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

UNCLAS STATE 109750 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 050126003 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 armor 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 Blindajes Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. The company has not appeared on any previous license applications, nor have the bona fides of the company 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 Blindajes Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. and confirm the legitimacy of this proposed transaction. PM/DTCC also requests that post conducts a site visit to the company in order to provide Department with an assessment of its business operations and on-site security. Finally, post is asked to assess whether the company appears to be a reliable recipient of USML items. If a site visit is 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: 050126003 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 30 Steel Armor Plates 5/16"X48"X96" Weight Per plate 425 LBS. License Value: USD 25,080.00 SELLER: Astralloy Steel Products, Inc. 1550 Red Hollow Rd. Birmingham, AL 35215 POC is Alex R. Barron, Tel. 205-853-0300 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Blindajes Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. Calzada de la Viga No. 219 Colonia San Jose Jalapa Ecatepec, Mexico City Mexico POC is Alejandra Gomez Gonzalez, Tel. 5770-4840 FOREIGN END-USER: Poder Judicial de la Federacion Consejo de la Judicatura Federal Insurgentes Sur 2417 Col. San Angel C.P. 01000 Mexico D.F. RFC - CJF 950204TL0 Mexico D.F. Mexico PURPOSE: The material is strictly used for armoring private and public passenger vehicles. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application was the following document (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Purchase Order No. 13866 submitted by Blindajes Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V., date illegible, no signature. ¶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