DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY APPROVES SOME EXPORTS TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 000511 SIPDIS ISN/CPI: MEYERS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/07/2019 TAGS: KNNP PREL IR MNUC ETTC SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY APPROVES SOME EXPORTS TO IRAN, REJECTS OTHERS REF: A. 09 ROME 83 ¶B. 09 STATE 8305 ¶C. 09 ROME 178 ¶D. 09 ROME 347 ¶1. (SBU) On 15 and 16 April Econoff delivered reftel demarche concerning Iran export license applications by Worthington SRL and Emerson Process Management to Italian Ministry of International Trade and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials. Econoff presented the demarche to Giovanni Ramella Zampa, an export license official, and to Pierfrancesco De Cerchio, an officer responsible for export controls. Both officials welcomed the timely information as the committee responsible for approving or denying export licenses was to meet on 17 April. ¶2. (C) On 20 April Giovanni Ramella Zampa contacted Econoff with the results of the 17 April export license committee meeting. Representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Customs, Trade, Treasury, and the Italian intelligence services participated, as well as independent experts. Zampa said that the Committee had approved three Flowserve and Worthington applications to ship goods to Iran. Flowserve's items were non-dual-use pumps in the view of the GOI. (NOTE: Post understands that Worthington remains under USG investigation for potential violations of US Iran sanctions involving the routing of exports to Iran through an Italian subsidiary; the investigation was precipitated by voluntary Italian disclosures to Post.) Zampa also said that the committee had rejected three Fisher applications for pressure-regulating valves destined for Pars Oil and Gas, as forecast in reftel A. No further information on how the GOI reached these decisions was provided. DIBBLE