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[FR Doc No: 94-4093]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Action Affecting Export Privileges; Sofep Petrole et Derives; 
Order Denying Permission To Apply for or Use Export Licenses

    In the matter of Sofep Petrole et Derives, 6 Rue Galilee, 77116 
Paris, France.

    On September 30, 1993, following its agreement to plead guilty to 
one count of a 10-count superseding indictment, Sofep Petrole et 
Derives (hereinafter referred to as Sofep) was convicted in the U.S. 
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas of violating the 
Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C.A. app. 
Secs. 2401-2420 (1991, Supp. 1993, and Pub. L. No. 103-10, March 27, 
1993)) (the EAA), by exporting U.S.-origin aviation oil from the United 
States to Cuba without obtaining the required export license from the 
U.S. Department of Commerce. Section 11(h) of the EAA provides that, at 
the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce.\1\ no person convicted of 
a violation of the EAA, or certain other provisions of the United 
States Code, shall be eligible to apply for or use any export license 
issued pursuant to, or provided by, the EAA or the Export 
Administration Regulations (currently codified at 15 CFR parts 768-799 
(1993)) (the Regulations), for a period of up to 10 years from the date 
of the conviction. In addition, any export license issued pursuant to 
the EAA in which such a person had any interest at the time of his 
conviction may be revoked.
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    \1\Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority that are 
reflected in the Regulations, the Director, Office of Export 
Licensing, in consultation with the Director, Office of Export 
Enforcement, exercises the authority granted to the Secretary by 
section 11(h) of the EAA.
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    Pursuant to Secs. 770.15 and 772.1(g) of the Regulations, upon 
notification that a person has been convicted of violating the EAA, the 
Director, Office of Export Licensing, in consultation with the 
Director, Office of Export Enforcement, shall determine whether to deny 
that person permission to apply for or use any export license issued 
pursuant to, or provided by, the EAA and the Regulations and shall also 
determine whether to revoke any export license previously issued to 
such a person. Having received notice of Sofep's conviction for 
violating the EAA, and following consultations with the Director, 
Office of Export Enforcement, I have decided to deny Sofep permission 
to apply for or use any export license, including any general license, 
issued pursuant to, or provided by, the EAA and the Regulations, for a 
period of 10 years from the date of its conviction. The 10-year period 
ends on September 30, 2003. I have also decided to revoke all export 
licenses issued pursuant to the EAA in which Sofep had an interest at 
the time of its conviction.

    Accordingly, it is hereby Ordered:

    I. All outstanding individual validated licenses in which Sofep 
appears or participates, in any manner or capacity, are hereby revoked 
and shall be returned forthwith to the Office of Export Licensing for 
cancellation. Further, all of Sofep's privileges of participating, in 
any manner or capacity, in any special licensing procedure, including, 
but not limited to, distribution licenses, are hereby revoked.
    II. Until September 30, 2003, Sofep Petrole et Derives, 6 rue 
Galilee, 77116 Paris, France, hereby is denied all privileges of 
participating, directly or indirectly, in any manner or capacity, in 
any transaction in the United States or abroad involving any commodity 
or technical data exported or to be exported from the United States, in 
whole or in part, and subject to the Regulations. Without limiting the 
generality of the foregoing, participation, either in the United States 
or abroad, shall include participation, directly or indirectly, in any 
manner or capacity: (i) As a party or as a representative of a party to 
any export license application submitted to the Department; (ii) in 
preparing or filing with the Department any export license application 
or request for reexport authorization, or any document to be submitted 
therewith; (iii) in obtaining from the Department or using any 
validated or general export license, reexport authorization or other 
export control document; (iv) in carrying on negotiations with respect 
to, or in receiving, ordering, buying, selling, delivering, storing, 
using, or disposing of, in whole or in part, any commodities or 
technical data exported or to be exported from the United States, and 
subject to the Regulations; and (v) in financing, forwarding, 
transporting, or other servicing of such commodities or technical data.
    III. After notice and opportunity for comment as provided in 
Sec. 770.15(h) of the Regulations, any person, firm, corporation, or 
business organization related to Sofep by affiliation, ownership, 
control, or position of responsibility in the conduct of trade or 
related services may also be subject to the provisions of this Order.
    IV. As provided in Sec. 787.12(a) of the Regulations, without prior 
disclosure of the facts to and specific authorization of the Office of 
Export Licensing, in consultation with the Office of Export 
Enforcement, no person may directly or indirectly, in any manner or 
capacity: (i) Apply for, obtain, or use any license, Shipper's Export 
Declaration, bill of lading, or other export control document relating 
to an export or reexport of commodities or technical data by, to, or 
for another person then subject to an order revoking or denying his 
export privileges or then excluded from practice before the Bureau of 
Export Administration; or (ii) order, buy, receive, use, sell, deliver, 
store, dispose of, forward, transport, finance, or otherwise service or 
participate: (a) in any transaction which may involve any commodity or 
technical data exported or to be exported from the United States; (b) 
in any reexport thereof; or (c) in any other transaction which is 
subject to the Export Administration Regulations, if the person denied 
export privileges may obtain any benefit or have any interest in, 
directly or indirectly, any of these transactions.
    V. This Order is effective immediately and shall remain in effect 
until September 30, 2003.
    VI. A copy of this Order shall be delivered to Sofep. This Order 
shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: February 10, 1994.
Eileen M. Albanese,
Acting Director, Office of Export Licensing.
[FR Doc. 94-4093 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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