AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA

S E C R E T VIENNA 003842 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2015 TAGS: KTFN PTER LE SY AU SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS REPORT REF: A) BRUSSELS 4314 B) STATE 214622 Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). (S) Econ Unit Chief delivered ref B talking points December 7 to Michael Postl, Head of the MFA's Multilateral International Law Issues Unit. Postl welcomed the information and promised to disseminate to relevant authorities in the Austrian Financial Intelligence Unit and the Ministry of Finance. Postl acknowledged that the EU was currently discussing internally (ref A) how to implement an asset-freeze mechanism against individuals listed under UNSCR ¶1636. MCCAW