DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY APPROVES SOME EXPORTS TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 000728 SIPDIS ISN/CPI: MEYERS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/22/2019 TAGS: KNNP PREL IR MNUC ETTC IT SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ITALY APPROVES SOME EXPORTS TO IRAN, REJECTS OTHERS REF: STATE 38773 Classified By: EcMin Tom Delare for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministries of International Trade and Foreign Affairs concerning export license applications by Worthington SRL and Emerson Process Management to ship industrial items to Iran (reftel). Econoff presented the demarche to Giovanni Ramella Zampa, a Ministry of International Trade export license official, and to Pierfrancesco De Cerchio, an MFA export controls officer on April 15-16. 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 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, including for centrifugal pumps destined for the National Iranian Gas Company. Zampa also said that the committee had rejected three Fisher applications for pressure-regulating valves destined for Pars Oil and Gas. No further information was provided. This response tracked with expectations regarding the matter provided to post by State ISN, Commerce and ICE. DIBBLE