BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 131593 SIPDIS LJUBLJANA FOR EVAN T. HAGLUND E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC SI SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050109504 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 post-shipment check on application 050109504 for the export of an ImagIR Camera Head to Slovenia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 45 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 end-user, KRKA, d.d. The company has not appeared on previous licenses nor have the company's bona fides been established by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION LJUBLJANA: Embassy is requested to make inquiries with appropriate host government officials in order to establish the bona fides of unfamiliar foreign end-user, KRKA, d.d. Automated Export System (AES) indicates that items worth $51,150 were shipped from the U.S. on 4 October ¶2008. 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 transaction? --Does the company have secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? --Will KRKA, d.d. retain positive control over the ImagIR Camera Head at all times? --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: 050109504 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 ImagIR Camera Head consisting of SBF 161 64x64 MCT Focal Plane Array License Value: USD 51,150.00 SELLER: Bruker Optics, Inc. 19 Fortune Drive Billerica, MA 01821 POC is Jonathan Hitchcock, Tel. 978-439-9899 ext. 5291 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Bruker Optik GmbH Rudolf-Plank-Str.27 D-76275 Ettlingen Germany POC is Shipping Manager, Doris Kuntz, Tel. 49 (0) 7243 504-500 FOREIGN END-USER: KRKA, d.d. Smarjeska Cesta 6 8501 Novo Mesto Slovenia POC is Member of the Management Board, Dr. Ales Rotar, No Tel. Provided PURPOSE: Bruker integrates FPA detectors into our Hyperion 3000 Microscope for imaging capabilities that allow for the measurement of small and large samples with very high resolution within minutes, resulting in images that are easily comprehensible. This technique is a quick, non-invasive identification method for numerous research applications. This includes a wide range of applications that require chemical identification, the examination of coatings, surface defects, tissue analysis, and multi-component distribution. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Purchase Order No. 4500035603/SAHA submitted by Bruker Optik GmbH on 21 May 2008, illegible signature --DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate submitted by KRKA d.d., signed by Member of the Management Board, Dr. Ales Rotar on 4 June 2008; and Bruker Optik GmbH Shipping Manager, Doris Kuntz signed on 29 May 2008 ¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case number in the subject line. PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request. 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