Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MADRID299
2007-02-20 16:20:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000299
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE AND ISN/CPI (MICHELLE NEW AND ANTHONY
RUGGIERO)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2017
TAGS: PREL KNNP PARM IR SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
E.O. 13382
REF: STATE 19366
Classified By: DCM HUGO LLORENS PER 1.4 (B/D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000299
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE AND ISN/CPI (MICHELLE NEW AND ANTHONY
RUGGIERO)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2017
TAGS: PREL KNNP PARM IR SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
E.O. 13382
REF: STATE 19366
Classified By: DCM HUGO LLORENS PER 1.4 (B/D)
1. (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points February 16 to MFA
Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez,
notifying Spain of our designation of three additional
Iranian entities under E.O 13382 and asking Madrid to freeze
any Spanish assets held by these three entities. Sanchez
told ESTHOFF February 17 that Spain makes a distinction
between Iranian entities listed in UNSCR 1737 and those the
U.S. is designating via E.O 13382. On the former, Spain
plans to move ahead with asset freezes, using existing
"freezing authority" that resides in the Economy Ministry, as
well as the political impetus provided by the February 12
approval of the EU Common Position Concerning Restrictive
Measures Against Iran. Regarding E.O 13382-based asset
freezes, Sanchez noted that Spain does not/not have similar
legal authority. Indeed, he noted that "it would be
unthinkable in Spain taking into account the way our Courts
protect individuals before the power of government."
However, he stressed that Spain "appreciates receiving such
information, as it can be very useful in investigating
whether these entities are active in Spain." He noted that
if the GOS discovers any illegal activities by such entities,
it can request asset freeze authority via a judge.
2. (C) Sanchez said that Spain had briefed U.S. Treasury
Department experts on the limits of Spanish freeze authority
at the recent Proliferation Financing Seminar in Washington.
We also understand that the GOS's asset freeze authority (the
Economy Ministry's SEPBLAC) receives U.S. asset freeze
information directly from Treasury's FINCEN and investigates
the entities we designate, regardless of domestic legal
impediments.
LLORENS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE AND ISN/CPI (MICHELLE NEW AND ANTHONY
RUGGIERO)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2017
TAGS: PREL KNNP PARM IR SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
E.O. 13382
REF: STATE 19366
Classified By: DCM HUGO LLORENS PER 1.4 (B/D)
1. (C) ESTHOFF passed reftel points February 16 to MFA
Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez,
notifying Spain of our designation of three additional
Iranian entities under E.O 13382 and asking Madrid to freeze
any Spanish assets held by these three entities. Sanchez
told ESTHOFF February 17 that Spain makes a distinction
between Iranian entities listed in UNSCR 1737 and those the
U.S. is designating via E.O 13382. On the former, Spain
plans to move ahead with asset freezes, using existing
"freezing authority" that resides in the Economy Ministry, as
well as the political impetus provided by the February 12
approval of the EU Common Position Concerning Restrictive
Measures Against Iran. Regarding E.O 13382-based asset
freezes, Sanchez noted that Spain does not/not have similar
legal authority. Indeed, he noted that "it would be
unthinkable in Spain taking into account the way our Courts
protect individuals before the power of government."
However, he stressed that Spain "appreciates receiving such
information, as it can be very useful in investigating
whether these entities are active in Spain." He noted that
if the GOS discovers any illegal activities by such entities,
it can request asset freeze authority via a judge.
2. (C) Sanchez said that Spain had briefed U.S. Treasury
Department experts on the limits of Spanish freeze authority
at the recent Proliferation Financing Seminar in Washington.
We also understand that the GOS's asset freeze authority (the
Economy Ministry's SEPBLAC) receives U.S. asset freeze
information directly from Treasury's FINCEN and investigates
the entities we designate, regardless of domestic legal
impediments.
LLORENS