In the Aug. 20 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security revoked export privileges for four people after they exported guns, ammunition and other defense-related items from the U.S. to Lebanon, BIS said Aug. 13. The four people -- Ali Afif Al Herz, Sarah Majid Zeaiter, Adam Al Herz and Bassem Afif Herz -- were convicted in 2016 of violating the Arms Export Control Act by exporting items on the U.S. Munitions List without State Department licenses. Each was sentenced to prison and placed on the State Department’s Debarred List.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned a Dominican Republic-based drug trafficking organization, its owner, supporters and several businesses run by the organization’s owner, Treasury said in an Aug. 20 press release. The sanctions include designations under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act against the Peralta Drug Trafficking Organization, Dominican national Cesar Emilio Peralta, and eight more Dominican nationals for supporting the organization and nightclubs owned by Peralta.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control released its Biennial Report on Licensing Activities detailing license applications the agency processed for authorization to export to Iran and Sudan. The Aug. 19 report, which covers OFAC actions from October 2014 to September 2016, is mandated by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 and covers OFAC applications that request permission to export “agricultural commodities, medicine and medical devices” to Iran and Sudan. The report includes the number of applications OFAC received, issued and denied. OFAC requested public comments on the TSRA’s licensing procedures in 2018 and said it received one comment that pointed to the “difficulties in using the financial mechanisms in place for making payments related to transactions” under the TSRA.
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Britain's Department for International Trade released an Aug. 19 guidance on exporting controlled goods after Brexit, detailing changes exporters may face if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal. The guidance covers exporting military items, firearms, dual-use goods, civil nuclear material and how exporters can best prepare for the changes. The U.K. suggested exporters use the “goods checker” tool to check if they will need an export license when shipping to EU countries.
Gibraltar's recent release of an Iranian oil tanker that had been seized by British authorities in July for potential sanctions violations came despite requests from the U.S. to continue to detain the ship, according to a statement released Aug. 18 by the United Kingdom territory.
President Donald Trump on Aug. 19 designated Brazil a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally “for the purposes … of the Arms Export Control Act,” according to a notice. The announcement allows the U.S. to loan and sell Brazil certain goods and services subject to the AECA.
Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security on Aug. 19 renewed the temporary general license for Huawei and added 46 more of the company’s non-U.S. affiliates to the Entity List, bringing the total number of impacted Huawei affiliates to more than 100.
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade released its August report on the U.K. Strategic Export Control Lists, detailing which military dual-use items need export licenses. The 298-page report covers export controls for the U.K.’s Military List, Dual-Use List, Security and Human Rights List and Radioactive Source List. The report also covers the European Union’s Non-military Firearm List, Human Rights List and Dual-Use List. The report summarizes the text of current export control legislation.