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

UNCLAS STATE 081526 SIPDIS BOGOTA FOR ARI NATHAN ECON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC CO SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSES 050031992 AND 050033446 REF: BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK 2006 ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-3. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050031992 and 050033446 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Colombia. 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: Due to the sensitivity of the equipment and the potential for their diversion or misuse, the Department of State and the Department of Defense have policies of carefully scrutinizing NVD export licenses and taking steps to ensure proper end-use. Provisos attached to these licenses obligate the end-user to secure the NVDs from loss, theft, or unauthorized access, and to perform routine inventory checks by serial number. These records are to be made available for review upon US Government request. Post is requested to make appropriate inquiries to confirm continued possession by the Colombian Navy of the NVDs, to determine the serial numbers of the NVDs, and to verify that all NVDs are secure and being used only for the purpose stated on the license. Department requests that post conduct a site visit, if possible, in order to gather and verify this information. If a site visit is not possible, please obtain official written confirmation of receipt and possession and inform PM/DTCC case officer. ¶4. For background, the following details of the license in question are provided: ¶A. DTC Case: 050031992 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 5 M949 AN/AVS-9 style Gen III FOM less than 1250 incuding standard accessories License Value: USD 73,400.00 (COMMENT: According to U.S. Customs data, all 5 NVDs were exported to Colombia on August 24, 2007. END COMMENT.) SELLER: Nightline, Inc. 10705 SW 104 St Miami, FL 33176 Company contact: Cris Bartolomeo, tel.: 423-727-5900 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Deposito Habilitado Direccion de Abastecimientos de la Armada Nacional Carrera 63A No. 14-99 Bogota Colombia FOREIGN END-USER: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional Armada Nacional Direccion de Abastecimentos Bogota Colombia PURPOSE: Will be used exclusively by the Colombian Navy for counter narcotics operations, border patrol and anti-terrorist operations. ¶B. DTC Case: 050033446 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 99 AN/PVS 14 night vision monocular Gen III FOM less than 1250 incuding standard accessories License Value: USD 405,801.00 (COMMENT: According to U.S. Customs data, all 99 NVDs were exported to Colombia on September 29, 2007. END COMMENT.) SELLER: Nightline, Inc. 10705 SW 104 St Miami, FL 33176 Company contact: Cris Bartolomeo, tel.: 423-727-5900 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Deposito Habilitado Direccion de Abastecimientos de la Armada Nacional Carrera 63A No. 14-99 Bogota Colombia FOREIGN END-USER: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional Armada Nacional Bogota Colombia PURPOSE: Will be used exclusively by the Colombian Navy for counter narcotics operations, border patrol and anti-terrorist operations. ¶5. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): ¶A. --End User Certification Form from Armada Nacional, contract/purchase order no. 212-ARC-DIABA-2006, signed by Vicealmirante Pineda Gallo Carlos Humberto, Segundo Comandante Armada Nacional, undated --Nontransfer and Use Certificate (Form DSP-83),signed by CN Cesar Augusto Gomex Pinillos, Encargado de las Funciones de la Jefatura de Material Naval, dated 21 December 2006; and by VALM Carlos Humberto Pineda Gallo, Segundo Comandante Armada Nacional, dated 21 December 2006 --Product brochure, including technical drawings and specifications ¶B. --Contract (Contrato de Compraventa) no. 107/06 RO-MDN-ARC between the Armada Nacional and Nightline, Inc., signed by Juan Manuel Santos C., Ministro de Defensa Nacional, and by Carlos Fidel Fajardo Castillo, Representatante Legal de IMDICOL Ltda, Apoderada en Colombia de Nightline Inc., dated 20 November 2006 --Nontransfer and Use Certificate (Form DSP-83),signed by CALM Jose Joaquin Sanabria Fonseca, Jefe Operaciones Logisticas Armada Nacional, dated 2 February 2007; and by VALM Carlos Humberto Pineda Gallo, Segundo Comandante Armada Nacional, dated 2 February 2007 --End User Certification Form from Armada Nacional, contract/purchase order no. 107/06 RO-MDN-ARC, signed by Vicealmirante Pineda Gallo Carlos Humberto, Segundo Comandante Armada Nacional, undated --Product brochure, including technical drawings and specifications ¶6. 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, PM/DTCC, 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 Electronic Library collection on the DOS Intranet: http://virtuallibrary.state.gov/ BlueLanternGuidebook2006%2520 final .pdf ¶7. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. RICE