DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL

S E C R E T BERLIN 000952 SIPDIS STATE FOR ISN, TREASURY, IO, INR, AND NEA E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/18/2033 TAGS: ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN GM SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION OF UNSCR 1803 REF: STATE 69339 Classified By: Global Affairs Unit Chief Don L. Brown for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (S) Officers from Global Affairs and the Political Section delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck and MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel respectively. Both expressed appreciation for the reftel information. ¶2. (S) Potzel said that the draft EU Common Proposal to implement UNSCR 1803 already includes language requiring Member States to implement enhanced vigilance and should "randomly" inspect cargoes of both IRISL and Iran Air and in cases where there is reason to suspect illegal shipments. Potzel said EU Member States continue to debate whether to include the word "randomly" in the final text of the draft. She further noted the EU Common Proposal can be characterized as a compromise between EU Members who desire a "hard" approach to Iran consistent with the original "3 1" proposal versus those who prefer a softer "1 1" approach. Potzel said the EU French Presidency hopes to push the Common Proposal through before the summer break, but cautioned, even if this were to succeed, actual implementation of the proposal into EU code would not take place until September. Post will report any substantive German response septel. TIMKEN JR