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BIS Adds 6 Persons to Entity List, Removes 3 Persons, Amends 17 Entries

April 25, 2012 by Brian Feito|Exports, OFAC and DoD

The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule, effective April 25, 2012, which amends the Export Administration Regulations by adding two persons from France to the Entity List. This rule also removes 3 entries from the Entity List, adds 4 entries to the Entity List, and amends 17 entries to provide alternate addresses, alternate spelling of names, etc. on the basis of the BIS End-User Review Committee’s (ERC) annual review of the Entity List for 15 countries1.

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(The persons being added to the Entity List have been determined by the U.S. government to be acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the U.S. Persons can include companies or individuals.)

Six Persons Added to Entity List

This rule amends the EAR (15 CFR Part 744) by adding the following 2 persons to the Entity List.

France:

  • Toulouse Air Spares SAS
  • Laurence Mattiucci

This rule also amends the Entity List on the basis of the ERC’s annual review by adding the following 4 persons:

Canada:

  • EKT 2, Inc.

Egypt:

  • AL-AMIR ELECTRONICS

France:

  • IKCO France

United Kingdom

  • IKCO Finance

For the 6 persons added to the Entity List, the End User Review Committee (ERC) specifies a license requirement for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and establishes a license application review policy of a presumption of denial. The license requirement applies to any transaction in which items are to be exported, reexported, or transferred (in-country) to such persons or in which such persons act as purchaser, intermediate consignee, ultimate consignee, or end-user. In addition, no license exceptions are available for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to those persons being added to the Entity List.

Two Companies Removed from Entity List, One Company Removed by Still Subject

BIS’ final rule also removes 2 entries from the Entity List, on the basis of ERC’s annual review:

Germany:

  • Akhbar Ashraf Vaghefi

South Korea:

  • WASTEC, Inc., aka With Advanced Systematic Technology

The final rule also removes a third entity from the Entity List from the UAE on the basis of the ERC’s annual review. However, BIS says that this person’s name will be added as an alias for another person listed on the Entity List, also under the UAE. Therefore, removal of the entry does not remove license requirements for this person. Specifically, this rule consolidates the entry for S. Basheer as a new alias for the revised Shaji Muhammed Basheer, as follows.

  • Shaji Muhammed Basheer, aka S. Basheer

16 Companies’ Entries Revised to Provide Alternate Addresses, Alternate Spellings, Etc.

On the basis of decisions made by the ERC during the annual review, this rule amends 16 entries currently on the Entity List to provide alternate addresses, alternate spellings for the names of listed persons, and/or aliases, as follows:

Armenia:

  • Bold Bridge International, LLC, aka BB Bold Bridge International

Germany:

  • Djamshid Nezhad, aka Nezhad Djamshid
  • IKCO Trading GmbH
  • Nezhad Enterprise Company, aka Nezhad Co., aka Nezhad Enterprise, aka Nezhad Trading

Iran:

  • Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), aka Sazeman-e Energy Atomi, aka Sazeman-e Enerji-e Atomi
  • Kalaye Electric Company, aka Kala Electric Company, aka Kali, aka Kala Electric, aka Kola Electric Company
  • Mahdi Electronics, aka Mahdi Electronic Trading Co. Ltd.
  • NBC Nevagan Bar Co. Ltd., aka NBC Navegan Bar International Transport Co. Ltd.
  • Rad Tavan Afza Company
  • Raht Aseman Co. Ltd.
  • Reza Zahedi Pour
  • Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group, aka SBIG, aka Shahid Baheri Industries Group, aka Shahid Bagheri Industries Group, aka Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group, aka MEHR Trading Company, aka Department 140/14, aka Mahtab Technical Engineering Company, aka Composite Propellant Missile Industry, aka Snaye Sokhte Morakab (SSM)
  • Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, aka SHIG, aka Shahid Hemat Industrial Group, aka Chahid Hemmat Industrial Group, aka Shahid Hemmat Industrial Complex (SHIC), aka Shahid Hemmat Industrial Factories (SHIF) aka Hemmat Missile Industries Factory
  • Simin Neda Industrial and Electrical Parts, aka TTSN

Lebanon:

  • EKT Electronics, aka Katrangi Electronics, aka Katrangi Trading, aka Katranji Labs, aka Electronics Systems

Syria

  • EKT Electronics, aka Katrangi Electronics, aka Katrangi Trading, aka Katranji Labs, aka Electronics Systems

Savings Clause

Shipments of items removed from eligibility for a License Exception or export or reexport without a license (NLR) as a result of this regulatory action that were on dock for loading, on lighter, laden aboard an exporting or reexporting carrier, or en route aboard a carrier to a port of export or reexport, on April 25, 2012, pursuant to actual orders for export or reexport to a foreign destination, may proceed to that destination under the previous eligibility for a License Exception or export or reexport without a license (NLR).

1Armenia, Belarus, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

BIS contact -- Karen Nies-Vogel (202) 482-5991