, directly or indirectly, a 50
percent or greater interest, that were otherwise prohibited by the Regulations.
Subject to certain conditions, GL 15
authorized certain transactions and activities that were ordinarily incident and necessary to the maintenance or wind down of operations, contracts, or other agreements, including the importation of goods, services, or technology into the United States,
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involving GAZ Group or any other entity in which GAZ Group owned, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest and that were in effect prior to April 6, 2018. Subsequently, OFAC issued 10 further iterations of GL
15, which extended the authorization, and in later iterations, broadened the scope of the GL.
On October 19, 2018, OFAC issued GL
15A, which replaced and superseded GL
15; on November 9, 2018, OFAC issued GL 15B, which replaced and superseded GL 15A; on December 7, 2018, OFAC
issued GL 15C, which replaced and superseded GL 15B; on December 20, 2018, OFAC issued GL 15D, which replaced and superseded GL 15C; on March 6, 2019, OFAC issued GL 15E, which replaced and superseded GL 15D;
on June 26, 2019, OFAC issued GL 15F, which replaced and superseded GL 15E;
on November 1, 2019, OFAC issued GL
15G, which replaced and superseded GL
15F; on March 20, 2020, OFAC issued GL 15H, which replaced and superseded GL 15G; on July 16, 2020, OFAC issued GL 15I, which replaced and superseded 15H; and on December 23, 2020, OFAC
issued GL 15J, which replaced and superseded GL 15I. GL 15J expires on January 26, 2022. The texts of following 11 Ukraine-related GLs are provided below: GLs 15, 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F, 15G, 15H, 15I, and 15J.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 589
General License No. 15
Authorizing Certain Activities Necessary To Maintenance or Wind Down of Operations or Existing Contracts With GAZ Group a Except as provided in paragraphs b and c of this general license, all transactions and activities otherwise prohibited by the Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 589, that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the maintenance or wind down of operations, contracts, or other agreements, including the importation of goods, services, or technology into the United States, involving GAZ Group or any other entity in which GAZ Group owns, directly or indirectly, a 50
percent or greater interest and that were in effect prior to April 6, 2018, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, October 23, 2018.
b All funds in accounts of blocked persons identified in paragraph a that were blocked as of 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, May 22, 2018, remain blocked, except that such funds may be used for maintenance or wind-down
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activities authorized by this general license.
c This general license does not authorize:
1 The divestiture or transfer of debt, equity, or other holdings in, to, or for the benefit of the blocked persons described above;
2 Any transactions or dealings otherwise prohibited by any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or any transactions or dealings with any blocked person other than the blocked persons described in paragraph a of this general license; or 3 The unblocking of any property blocked pursuant to any part of 31 CFR
chapter V, except as authorized by paragraphs a or b.
d U.S. persons participating in transactions authorized by this general license are required, within 10 business days after the expiration date of this general license, to file a comprehensive, detailed report of each transaction, including the names and addresses of parties involved, the type and scope of activities conducted, and the dates on which the activities occurred, with the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Office of Compliance and Enforcement, U.S.
Department of the Treasury, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Freedmans Bank Building, Washington, DC 20220, or via email to OFACReport@
treasury.gov.
Andrea Gacki, Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: May 22, 2018.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
CONTROL
Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations 31 CFR Part 589
General License No. 15A
Authorizing Certain Activities Necessary to Maintenance or Wind Down of Operations or Existing Contracts With GAZ Group a Except as provided in paragraphs b and c of this general license, all transactions and activities otherwise prohibited by the Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 589, that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the maintenance or wind down of operations, contracts, or other agreements, including the importation of goods, services, or technology into the United States, involving GAZ Group or any other entity in which GAZ Group owns, directly or indirectly, a 50
percent or greater interest and that were in effect prior to April 6, 2018, are authorized through 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time, December 12, 2018.

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