EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: OOO - STC AND

UNCLAS MOSCOW 003329 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/M.HAMES/L.RITTER USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: OOO - STC AND ELIM-TLT, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO.D403783 REFTEL: USDOC 06564 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, OOO - STC and ELIM-TLT (OOO - STC),St Petersburg, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application D403783 as the ultimate consignee of 1000 analog to digital converters with a resolution of more than 14 BIT with an output rate greater then 2.5 million words per second. These items are controlled for national security (NS) and nuclear non-proliferation (NP) reasons under ECCN 3A001. The licensee is Future Electronics Distribution Center LP, 4510 Old Airways Blvd., Southhaven, MS 38671. ¶3. On November 13, 2008, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES Mikhail Minkevitch conducted the requested pre-license check at the lobby of the Kempinski Hotel, St Petersburg, Russia. The export control team met with Yuriy Mikhailovich Yanshin. Chief Deputy, Procurement Department for OOO - STC (Special Technology Center). ¶4. OOO - STC (Special Technology Center) is a privately held company that was established in 2001. It is 100% Russian owned with no foreign interests and the company sells their product solely on the Russian market. OOO - STC has approximately 120 employees and nets about 25 million Rubles annually. Yanshin stated that OOO - STC has a production facility on the outskirts of St Petersburg where the 1000 analog to digital converters will be stored, secured and assembled into stationary and mobile base radio band transmitting units for which OOO - STC is Certified by the Russian government and holds a pattern for the product (copy of Certificate and Pattern License will be filed with PSV). ¶5. Yanshin indicated that OOO - STC has an exclusive contract with Radiochastotnaya Sluzhba (Radio Frequency Center),the Russian equivalent to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC),to produce the mobile and stationary frequency units. ¶6. Yanshin indicated that he is the responsible official within OOO - STC for the security of the analog to digital converters and has acknowledged the licensing requirements and restrictions placed upon the devises by BIS. ¶7. OOO - STC does appear to have the commercial viability to make the purchase. They have sufficient staff, skill and resources to produce the end product with the analog to digital converters. They have a legitimate need for the technology and a legitimate end use. ¶8. Recommendations: Post recommends OOO - STC and ELIM-TLT, St Petersburg, Russia, as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. It is requested that post be notified of final disposition of the application, and of any shipments for this organization in order to conduct appropriate FCS follow-up and statistical reporting. (FCS MOSCOW/JMARKS/PLISTON) BEYRLE