31 C.F.R. § 585.525   Authorization of certain new transactions with respect to the FRY (S&M).


Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury


Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury
PART 585—FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO) AND BOSNIAN SERB-CONTROLLED AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations, and Statements of Licensing Policy

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§ 585.525   Authorization of certain new transactions with respect to the FRY (S&M).

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subpart B of this part, transactions and activities otherwise prohibited by §§585.201(a), (b) and (d) (blocked property), 585.204 (imports), 585.205 (exports), 585.206 (dealing in exports and imports), 585.207 (transportation-related transactions), 585.208 (aircraft), 585.209 (performance of contracts), 585.210 (transfer of funds), 585.211 (sporting events), 585.212 (scientific and technical cooperation, cultural exchanges), 585.215 (detention of conveyances and cargo), 585.217(a) (entry of U.S. vessels into territorial waters), 585.218(a) (insofar as that paragraph relates to trade in the United Nations Protected Areas of Croatia), and the restrictions on certain travel-related transactions (including those for commercial travel) delineated in §585.512, are hereby authorized on or after January 16, 1996, provided that no such transaction results in a debit to an account blocked prior to December 27, 1995, or a transfer of property blocked prior to December 27, 1995, unless such debit or transfer is independently authorized by or pursuant to this part.

(b)(1) All provisions of §585.509 continue to apply to debt for which the National Bank of Yugoslavia or a bank located in the FRY (S&M) bears joint or several liability and which, immediately prior to January 16, 1996, was held in the United States or was within the possession or control of a U.S. person, except that the certification and reporting requirements contained in §585.509(c) and (d)(3) no longer apply to transactions with or for the benefit of persons with respect to whom the blocking provisions of §585.201(a),(b) and (d) have been suspended pursuant to this section.

(2) Transactions by U.S. persons involving debt for which the National Bank of Yugoslavia or a bank located in the FRY (S&M) bears joint or several liability but that was not held in the United States or within the possession or control of a U.S. person immediately prior to January 16, 1996 are authorized, provided that no debit or transfer to a blocked account is authorized.

(c) Transactions and activities prohibited by §§585.201(c) (blocked property), 585.217(b) (entry of U.S. vessels into riverine ports), 585.218(a) (insofar as that paragraph relates to trade in Bosnian Serb-controlled areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina), and 585.218(b) (services to Bosnian Serb-controlled areas), remain prohibited and are not authorized by this section.

(d) The authorizations contained in this section do not eliminate the need to comply with regulatory requirements not administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, including aviation, financial and trade requirements administered by other federal agencies.

[61 FR 1284, Jan. 19, 1996]

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