Commerce Department, Industry and Security Bureau
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security [Docket No. 04-BIS-11] On March 29, 2004, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) filed a charging letter against the respondent, Petrom GmbH International Trade (“Petrom”), that alleged one violation of Section 764.2(d), and six violations each of Sections 764.2(c) and 764.2(e) of the Export Administration Regulations (“Regulations”), [ 1 ] which were issued under the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. app. 2401-2420 (2000)) (“Act”). [ 2 ] Specifically, the charging letter alleged that from on or about March 1999 to on or about May 2000, Petrom 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 Iran Transaction Regulations without the required U.S. Government authorizations. In doing so, Petrom committed one violation of Section 764.2(d) of the Regulations. These items included check valves, regulatory valves, test kits, electrical equipment, ship tire curing bladders, and other spare parts, all of which were classified as EAR99 items under the Regulations. The charging letter also alleged that from on or about March 1999 to on or about May 2000, Petrom solicited on six separate occasions violations of the Regulations by ordering the shipment of the items at issu…
Citation: 70 FR 32743
