U.S. guidance on implementation of Russia-origin petroleum products price cap policy
Guidance, general licenses, and determinations
Russia-origin petroleum products
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published guidance regarding the price cap policy for crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin.
- Guidance on implementation of the price cap policy for crude oil and petroleum products of Russian Federation origin [PDF 345 KB]
- Russia-related General License 56A [PDF 156 KB]—Authorizing certain services with respect to the European Union
- Russia-related General License 57A [PDF 155 KB]—Authorizing certain services related to vessel emergencies
- Determination pursuant to section 1(a)(ii), 1(b), and 5 of Executive Order (E.O.) 14071 to implement the price cap policy
- Determination pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order (E.O.) 14071 to implement the price cap policy
Background
Members of the “price cap coalition”—Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—on February 3, 2023, reached consensus on the maximum prices for seaborne Russian-origin petroleum products. Read TradeNewsFlash
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