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Department of
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February 8, 1999
Farm and Foreign
Agricultural
Services

FMD-99002
MAP-99002
Foreign
Agricultural
Services		 SUBJECT:

TO:

 List of  Restricted Countries

All FMD Cooperators and MAP Participants
1400
Independence Ave.,
SW
Stop 1042
Washington. DC
20250-1042		 BACKGROUND: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) periodically publishes notices informing all participants in the Cooperator Program (FMD) and the Market Access Program (MAP) of economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals. The appearance of a country on this restricted list requires that no activities, funded under the FMD or MAP, may be conducted in that country. This notice will supersede the previous list issued December 17, 1997 (FMD-187 / MAP-011).
  :POLICY: Following is an updated listing of the restricted countries:
Cuba
Iran
Iraq
Libya
North Korea
Sudan


Cooperator/participant activities, funded under the FMD or MAP, must cease for those countries appearing on the restricted list. Expenditure data should not appear on any FAS financial reports for these restricted countries. Additionally, expenditures on cooperator/participant-funded activities in restricted countries may not be counted as contributions to the FMD or the MAP. Similarly, National Checkoff monies cannot be used to fund travel or other FMD or MAP activities in these countries.

Details regarding the sanction and the sanction regulations are available on the Internet at: http://www.treas.gov/ofac

Please be advised of these restrictions when preparing activity proposals and plans.
  KENT D. SISSON
Director
Marketing Operations Staff		  
     

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