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

UNCLAS STATE 000604 SIPDIS FRANCE FOR ERIC J. REUTER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC FR SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050119285 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 050119285 for the export of titanium plating to France. 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 Marphil International (Marphil). The company has appeared on previous licenses but its bona fides have not been verified by a Blue Lantern check. ¶4. ACTION PARIS: Post is requested to make inquiries with host government officials to establish the bona fides of unfamiliar foreign end-user, Marphil, and to confirm that end-use is as stated on the license application. PM/DTCC requests that post conducts a site visit to Marphil 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 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: 050119285 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 ATI 425-MIL(TM) .375"x48"x120" titanium armor plate License Value: USD 13,435.00 SELLER: Allegheny Technologies, Inc. 1000 Six PPG Place Pittsburg, PA 15222 POC is Maria Dunn, Tel. 412-394-2863 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Marphil International 36, rue de Richelieu 75001 Paris France POC is Director, Philippe Jantet, Tel. 17 331 224 576 FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE TN International 1 rue des Herons 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux France No POC provided FOREIGN END-USER: Marphil International 36, rue de Richelieu 75001 Paris France POC is Director, Philippe Jantet, Tel. 17 331 224 576 PURPOSE: The titanium armor plating will be used for defense armoring for a prototype of fuel transport casks for AREVA. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --End Use Statement submitted by Marphil and signed by Marphil Director, Philippe Jantet on 25 August 2008. --Purchase Order No. 40708 submitted by Marphil and signed by Pierre Mayer on 5 August 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 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