14 April 2000
(U.S. imposes two-year ban on company products, effective April 6)
(810)
The United States Government has determined that entities in North
Korea and Iran have engaged in missile technology proliferation
activities that require imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Arms
Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended (as carried out under Executive Order 12924 of August
19, 1994).
The Department of State April 14 published an announcement in the
Federal Register listing the names of companies and governmental
organizations that the United States will not do any business with for
the next two years. No new import or export licenses will be issued
and no U.S. government contracts will be entered into.
The effective date of the sanctions is April 6, 2000.
Following is the text of the Federal Register announcement:
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[Federal Register: April 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 73)] [Notices]
[Page 20239-20240] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr14ap00-138]
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3286]
Bureau of Nonproliferation, Imposition of Missile Proliferation
Sanctions Against Entities in North Korea and Iran
AGENCY: Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The United States Government has determined that entities in
North Korea and Iran have engaged in missile technology proliferation
activities that require imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Arms
Export Control Act, as amended, and the Export Administration Act of
1979, as amended (as carried out under Executive Order 12924 of August
19, 1994).
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vann H. Van Diepen, Office of
Chemical, Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, Bureau of
Nonproliferation, Department of State).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 73(a)(1) of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)), section 11B(b)(1) of the
Export
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Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2401b(b)(1)), as carried
out under Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994 (hereinafter cited
as the "Export Administration Act of 1979"), and Executive Order 12851
of June 11, 1993, the United States Government determined on April 6,
2000, that the following foreign persons have engaged in missile
technology proliferation activities that require the imposition of the
sanctions described in sections 73(a)(2)(B) and (C) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)(B) and (C)) and sections
11B(b)(1)(B)(ii) and (iii) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. app. 2410b(b)(1)(B)(ii) and (iii)) on these entities:
1. Changgwang Sinyong Corporation (North Korea) and its sub-units,
successors, and affiliated companies;
2. The Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) (Iran)
and its sub-units and successors;
3. Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) (Iran) and its sub-units
and successors;
4. Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) (Iran) and its sub-units and
successors; and
5. SANAM Industrial Group (Iran) and its sub-units and successors.
Accordingly, the following sanctions are being imposed on these
entities:
(A) New individual licenses for exports to the entities described
above of items controlled pursuant to the Export Administration Act of
1979 will be denied for two years;
(B) New licenses for export to the entities described above of items
controlled pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will be denied for
two years;
(C) No new United States Government contracts involving the entities
described above will be entered into for two years; and
(D) No products produced by the entities described above will be
imported into
the United States for two years.
With respect to items controlled pursuant to the Export Administration
Act of 1979, the export sanction only applies to exports made pursuant
to individual export licenses. Additionally, because North Korea is a
country with a non-market economy that is not a former member of the
Warsaw Pact (as referenced in the definition of "person" in section
74(8)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(8)(B)), the
following sanctions shall be applied to all activities of the North
Korean government relating to the development or production of missile
equipment or technology and to all activities of the North Korean
government affecting the development or production of electronics,
space systems or equipment, and military aircraft:
(A) New licenses for export to the government activities described
above of items controlled pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will
be denied for two years;
(B) No new U.S. Government contracts involving the government
activities described above will be entered into for two years; and
(C) No products produced by the government activities described above
will be
imported into the United States for two years.
These measures shall be implemented by the responsible agencies as
provided in Executive Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.
Dated: April 7, 2000.
Robert J. Einhorn,
Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-9349 Filed 4-13-00; 8:45 am]
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