CSMS Message: 93-000820

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LISA CROSBY

SUBJECT : SAN-SUSPENSION:HAITIAN EMBARGO

DATE : 08/31/93

3243071
AUGUST 31, 1993

CATEGORY: SAN CO:TO:I:A LAC

TO : ALL ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS (OPERATIONS)
REGIONAL DIRECTORS FOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS,
DISTRICT DIRECTORS

FROM : DIRECTOR
OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

SUBJECT : UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 861,
SUSPENDING SANCTIONS AGAINST HAITI

REFERENCE: EMAIL NOTICE 2305112, DATED NOVEMBER 1, 1991

PASS TO : IMPORT SPECIALISTS, INSPECTORS AND OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES SUCH AS BROKERS AND IMPORTERS

BACKGROUND:

THE HAITIAN TRANSACTIONS REGULATIONS, 31 CFR PART 580 WERE
ISSUED BY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT EXECUTIVE ORDER
NUMBERS 12755 (56 FEDERAL REGISTER 50641) AND 12779 (56 FEDERAL
REGISTER 55975), DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO
HAITI AND ORDERING SPECIFIC MEASURES AGAINST THE DE FACTO REGIME
IN HAITI.

CONSISTENT WITH THE UNITED NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 861 OF AUGUST 27, 1993, AND THE AUGUST 27, 1993
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF
AMERICAN STATES, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS AMENDING THE HAITIAN
TRANSACTIONS REGULATIONS TO SUSPEND U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST HAITI.

ACTION:

1. EFFECTIVE AFTER 9:35 A.M. EST, AUGUST 31, 1993, THE TRADE
EMBARGO AGAINST HAITI IS SUSPENDED. TRADE TRANSACTIONS WITH
HAITI AND TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PROPERTY IN WHICH THE
GOVERNMENT OF HAITI HAS AN INTEREST ARE NOW AUTHORIZED.
NEWLY AUTHORIZED TRANSACTIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO, IMPORTS, EXPORTS, BROKERING TRANSACTIONS, AND TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF HAITI FOR OBLIGATIONS DUE AND
PAYABLE AFTER 9:35 A.M. EDT, AUGUST 31, 1993.

THE DATE OF IMPORT IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SUSPENSION OF
THE IMPORT SANCTIONS AGAINST HAITI.

2. ALL VIOLATIONS WHICH OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE
SHALL CONTINUE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND REMAIN SUBJECT TO ALL
APPLICABLE CIVIL AND/OR CRIMINAL PENALTIES.

3. THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL WILL AMEND THE HAITIAN
TRANSACTIONS REGULATIONS (31 CFR PART 580) TO REFLECT THIS
SUSPENSION OF SANCTIONS. THE AMENDED REGULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER OF
SEPTEMBER 2, 1993.

4. PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HAITI BLOCKED AS OF 9:35 A.M.
EDT, AUGUST 31, 1993, REMAINS BLOCKED. SUCH PROPERTY WILL
BE UNBLOCKED BY SPECIFIC LICENSE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
ALL PREVIOUSLY BLOCKED PROPERTY OF THE FOLLOWING, HOWEVER,
IS UNBLOCKED: (1) ALL INDIVIDUALS PREVIOUSLY LISTED IN
SECTION I OF APPENDIX A TO PART 580; AND (2) BANQUE DE
L'UNION HAITIENNE, S.A. TREASURY IS ALSO AMENDING APPENDIX
A TO PART 580 TO REMOVE ALL INDIVIDUALS AND ONE PRIVATE
ENTITY FROM THE LIST OF BLOCKED PERSONS OF THE DE FACTO
REGIME IN HAITI.

5. THE SANCTIONS AGAINST HAITI ARE BEING SUSPENDED, NOT
TERMINATED, AND MAY BE REIMPOSED SHOULD EVENTS IN HAITI
REQUIRE.

INQUIRIES FROM IMPORTERS, BROKERS AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING
THESE INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN
ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, AT (202) 622-2500.
INQUIRIES FROM CUSTOMS OFFICERS REGARDING THIS MATTER SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO THE TRADE AGREEMENTS BRANCH AT (202) 927-0236,
927-0693, 927-0123, OR 927-0163.

PHILIP METZGER