78 FR 249 pg. 79078 - Unblocking of One Individual Pursuant to Executive Order 13224

Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 249Page: 79078
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-30811 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Treasury Department
Sub Agency: Foreign Assets Control Office
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Page: 79078

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Unblocking of One Individual Pursuant to Executive Order 13224

AGENCY:

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is removing the name of one individual, whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism, from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons ("SDN List").

DATES:

The removal of this individual from the SDN List is effective as of December 18, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site ( www.treasury.gov/ofac ). Certain general information pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs also is available via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224 (the "Order") pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c, imposing economic sanctions on persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support acts of terrorism. The President identified in the Annex to the Order various individuals and entities as subject to the economic sanctions. The Order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and (pursuant to Executive Order 13284) the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to designate additional persons or entities determined to meet certain criteria set forth in Executive Order 13224.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has determined that this individual should be removed from the SDN List.

The following designation is removed from the SDN List:

Individual

1. ABDELHEDI, Mohamed Ben Mohamed (a.k.a. ABDELHEDI, Mohamed Ben Mohamed Ben Khalifa), via Catalani, n. 1, Varese, Italy; DOB 10 Aug 1965; POB Sfax, Tunisia; nationality Tunisia; Passport L965734 issued 06 Feb 1999 expires 05 Feb 2004; Italian Fiscal Code BDLMMD65M10Z352S (individual) [SDGT].

The removal of this individual name from the SDN List is effective as of December 18, 2013. All property and interests in property of the individual that are in or hereafter come within the United States or the possession or control of United States persons are now unblocked.

Dated: December 18, 2013.

Barbara C. Hammerle,

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.

[FR Doc. 2013-30811 Filed 12-26-13; 8:45 am]

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