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

UNCLAS STATE 115521 SIPDIS ZAGREB FOR CRISTOPHER J. RHOTON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC HR SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050173849 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 license 050173849 for the export of a thermal imaging camera to Croatia. 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 Tectra Doo Mjerna I Spitna Tehnika (Tectra). The company has not appeared on any previous licenses, nor have its bona fides been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION ZAGREB: Post is requested to make inquiries with host government officials to establish the bona fides of unfamiliar foreign end-user, Tectra, and to confirm that end-use is as stated on the license application. PM/DTCC requests that post conducts a site visit to Tectra 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 secure facilities and proper accounting and security procedures for handling sensitive USML items? --What is the exact end-use for this USML item? --What is the nature of the company and when was it established? Who are its principals? --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-transfer and re-export? END ACTION ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050173849 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 Hotshot HD-XT predictive maintenance camera system License Value: USD 16,000.00 SELLER: Sofradir EC Inc. 373 Route 46 West Fairfield, NJ 07004 POC is Michelle Intiso, Tel. 973-882-0211 ext. 212 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Tectra Doo Mjerna I Spitna Tehnika Licka 33 Zagreb Croatia POC is Sales Manager, Ivo Novakovic, Tel. 385 1615 2606 FOREIGN END-USER: Tectra Doo Mjerna I Spitna Tehnika Licka 33 Zagreb Croatia POC is Sales Manager, Ivo Novakovic, Tel. 385 1615 2606 PURPOSE: The camera will be used for building inspections as well as electrical and mechanical inspections for potential clients. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --DSP-83 Non Transfer and Use Certificate submitted by Tectra and signed by Tectra Sales Manager, Ivo Novakovic on 5 May ¶2009. --Purchase Order No. 19036 submitted by Tectra and signed by Tectra Sales Manager, Ivo Novakovic on 16 April 2009. ¶7. 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, Phone: 202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: MazzarelliTP@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program. ¶8. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON