FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE

UNCLAS PARIS 008269 SIPDIS STATE FOR PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC FR SUBJECT: FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-928205 REF: STATE 211262 ¶1. Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French company Ixsea Oceano and spoke with CEO Thierry Gaiffe as well as Quality Director Nicolas Faussot. Both were very cooperative. Faussot thoroughly answered all of our questions. ¶2. First, Faussot confirmed that Ixsea ordered four (2) accelerometers (QA 3000, P/N 979-3100-001, order number CF 4M000304) from Honeywell on April 16, 2004. They were received on August 2, 2004, under license number 928205 (Honeywell invoice number 63158053). ¶3. Faussot also confirmed that the accelerometers had been ordered and were used/integrated for the design of a prototype for intertial navigation (centrale de navigation inertielle) developed by Ixsea in the framework of their work with the French Naval Construction Directorate (Direction des Constructions Navales). This prototype is Ixsea property for their exclusive use in the context of their internal design project. Faussot asserted that their prototype has not be delivered to any client and they have been (and will continue) to respect the conditions of the export license end user agreement. ¶4. Lastly, Faussot said that his company systematically makes and stands by commitments in importation agreements to not/not deliver imported material, no matter what its nature, to entities under U.S. embargo, as stipulated in the Export Administration Regulations. Stapleton