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

UNCLAS STATE 087309 SIPDIS BERLIN FOR SHANE M. PETERSEN ECON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC GM UK SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050110212 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 050110212 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled aircraft parts and related technical data. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern inquiry within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern inquiry will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Original end-use certificate submitted by foreign consignee Air Parts Ltd. of the UK stated end-use platform was the Tornado for ultimate end-use by EADS Deutschland GMBH (EADS),a company that does not own or operate said aircraft. A replacement end-user certificate was submitted by Air Parts Ltd. to change the end-use platform to the Eurofighter. No government end-user was identified. As a proviso to the license approval, the ultimate-end users of the aircraft parts were limited to the governments of Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. ¶4. ACTION: The Department requests that Post make appropriate inquiries to confirm that EADS ordered the items listed for the purpose stated on the application. In addition, Post is requested to confirm if parts listed have been supplied to the governments authorized on the license. The following points are included for guidance: --Can EADS provide documentation of the ultimate end-user and end-use of the parts, such as shipment records, contracts, or purchase orders? --Was EADS provided with written notification from Hartwell Corporation regarding the limitations on the re-export of the parts? END ACTION. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC CASE: 050110212 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 15 - H3267-3 Push Button Latch JN0267-1 4 - Technical data consisting of test reports and drawings. License Value: $5,687 USD SELLER: Hartwell Corporation 900 S. Richfield Rd. Placentia, CA 92870 Tel: 714-579-4417 POC: Susan Martian FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Air Parts Ltd. Nigel Bacon House Unit 2 Chertsey Road, Byfleet Surrey KT14 7AX United Kingdom Tel: 01932 339407 Email: s.matthews@air-parts.co.uk POC: Sandra Matthews FOREIGN END-USER: EADS Deutschland GMBH Militaerflugzeuge MBM 614 Rechlinerstrasse 85077 Manching Germany PURPOSE: Parts for Eurofighter program. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): --Purchase Order No. 0000807258 submitted by Air Parts Ltd. to Hartwell Corporation dated 30 August 2007. --End-Use certification submitted by Air Parts Ltd. to Hartwell Corporation, dated 23 June 2008, signed by Sandra Matthews. --Technical drawing of latch assembly. --Department of State License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified Technical Data, signed 23 June 2008, approved 2 July 2008. ¶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 Meredith Sundlof. Phone: 202-663-3455; Email: SundlofME@state.gov; SIPRNET: SundlofME@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