On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a determination (“Price Cap on Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin”) pursuant to section 1(a)(ii), (1)(b)...more
On January 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Venezuela-related General License (“GL”) 5J and amended FAQ 595....more
On January 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued three Russia-related General Licenses (“GL”) 6C, GL 28B, and GL 54A, and amended four FAQs (FAQ 982, FAQ 1054,...more
On January 9, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Venezuela-related General License (“GL”) 31B and amended FAQ 522, 547, 660, 679, and 680....more
On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) (1) designated several individuals and entities to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (“SDN”) List,...more
GL 13. On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) reissued General License (“GL”) 13C related to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations,...more
On November 18, 2022 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License (“GL”) 54 related to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part...more
On November 14, 2022 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License (“GL”) 40C related to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 587...more
G7 leaders agreed last month to implement a price cap on Russian oil sales starting December 5, 2022. In conjunction with the G-7 agreement, on October 31, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...more
A lot has happened since our last update. Apologies to our readers for the delay to publish this Update. Each time we were ready to go to press, OFAC published a new action. Following the recent United Nations General...more
On August 19 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) amended Russia-related General License (“GL”) 38A (GL 38A) and issued a new GL (GL 50) related to the Russian Harmful Foreign...more
On August 2, 2022 and August 3, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) (1) amended two Russia-related General Licenses (“GLs”): (GL 40A) / GL 40B) and (GL 43A), (ii) issued two...more
On July 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) (1) issued two new Russia-related General Licenses (“GL”) (GL 45 and GL 46), (2) published two new FAQs (FAQ 1071 and FAQ...more
On July 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued four Russia-related General Licenses (“GL”) (GL 6B, GL 25C, GL 30A, and GL 44), published three amended FAQs (FAQ 967,...more
On June 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued five new General Licenses (“GL”) (GL 39, GL 40, GL 41, GL 42, and GL 43), released a new determination prohibiting gold...more