Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LJUBLJANA67
2009-03-13 16:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ljubljana
Cable title:
SLOVENIAN COMPANY AKS IF SHIP TRACKING DEVICES
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UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000067
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
NEA/IR, EUR/CE, TREASURY FOR OFAC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ETTC SI IR
SUBJECT: SLOVENIAN COMPANY AKS IF SHIP TRACKING DEVICES
FALL UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS REGIME
UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000067
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
NEA/IR, EUR/CE, TREASURY FOR OFAC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ETTC SI IR
SUBJECT: SLOVENIAN COMPANY AKS IF SHIP TRACKING DEVICES
FALL UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS REGIME
1. (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4.
2. (SBU) The Business development manager of the Slovenian
company EMA, a manufacturer of coding and tracking solutions
(satellite tracking devices for use on ships),contacted Post
on 13 March about selling maritime trackers with
American-made Iridium satellite modems to Iran. The
customer, Persian Marine Industries Co., has made payment,
however EMA has not yet received the money. EMA requested
guidance before it ships the product which it plans to do on
or about 17 March. The business development manager stressed
that EMA wanted to be cautious, although EMA was hoping that
its tracking device did not come under sanctions. He
explained that its maritime tracker uses a modem that is made
by an American company Iridium.
3. (SBU) EMA suggested to Post that the equipment should be
exempt from sanctions because it is compulsory equipment for
ships registered with the International Maritime
Organization, and because their competition, Inmarsat, is
already supplying a different type of maritime tracking
system to Iran that the equipment would be exempt from
sanctions. According to Post research, based on Iranian
Transaction Regulations (ITR) section 560.511, any exception
to the prohibition on the sale of U.S. goods and services
would require that U.S. content be de minimis. EMA has
provided no information addressing this restriction.
4. (SBU) Post requests guidance for response to EMA.
FREDEN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
NEA/IR, EUR/CE, TREASURY FOR OFAC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ETTC SI IR
SUBJECT: SLOVENIAN COMPANY AKS IF SHIP TRACKING DEVICES
FALL UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS REGIME
1. (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4.
2. (SBU) The Business development manager of the Slovenian
company EMA, a manufacturer of coding and tracking solutions
(satellite tracking devices for use on ships),contacted Post
on 13 March about selling maritime trackers with
American-made Iridium satellite modems to Iran. The
customer, Persian Marine Industries Co., has made payment,
however EMA has not yet received the money. EMA requested
guidance before it ships the product which it plans to do on
or about 17 March. The business development manager stressed
that EMA wanted to be cautious, although EMA was hoping that
its tracking device did not come under sanctions. He
explained that its maritime tracker uses a modem that is made
by an American company Iridium.
3. (SBU) EMA suggested to Post that the equipment should be
exempt from sanctions because it is compulsory equipment for
ships registered with the International Maritime
Organization, and because their competition, Inmarsat, is
already supplying a different type of maritime tracking
system to Iran that the equipment would be exempt from
sanctions. According to Post research, based on Iranian
Transaction Regulations (ITR) section 560.511, any exception
to the prohibition on the sale of U.S. goods and services
would require that U.S. content be de minimis. EMA has
provided no information addressing this restriction.
4. (SBU) Post requests guidance for response to EMA.
FREDEN