BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 102661 SIPDIS MEXICO CITY FOR FRANK PENIRIAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC MX SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050123038 REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050123038 for the export of abrasion resistant steel plating to Mexico. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Unfamiliar foreign consignee Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad SA de CV and unfamiliar end-user Transcarga. Neither company has appeared on any previous license applications, nor have the bona fides of the companies been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION: Department requests that Embassy make appropriate inquiries to verify the bona fides of unfamiliar foreign consignee Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad SA de CV and unfamiliar end-user Transcarga and to confirm the legitimacy of this proposed transaction. PM/DTCC also requests that post conducts site visits to the companies in order to provide Department with an assessment of their business operations and on-site security. Finally, post is asked to assess whether the companies appear to be a reliable recipients of USML items. If site visits are not possible, please inform the PM/DTCC officer. The following questions are provided as suggested guidance: --Does the company have supporting documentation for this proposed transaction? --Does the company have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? --What is the exact end-use for this USML item? --When was the company established and who are its principals? --What is the nature of its business -- what type of items does it handle, does it serve as a broker? --What type of organizations are among its typical customers and where are the customers located? --Does the company understand the restrictions on United States Munitions List (USML) items, especially the prohibition against unauthorized re-transfers and re-exports? END ACTION ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050123038 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 3 Abrasion Resistant Steel Plate 500 Brinnel 3/8"x48"x96" 5 Abrasion Resistant Steel Plate 500 Brinnel 1/4"x48"x96" License Value: USD 6,300.00 SELLER: Kambio Corporation 2201 NW 102 Pl, #3A Miami, FL 33172 POC is Bernd von Reitzenstein, Tel. 305-591-7795 ext. 103 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad SA de CV Fco Madero. Fracc Industrial El Lechugal Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon Mexico POC is General Manager Rodolfo Amozurrutia, Tel. (81)8124-6666 FOREIGN END-USER: Transcarga Gregorio Ruiz Velasco #204. Cd. Industrial C.P 20290 Aguascalientes, Ags Mexico PURPOSE: The armor plating will be used by Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad SA de CV to manufacture one armored car for Transcarga. The steel plates will be installed in the doors, back of the seats and under the dashboard to protect the vehicles passengers. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Purchase Order No. 010614 submitted by Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad SA de CV on 11 September 2008, illegible signature. --End Use / User Statement submitted by Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad SA de CV on 20 August 2008, signed by General Manager Rodolfo Amozurrutia. ¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case number in the subject line. POC is Tim Mazzarelli, Phone: 202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: MazzarelliTP@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's E-Book Collection on the DOS Intranet: http://buncheelectroniclibrary.state.gov/eboo ks/ BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf ¶8. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. RICE