BIS Final Rule Amends General Order No. 3 to Add Nine Additional Entities Related to Mayrow General Trading
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective September 6, 2006, revising the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) at 15 CFR Part 736 by amending General Order No. 3 to add nine additional entities related to Mayrow General Trading.
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(BIS states that effective June 5, 2006, General Order No. 3 imposed a license requirement for exports and reexports of all items subject to EAR where the transaction involved Mayrow General Trading or entities related, as specified in that general order. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/09/06 news, 06060925 for BP summary of General Order No. 3.))
General Order No. 3 Amended to Add 9 Entities, Update Information for 1 Entity
BIS states that it has come into the possession of information giving reason to believe, based on specific and articulable facts, that certain entities (listed below) are affiliated or conducting business with Mayrow General Trading and its related entities, and have acquired or attempted to acquire electronic components and devices capable of being used to construct Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
BIS further states that these electronic components have been, and may continue to be, employed in IEDs or other explosive devices used against Coalition Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to BIS, in order to protect Coalition Forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan, this final rule will add nine additional entities to curtail the named entities' acquisition of the electrical components.
The final rule amends 15 CFR Part 736 (General Order No. 3) by updating the list of entities related to Mayrow General Trading. Below is the complete list of entities:
Micatic General Trading (the United Arab Emirates (UAE))
Majidco Micro Electronics (UAE)
Atlinx Electronics (UAE)
Micro Middle East Electronics (UAE)
Narinco (UAE)
H. Ghasir (UAE)
Akbar Ashraf Vaghefi (Germany and UAE)1
Neda Overseas Electronics L.L.C. (UAE) 1
Mostafa Salehi (UAE) 1
IKCO Trading GmbH (Germany) 1
Pyramid Technologies (UAE) 1
A.H. Shamnad (UAE) 1
S. Basheer (UAE) 1
Hamed Athari (UAE) 1
Mayrow Technics Co. (UAE)1
Farrokh Nia Yaghmaei aka Farrokh Nia Yaghmayi (UAE)2
Added Entities Subject to Export License Requirements of General Order No. 3
BIS states that under General Order No. 3, a BIS license is required for the export or reexport of any item subject to the EAR to any of the above-named entities, including any transaction in which any of the above-named entities will act as purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee, or end-user of the items.
BIS further states that this order also prohibits the use of License Exceptions for exports and reexports of items subject to the EAR involving such entities.
1 Entities added by the September 6, 2006 final rule
2 BIS states that this rule spells out the full name and provides the pseudonym of F.N. Yaghmaei (as listed when General Order No. 3 became effective on June 5, 2006): F.N. Yaghmaei will now be listed as Farrokh Nia Yaghmaei, aka Farrokh Nia Yaghmayi.
BIS Contact- Michael Turner (202) 482-1208
BIS final rule including address of subject entities (D/N 060818222-6222-01, FR Pub 09/06/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-14738.pdf