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[Public Notice 3774]
Bureau of Nonproliferation; Imposition of
Missile Proliferation
Sanctions Against a Chinese Entity and a Pakistani Entity
AGENCY: Bureau of Nonproliferation, Department of State.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: A determination has been made that a Chinese entity and a
Pakistani entity have engaged in activities that require the imposition
of measures pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act, and the Export
Administration Act of 1979, as amended (as carried out under Executive
Order 13222 of August 17, 2001).
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela K. Roe, Office of Chemical,
Biological and Missile Nonproliferation, Bureau of Nonproliferation,
Department of State (202-647-4931).
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 Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2401b(b)(1)), as
carried out under Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (hereinafter
cited as the ``Export Administration Act of 1979''); and Executive
Order 12851 of June 11, 1993; the U.S. Government determined on
September 1, 2001 that the following foreign persons have engaged in
missile technology proliferation activities that require the imposition
of the sanctions described in section 73(a)(2)(A) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(2)(A)) and section 11B(b)(1)(B)(i) of
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app.
2410b(b)(1)(B)(i)) on these entities:
1. National Development Complex (Pakistan) and its
sub-units and
successors.
2. China Metallurgical Equipment Corporation (a/k/a CMEC,
a/k/a
MECC) (China) 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 MTCR Annex-controlled equipment or technology 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 MTCR
Annex-controlled equipment or technology controlled pursuant to the
Arms Export Control Act will be denied for two years; and
(C) No new United States Government contracts relating to
MTCR
Annex-controlled equipment or technology involving the entities
described above will be entered into for two years.
With respect to items controlled pursuant to the Export
Administration Act of 1979, the export sanctions only apply to exports
made pursuant to individual export licenses.
Additionally, because China 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, the following sanctions shall be applied to all activities of the
Chinese government relating to the development or production of missile
equipment or technology and all activities of the Chinese 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 MTCR Annex-controlled equipment or technology controlled
pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act will be denied for two years;
and
(B) No new U.S. Government contracts relating to MTCR
Annex-
controlled equipment or technology involving the government activities
described above will be entered into for two years.
These measures shall be implemented by the responsible
departments
and agencies of the United States Government as provided in Executive
Order 12851 of June 11, 1993.
Dated: September 4, 2001.
Vann H. Van Diepen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 01-22769 Filed 9-10-01; 8:45 am]
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