BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 011144 SIPDIS BERLIN FOR SHANE PETERSEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC GM SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050212038 ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050212038 for the export of rifle parts and components to Germany. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for Request: Waffen Schumacher is importing components for the AR15 rifle but has no license history of importing AR15s. This request is to determine if the company is manufacturing AR15 rifles and, if so, whether the finished product is being sold outside of Germany. ¶4. Action Request: Post is requested to determine the ultimate end-use of these rifle parts and components and establish the bona fides of Waffen Schumacher by making inquiries to representatives of the company and appropriate German authorities. Specifically, Post is requested to determine if the company is manufacturing AR15 rifles and, if so, where the finished products are being sold. The following points are included for guidance: (To Waffen Schumacher) --When was your company established and who are its principals? --What products and services does your company provide? Who are your regular customers and where do they reside? --What are your annual sales of U.S.-origin firearms and components? --For what will these AR15 components be used? Do you manufacture AR15 rifles? If so, where do you market these rifles? Where are they sold? What is the model nomenclature used by your company for these rifles? Do you export any rifles that contain U.S. components? --Do you have any manufacturing or distribution agreements with any U.S. companies? If so, please provide the agreement authorization number and any related documentation. --Are you familiar with the regulations governing the import of U.S.-origin defense articles, including restrictions on re-transfer or re-export? (To Appropriate German Authorities) --Is Waffen Schumacher properly authorized to import and sell defense articles in Germany? Is Waffen Schumacher authorized to export firearms from Germany? --Do you have any information on Waffen Schumacher that would question their reliability as a recipient of U.S. defense articles? In its reply, Post is encouraged to comment on any information pertinent to this transaction such as security of facilities, end-use, and concerns about the entities involved. ¶5. Details of license applications: DTC Case: 050212038 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: A wide array of AR15 parts and components for the assembly/manufacture of semiautomatic AR15 rifles License Value: USD $10,734 SELLER: BDL Ltd 410 Meeting Street Road Edgefield, SC 29824 FOREIGN END-USER: Waffen Schumacher GmbH Adolf-Dembach-Str. 4 47829 Krefeld Germany Tel: 49 0 21 51 / 45 77 70 PURPOSE: For the manufacture and resale of rifles in Germany ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts upon request): DSP-83 signed by Brian Dick (BDL) dated 01/11/2010 and Markus Wagner (Waffen Schumacher) dated 01/10/2010 Import Authorization No. 8812584 issued by Bundesamt fur Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) signed by Muller dated 01/14/2010 Purchase Order from Waffen Schumacher GmbH signed by Markus Wagner dated 12/17/2009 ¶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 Kyle M. Ballard, Phone: 202-663-1929; Email: BallardKM@state.gov; SIPRNET: BallardKM@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file on Intellipedia: http://www.intelink.gov/wiki/ Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program ¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON