USG REACTION TO DISCUSSION PAPER ON MTCR DENIAL

C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 000541 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN/MTR AND EUR/AGS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/15/2032 TAGS: ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR SUBJECT: USG REACTION TO DISCUSSION PAPER ON MTCR DENIAL NOTIFICATIONS PASSED TO GERMANY REF: A. STATE 28937 ¶B. BERLIN 281 ¶C. 06 STATE 188791 Classified By: Global Affairs Counselor Donald R. Shemanski, for reason s 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref A message to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March ¶12. Schuett thanked us for the reaction to Germany's discussion paper on Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) denial notifications (ref B). She said the German Government will review the responses from all four recipients of the discussion paper--the U.S., France, Japan, and the UK--and revise it in light of the comments/suggestions offered. Germany will then submit the revised discussion paper to all MTCR partners in time for it to be discussed at the April Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris. Germany's goal is for the paper to become an agenda item for the 2007 MTCR plenary later this year. ¶2. (C) Schuett commented on some specific U.S. points. Concerning the U.S. objection to Germany's proposal in the "Use of Information for Industry Awareness" subheading, Schuett asked whether the USG ever shared license denial information with exporters whose applications have been denied. She said the German Federal Economic and Export Licensing Agency (BAFA) shares some information on license denials if the exporters appeal the decision. She said the German proposal is intended to enable MTCR Partners to share unclassified information with exporters. This, she added, SIPDIS could be clarified in the revised draft. ¶3. (C) Post will forward the revised German discussion paper or other additional MTCR material upon receipt. KOENIG