GERMANY REQUESTED TO PROVIDE IDENTIFIER

UNCLAS BERLIN 001343 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR ISN, EUR, T, NEA, SCA, EAP, WHA SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIN IR KNNP PARM GM SUBJECT: GERMANY REQUESTED TO PROVIDE IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE ANNEXES OF UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747 REF: STATE 89511 ¶1. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA UN Policy Division Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach July 2. Schilbach thanked us for the identifying information provided for the Iranian entities and individuals listed in the Annexes of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. He said he especially appreciated the dates and places of birth of the listed individuals because of the difficulty in tracing names in Iran without such information. As Schilbach noted, the commonness of certain surnames and fornames in Iran complicates the German Government's ability to trace individuals there, even when using variant spellings of the names. ¶2. (SBU) Schilbach said he will pass the information to appropriate German officials, including in the Federal Intelligence Service (BND),for further review. He identified the German Government's competencies in implementing UNSCRs 1737 and 1747: The Ministry of Economics and Technology has the lead in overseeing the implementation of the sanctions; the Federal Banking Supervisory Office has shut down the sanctioned activities of the Frankfurt branch of Iran's Bank Sepah; the Deutsche Bundesbank is responsible for freezing the assets of sanctioned entities and individuals; and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs monitors the travel ban on snctioned individuals or representatives of sanctoned entities. Schilbach said he will pass to us ny available German Government information identfying the sanctioned Iranian entities and indiviuals. ¶3. (U) Post will report any additional Geran response septel. TIMKEN JR