As specified in department, this document replaces the license 6B published in July, 2022. The text of the new document has a number of differences compared to the previous version.
In particular, it states that transactions related to the Russian Federation related to the production, sale, transportation or provision of agricultural goods, agricultural equipment, medicine, medical equipment, its spare parts and components or software updates for it, prevention of distribution, diagnosis or treatment are allowed. COVID-19, including research or clinical trials related to COVID-19, or clinical trials and other medical research activities.
In the preliminary version of the license, the “provision” of agricultural products was not mentioned. It was only about its production, sale or transportation. In addition, license 6B stated that the authorization was not for any clinical trials, but only for “long-term” trials.
The US Treasury does not specify how long the 6C license will be valid, the validity period of the previous version was also not indicated.
