Action Affecting Export Privileges; Petrom GmbH International Trade and Majid Rahmanifar; Order Making Order Denying Export Privileges of Petrom GmbH International Trade Applicable to Related Person Majid Rahmanifar., 6712-6713 [07-620]
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Action Affecting Export Privileges;
Petrom GmbH International Trade and
Majid Rahmanifar; Order Making Order
Denying Export Privileges of Petrom
GmbH International Trade Applicable
to Related Person Majid Rahmanifar.
Responsible Official
The Forest Supervisor, National
Forests in North Carolina, is the
Responsible Official (36 CFR
219.2(b)(1)).
(Authority: 36 CFR 219.9(b)(2)(i), 70 FR 1023,
January 5, 2005)
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Forest Supervisor, National Forests in North
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In the Matter of: Petrom GmbH
International Trade, Maria-Theresia Strasse
26, Munich 81675, Germany, Respondent,
and Majid Rahmanifar, Moehlstrasse 31,
Munich 81675, Germany, Related Person.
Pursuant to section 766.23 of the
Export Administration Regulations
(‘‘EAR’’), the Bureau of Industry and
Security (‘‘BIS’’), U.S. Department of
Commerce, through its Office of Export
Enforcement (‘‘OEE’’), has requested
that I make the Denial Order that was
imposed against Petrom GmbH
International Trade (‘‘Petrom GmbH’’)
on June 6, 2005 (70 FR 32743)
applicable to the following individual
(hereinafter, the ‘‘Related Person’’), as a
person related to Petrom GmbH: Majid
Rahmanifar, Moehlstrasse 31, Munich
81675, German.
Section 766.23 of the Export
Administration Regulations (the
‘‘Regulations’’) provide that ‘‘[i]n order
to prevent evasion, certain types of
orders under this part may be made
applicable not only to the respondent,
but also to other persons then or
thereafter related to the respondent by
ownership, control, position of
responsibility, affiliation, or other
connection in the conduct of trade or
business. Orders that may be made
applicable to related persons include
those that deny or affect export
privilages * * *’’ 15 CFR 766.23(a).
On June 6, 2005, an Order pursuant to
Part 766 of the Regulation imposing a
twenty-year denial of export privileges
against Petrom GmbH was published in
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the Federal Register to conclude
administrative charges pending against
Petrom GmbH. See 70 FR 32473 (June 6,
2005). Petrom GmbH was found to have
conspired and acted in concert with
others, known and unknown, to bring
about acts that constitute violations of
the Regulations by arranging the export
from the United States to Iran via
Germany of items subject to the
Regulations and the Iranian
Transactions Regulations without the
required U.S. government
authorizations and to have solicited on
six separate occasions violations of the
Regulations by ordering the shipment of
the items at issue from the United States
to Iran via Germany. Furthermore, in
making each of these six unlawful
solicitations, Petrom GmbH acted with
knowledge that violations of the
Regulations were intended to occur, as
Iran was the intended ultimate
destination of the items. All violations
occurred from on or about March 1999
to on or about May 2000.
The Order against Petrom GmbH is an
order that may be made applicable to
related persons pursuant to section
766.23 of the Regulations upon evidence
that indicates that the person is related
to Petrom GmbH by ownership, control,
position of responsibility, affiliation, or
other connection in the conduct of trade
or business, and that it is necessary to
add this person to the Denial Order
imposed against Petrom GmbH in order
to avoid evasion of that Order. The
determination was based on evidence
establishing that Majid Rahmanifar is
the sole owner of Petrom GmbH. As
such, he overseas all activities of the
company. Rahmanifar holds all nominal
capital related to Petrom GmbH, which
was formerly located at his home.
BIS notified the Related Person of its
plans to take this action. In January
2006, BIS sent a letter to Related Person
by registered mail notifying him of BIS’s
intent to add him as a related person to
the May 26, 2005 Denial Order against
Petrom GmbH. The Related Person
signed for the letter, thereby indicating
that he received it. No response,
however, was ever returned to BIS by
the Related Person.
Based upon the foregoing, it is my
belief that Majid Rahmanifar is related
to Petrom GmbH ‘‘by ownership,
control, position of responsibility,
affiliation, or other connection in the
conduct of trade or business’’ and I find
that it is necessary to make the Order
imposed against Petrom GmbH
applicable to the Related Person to
prevent the evasion of that Order.
It is now therefore ordered, First, that
having been provided notice and
opportunity for comment as provided in
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section 766.23 of the Regulations, Majid
Rahmanifar, Moehlstrasse 31, Munich
81675. Germany (‘‘Related Person’’) has
been determined to be related to Petrom
GmbH International Trade, MariaTheresia Strasse 26, Munich 81675,
Germany (a.k.a. Petrom GmbH) by
affiliation, ownership, control, or
position of responsibility in the conduct
of trade or related services, and it has
been deemed necessary to make the
Order denying the export privileges of
Petrom GmbH applicable to this Related
Person in order to prevent evasion of the
Order.
Second, that the denial of export
privileges described in the Order against
Petrom GmbH, which was published in
the Federal Register on June 6, 2005 at
70 FR 32,743, shall be made applicable
to the Related Person until its expiration
on June 6, 2025, as follows:
I. The Related Person and, when
acting for or on behalf of the Related
Person, its representatives, agents,
assigns, or employees (collectively,
‘‘Denied Person’’) may not participate,
directly or indirectly, in any way in any
transaction involving any commodity,
software or technology (hereinafter
collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’)
exported or to be exported from the
United States that is subject to the
Regulations, or in any other activity
subject to the Regulations, including,
but not limited to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, License Exception, or
export control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or in any
other activity subject to the Regulations;
or
C. Benefiting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the Regulations, or in
any other activity subject to the
Regulations.
II. No person may, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf
of the Denied Person any item subject to
the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
the Denied Person of the ownership,
possession, or control of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States, including financing or other
support activities related to a
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transaction whereby the Denied Person
acquires or attempts to acquire such
ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from the Denied Person of
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been exported from the United
States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
Regulations with knowledge or reason
to know that the item will be, or is
intended to be, exported from the
United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been or will be exported from the
United States and which is owned,
possessed or controlled by the Denied
Person, or service any item, of whatever
origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such
service involves the use of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States. For purposes of this paragraph,
servicing means installation,
maintenance, repair, modification or
testing.
Third, that in accordance with the
provisions of section 766.23(c) of the
Regulations, the Related Person may, at
any time, make an appeal related to this
Order by filing a full written statement
in support of the appeal with the Office
of the Administrative Law Judge, U.S.
Coast Guard ALJ Docketing Center, 40
South Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202–4022.
Fourth, that this Order does not
prohibit any export, reexport, or other
transaction subject to the Regulations
where the only items involved that are
subject to the Regulations are the
foreign-produced direct product of U.S.origin technology.
Fifth, this Order shall be published in
the Federal Register and a copy
provided to the Related Person.
This Order is effective upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Entered this 5th day of February, 2007.
Darryl W. Jackson,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export
Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Petrom GmbH International
Trade and Majid Rahmanifar; Order Making Order Denying Export
Privileges of Petrom GmbH International Trade Applicable to Related
Person Majid Rahmanifar.
In the Matter of: Petrom GmbH International Trade, Maria-
Theresia Strasse 26, Munich 81675, Germany, Respondent, and Majid
Rahmanifar, Moehlstrasse 31, Munich 81675, Germany, Related Person.
Pursuant to section 766.23 of the Export Administration Regulations
(``EAR''), the Bureau of Industry and Security (``BIS''), U.S.
Department of Commerce, through its Office of Export Enforcement
(``OEE''), has requested that I make the Denial Order that was imposed
against Petrom GmbH International Trade (``Petrom GmbH'') on June 6,
2005 (70 FR 32743) applicable to the following individual (hereinafter,
the ``Related Person''), as a person related to Petrom GmbH: Majid
Rahmanifar, Moehlstrasse 31, Munich 81675, German.
Section 766.23 of the Export Administration Regulations (the
``Regulations'') provide that ``[i]n order to prevent evasion, certain
types of orders under this part may be made applicable not only to the
respondent, but also to other persons then or thereafter related to the
respondent by ownership, control, position of responsibility,
affiliation, or other connection in the conduct of trade or business.
Orders that may be made applicable to related persons include those
that deny or affect export privilages * * *'' 15 CFR 766.23(a).
On June 6, 2005, an Order pursuant to Part 766 of the Regulation
imposing a twenty-year denial of export privileges against Petrom GmbH
was published in
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the Federal Register to conclude administrative charges pending against
Petrom GmbH. See 70 FR 32473 (June 6, 2005). Petrom GmbH was found to
have conspired and acted in concert with others, known and unknown, to
bring about acts that constitute violations of the Regulations by
arranging the export from the United States to Iran via Germany of
items subject to the Regulations and the Iranian Transactions
Regulations without the required U.S. government authorizations and to
have solicited on six separate occasions violations of the Regulations
by ordering the shipment of the items at issue from the United States
to Iran via Germany. Furthermore, in making each of these six unlawful
solicitations, Petrom GmbH acted with knowledge that violations of the
Regulations were intended to occur, as Iran was the intended ultimate
destination of the items. All violations occurred from on or about
March 1999 to on or about May 2000.
The Order against Petrom GmbH is an order that may be made
applicable to related persons pursuant to section 766.23 of the
Regulations upon evidence that indicates that the person is related to
Petrom GmbH by ownership, control, position of responsibility,
affiliation, or other connection in the conduct of trade or business,
and that it is necessary to add this person to the Denial Order imposed
against Petrom GmbH in order to avoid evasion of that Order. The
determination was based on evidence establishing that Majid Rahmanifar
is the sole owner of Petrom GmbH. As such, he overseas all activities
of the company. Rahmanifar holds all nominal capital related to Petrom
GmbH, which was formerly located at his home.
BIS notified the Related Person of its plans to take this action.
In January 2006, BIS sent a letter to Related Person by registered mail
notifying him of BIS's intent to add him as a related person to the May
26, 2005 Denial Order against Petrom GmbH. The Related Person signed
for the letter, thereby indicating that he received it. No response,
however, was ever returned to BIS by the Related Person.
Based upon the foregoing, it is my belief that Majid Rahmanifar is
related to Petrom GmbH ``by ownership, control, position of
responsibility, affiliation, or other connection in the conduct of
trade or business'' and I find that it is necessary to make the Order
imposed against Petrom GmbH applicable to the Related Person to prevent
the evasion of that Order.
It is now therefore ordered, First, that having been provided
notice and opportunity for comment as provided in section 766.23 of the
Regulations, Majid Rahmanifar, Moehlstrasse 31, Munich 81675. Germany
(``Related Person'') has been determined to be related to Petrom GmbH
International Trade, Maria-Theresia Strasse 26, Munich 81675, Germany
(a.k.a. Petrom GmbH) by affiliation, ownership, control, or position of
responsibility in the conduct of trade or related services, and it has
been deemed necessary to make the Order denying the export privileges
of Petrom GmbH applicable to this Related Person in order to prevent
evasion of the Order.
Second, that the denial of export privileges described in the Order
against Petrom GmbH, which was published in the Federal Register on
June 6, 2005 at 70 FR 32,743, shall be made applicable to the Related
Person until its expiration on June 6, 2025, as follows:
I. The Related Person and, when acting for or on behalf of the
Related Person, its representatives, agents, assigns, or employees
(collectively, ``Denied Person'') may not participate, directly or
indirectly, in any way in any transaction involving any commodity,
software or technology (hereinafter collectively referred to as
``item'') exported or to be exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the
Regulations, including, but not limited to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using any license, License
Exception, or export control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering, storing, disposing of,
forwarding, transporting, financing, or otherwise servicing in any way,
any transaction involving any item exported or to be exported from the
United States that is subject to the Regulations, or in any other
activity subject to the Regulations; or
C. Benefiting in any way from any transaction involving any item
exported or to be exported from the United States that is subject to
the Regulations, or in any other activity subject to the Regulations.
II. No person may, directly or indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf of the Denied Person any item
subject to the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the acquisition or attempted
acquisition by the Denied Person of the ownership, possession, or
control of any item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be
exported from the United States, including financing or other support
activities related to a transaction whereby the Denied Person acquires
or attempts to acquire such ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or to facilitate the acquisition
or attempted acquisition from the Denied Person of any item subject to
the Regulations that has been exported from the United States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in the United States any item
subject to the Regulations with knowledge or reason to know that the
item will be, or is intended to be, exported from the United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service any item subject to the
Regulations that has been or will be exported from the United States
and which is owned, possessed or controlled by the Denied Person, or
service any item, of whatever origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such service involves the use of any
item subject to the Regulations that has been or will be exported from
the United States. For purposes of this paragraph, servicing means
installation, maintenance, repair, modification or testing.
Third, that in accordance with the provisions of section 766.23(c)
of the Regulations, the Related Person may, at any time, make an appeal
related to this Order by filing a full written statement in support of
the appeal with the Office of the Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Coast
Guard ALJ Docketing Center, 40 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202-4022.
Fourth, that this Order does not prohibit any export, reexport, or
other transaction subject to the Regulations where the only items
involved that are subject to the Regulations are the foreign-produced
direct product of U.S.-origin technology.
Fifth, this Order shall be published in the Federal Register and a
copy provided to the Related Person.
This Order is effective upon publication in the Federal Register.
Entered this 5th day of February, 2007.
Darryl W. Jackson,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 07-620 Filed 2-12-07; 8:45am]
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