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On March 22, 2016, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. USCG–2016–0201] announcing that it is removing the conditions of entry on vessels arriving from the country of the Republic of Cuba. On April 4, 2008 the Coast Guard published a Notice of Policy in the Federal Register, (73 Fed. Reg. 18546), announcing that it had determined that ports in the Republic of Cuba were not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures, and imposed conditions of entry. Based on port assessments conducted in February 2016, the Coast Guard has determined that the Republic of Cuba is now maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures, and is accordingly removing the conditions of entry announced in the previously published Notice of Policy. With this notice, the current list of countries not maintaining effective anti-terrorism measures is as follows: Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Syria, Timor-Leste, Venezuela and Yemen. Notwithstanding this Notice, the ‘‘Unauthorized Entry into Cuban Territorial Waters’’ regulations located at 33 C.F.R. part 107 remain in effect. The policy announced in this notice is effective on March 22, 2016. |
