The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau extended the duration of tobacco and processed tobacco import permits from three to five years, as part of a reissue of parts of its tobacco regulations. All current holders of three-year permits must reapply for the new five-year permits, TTB said. The “temporary” final rule, which is effective Aug. 26, incorporates two 1999 TTB rules on tobacco marking and labeling and importer permits, as well as subsequent amendments, and makes “technical changes” throughout.

The governing body of men’s professional tennis circuits agreed to pay more than $48,000 to settle allegations of Iranian Transactions Regulations violations -- caused by multiple salary payments to a tournament official who resides in Iran -- the Office of Foreign Assets Control announced June 12. ATP Tour, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, agreed to pay $48,600 to settle potential civil liability, OFAC said. The agency alleges that between May 8, 2007 and July 15, 2010, ATP approved, facilitated and in some instances made 18 salary payments to an individual who is ordinarily a resident of Iran. The payments were for “services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with ATP tournaments the individual officiated,” OFAC said.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individuals and entities to its Specially Designated Nationals List June 12. All were added under Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations unless otherwise noted.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals List June 11. All were added under Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individual to its Specially Designated Nationals List June 6:

The Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau relaxed its requirements for listing of alcohol by volume on wine labels, dropping its mandate that the information be listed on the brand label in particular. Effective Aug. 9, alcohol by volume content information will be allowed to be listed on any label on the bottle. The final rule adopts a 2007 proposal meant to align TTB’s regulations with provisions of the World Wine Trade Group labeling agreement that only specifies the four required label elements -- country of origin, alcohol content, net contents, and product name -- be listed in the same “field of view.”

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals List June 5. All were added under Transnational Criminal Organizations Designations, which stems from a 2011 Executive Order that authorized additional actions to combat transnational organized crime. The individuals named are listed as leaders of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13 gang, which has roots in El Salvador.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following entities to its Specially Designated Nationals List on June 4. All were added under Iranian Transaction Regulations.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following entities to the Specially Designated Nationals list on May 31:

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added the following individual to its Specially Designated Nationals List May 30, added under a 2010 Executive Order that blocks property of certain people for human rights abuses by Iran’s government.