On December 13, 2016, the Federal Register published Presidential Determination No. 2017-05 of December 8, 2016 – Presidential Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 2249a of Title 10, United States Code, and Sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act to Support U.S. Special Operations to Combat Terrorism in Syria. In the document, the President:
On December 2, 2016, the Department of the Treasury published in the Federal Register a current list of countries which require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott (within the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
On October 28, 2016, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued interpretive guidance on the publishing of general licenses and certain exemptions found in the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (ITSR), 31 C.F.R. §§ 560.210, 560.538, the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR), 31 C.F.R. §§ 515.206, 515.577, the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations (SSR), 31 C.F.R. §§ 538.212, 538.529, the Syrian Sanctions Regulations (SySR), 31 C.F.R. §§ 542.211, 542.532, and the Burmese Sanctions…
On 17 October 2016, European Union foreign ministers met to discuss the conflict in Syria and possible further action.
EU ministers called on Russia to take immediate action to halt indiscriminate bombing by the Syrian regime, restore a cessation of hostilities, ensure immediate and expanded humanitarian access and create the conditions for a credible and inclusive political transition in Syria. In addition, they condemned the confirmed use of chemical weapons (as detailed in the UN’s JIM report) and widespread attacks on civilians and human rights violations and abuses by the Syrian regime and Da’esh, simultaneously urging the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations Security Council to take “strong action” in this respect.
On August 15, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a final rule [CBP Dec. 16–10] that amends the CBP regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on archaeological and ethnological material of Syria pursuant to the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act (Pub. L. 114–151) (the Act).
On August 5, 2016, the Department of the Treasury published in the Federal Register a current list of countries which require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott (within the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
On May 5, 2016, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of May 3, 2016—Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Actions of the Government of Syria which extends the national emergency first declared on May 11, 2004 in Executive Order (E.O.) 13338 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism,…
On April 8, 2016, the Department of the Treasury published in the Federal Register a current list of countries which require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott (within the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). On the basis of the best information currently available to the Department of the Treasury, the following countries require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott:…
On January 27, 2016, the Treasury Department published in the Federal Register a current list of countries which require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott (within the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). On the basis of the best information currently available to the Department of the Treasury, the following countries require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an international boycott (within the…