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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, that 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. 07–621 Filed 2–12–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Action Affecting Export Privileges; 

Petrom GmbH International Trade and 

Petrom Internacional Trade, S.L., Order 

Making Order Denying Export 

Privileges of Petrom GmbH 

International Trade Applicable to 

Related Person Petrom Internacional 

Trade, S.L. 

In the Matter of: Petrom GmbH 

International Trade, Maria-Theresia 

Strasse 26, Munich 81675, Germany, 

Respondent, and Petrom Internacional 

Trade, S.L., PL. De Verin 2, 28029 

Madrid, Spain, c/o 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 entity 

(hereinafter, the ‘‘Related Person’’), as a 

person related to Petrom GmbH: Petrom 

Internacional Trade, S.L., PL. De Verin 

2, 28029 Madrid, Spain, c/o Majid 

Rahmanifar, Moehlstrasse 31, Munich 

81675, Germany. 

Section 766.23 of the Regulations 

provides 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 

privileges * * *.’’ 15 CFR 766.23(a). 

On June 6, 2005, an Order pursuant to 

Part 766 of the Regulations imposing a 

twenty-year denial of export privileges 

against Petrom GmbH International 

Trade, Maria-Theresia Strasse 26, 

Munich 81675, Germany (a.k.a. Petrom 

GmbH) was published in 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 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 a violation of the 

Regulations was intended to occur, as 

Iran was the intended ultimate 

destination of the items. All violations 

occurred from on or about March 1999 

and May 2000. 

This Order is an order that may be 

made applicable to related persons 

pursuant to section 766.23 upon 

evidence that indicates that the Related 

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 entity to the Denial Order imposed 

against Petrom GmbH in order to avoid 

evasion of that Order. It is my belief that 

Petrom, S.L. is related to Petrom GmbH 

‘‘by ownership, control, position of 

responsibility, affiliation, or other 

connection in the conduct of trade or 

business.’’ The determination is based 

on evidence establishing that Majid 

Rahmanifar is the sole owner of Petrom 

GmbH and Petrom, S.L. As such, he 

oversees all activities of both 

companies. 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 on November 

20, 2006 in accordance with sections 

766.5(b) and 766.23 of the Regulations. 

Specifically, BIS provided notice to the 

last known address of the Related Party 

in Spain in January 2006, which was 

returned to BIS unopened. On 

November 20, 2006, BIS then provided 

notice to Majid Rahmanifar, an 

individual in Germany believed to be 

associated with the Related Person. The 

letter requested a response within 30 

days. Rahmanifar signed for the letter, 

thereby indicating that he received it. 

No response, however, was ever 

returned to BIS by the Related Person or 

any individual associated with the 

Related Person. 

Based upon the foregoing, it is my 

belief that Petrom, S.L. 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 

make the Order imposed against Petrom 

GmbH applicable to the Related Person 

to prevent the evasion of that Order. 

It is now therefore ordered, 


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First, that having been provided 

notice and opportunity for comment as 

provided in section 766.23 of the Export 

Administration Regulations (the 

‘‘Regulations’’), Petrom Internacional 

Trade, S.L., PL. De Verin 2, 28029 

Madrid, Spain and c/o 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, its successors 

or assigns, and when acting for or on 

behalf of the Related Person, its officers, 

representatives, agents, 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 mans installation, 

maintenance, repair, modification or 

testing. 

Third, that in accordance with the 

provisions 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 279 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, that 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. 07–622 Filed 2–12–07: 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology; Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app. 

2, notice is hereby given that the 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology (VCAT), National Institute 

of Standards and Technology (NIST), 

will meet Tuesday, March 6, from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, March 7, 

from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Visiting 

Committee on Advanced Technology is 

composed of fifteen members appointed 

by the Director of NIST who are eminent 

in such fields as business, research, new 

product development, engineering, 

labor, education, management 

consulting, environment, and 

international relations. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

review and make recommendations 

regarding general policy for the 

Institute, its organization, its budget, 

and its programs within the framework 

of applicable national policies as set 

forth by the President and the Congress. 

The agenda will include an update on 

NIST, an overview of NIST and its role 

in U.S. science & technology. Several 

laboratory tours also will be featured. 

The meeting will conclude with an 

extended discussion on NIST’s overall 

role it plays in the nation’s science and 

technology. The agenda may change to 

accommodate Committee business. The 

final agenda will be posted on the NIST 

Web site at http://www.nist.gov/ 

director/vcat/agenda.htm. 

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

March 6 at 9 a.m. and will adjourn on 

March 7, 2007, at 11 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Employees Lounge, Administration 

Building, at NIST, Gaithersburg, 

Maryland. All visitors to the NIST site 

will have to pre-register to be admitted. 

Please submit your name, time of 

arrival, e-mail address and phone 

number to Denise Herbert no later than 

Thursday, March 1 and she will provide 

you with instructions for admittance. 

Ms. Herbert’s e-mail address is 

denise.herbert@nist.gov and her phone 

number is (301) 975–2300. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise Herbert, Visiting Committee on 

Advanced Technology, National 

Institute of Standards and Technology, 


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