The Legal Elements of Delisting from OFAC US Sanctions List: Losing Control and Ownership

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 University of Tehran, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

2 PhD Candidate in Oil and Gas Law, University of Tehran, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

10.22099/jls.2022.42210.4570

Abstract

The article studies the legal elements which US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) shall use to assess the delisting application of entities listed in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN). This article studies the delisting of three Russian-owned and controlled entities; EN+, Rusal and Euro Sib Energo and examines OFAC's approach to the concept of indirect control and ownership and how an entity could establish its control or ownership disconnection, with a sanctioned person or entity.

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