U.S. Department of the Treasury

No.  GL 1A does not authorize any transactions involving covered securities of entities listed on OFAC’s Non-SDN Communist Chinese Military Companies List (NS-CCMC List) pursuant to section 4(a)(iii) of E.O. 13959 as a subsidiary of a person already determined to be a CCMC, including entities added to the NS-CCMC List on January 8, 2021 (i.e., CNOOC Limited, China Mobile Limited, China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited).  Pursuant to section 1(a)(ii) of E.O. 13959, prohibitions relevant to entities listed on the NS-CCMC List pursuant to section 4(a)(iii) take effect beginning 9:30 a.m. eastern time on the date that is 60 days after such listing.  Accordingly, the relevant prohibitions with respect to such entities added to the NS-CCMC List on January 8, 2021 (i.e., CNOOC Limited, China Mobile Limited, China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited) begin on March 9, 2021.