Information received concerning the 17 April 2019 decision of the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to designate the Central Bank of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (hereafter “Venezuela”) under Executive Order 13850, “Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela,” as amended, thereby preventing any State or person from engaging in dollar-based transactions with it, and to limit remittances and credit card transactions by March 2020.