https://www.ar.admin.ch/de/newnsb/sc2wwddM8gW8TnkOex4UjRüstungschef Urs Loher befand sich diese Woche auf einem Arbeitsbesuch in den Vereinigten Staaten. Er traf sich vom 5. bis 7. August in Fort Worth, Texas, mit Vertretern der US-Herstellerin Lockheed Martin zu einem fachlichen Austausch.
Im Zentrum der Gespräche standen Themen rund um Offset-Verpflichtungen. Es handelte sich dabei um reguläre Abstimmungen im Rahmen des Projektfortschritts.
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/upload ... e-view.pdfAgreement concerning end-use, retransfer and security assurances regarding U.S. sold or granted defense articles, related training or other defense services (including all associated components and technical data).
Exchange of notes at Stockholm February 16 and October 12, 2012.
Entered into force October 12, 2012.
TIAS
Dieses Abkommen wurde aber nie veröffentlicht. Es geht höchstwahrscheinlich um dieses Programm:
Blanket End Use, Retransfer, and Security Assurance Program
https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/pm/rsat/c14032.htm
https://samm.dsca.mil/chapter/chapter-8C8.7.3.1. End Use, Retransfer, and Security Assurances. State requires end use, retransfer, and security assurances from the proposed recipient’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) unless the proposed recipient is a member of the Blanket Assurance Program. See Section C8.7.3.2. The assurances must be obtained by the divesting government and submitted with the retransfer request. These assurances are mandatory, generally non-negotiable, and must be received by State before the transfer can be considered for approval. Assurances must be typed in English and signed by an official of the proposed recipient country who can legally bind the entire government (usually the MFA). If the government issues assurances signed by an official of a ministry other than the MFA, such as the Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Embassy in that country must confirm in writing that his or her signature is binding. When language is supplied that does not appear to meet U.S. requirements, the State (PM/RSAT) TPT team coordinates with the Department’s legal counsel to determine whether the language will be accepted. If the language is deemed unacceptable, State (PM/RSAT) will not process the case.
C8.7.3.2. Blanket Assurances. Governments may sign blanket end use, retransfer, and security assurances to satisfy legislative requirements for future government-to-government retransfers. Governments that sign Blanket Assurances are not required to sign individual assurances to receive USG-origin defense articles from foreign governments. Blanket members under the Defense Trade Security Initiative (DTSI) (https://www.state.gov/third-party-trans ... on/#enduse) program have the added benefit of limited advanced USG consent. Members can transfer between and among themselves when: the original acquisition value of all transferred articles does not exceed $7 million; classified defense articles (including classified technical information) are not being transferred; the defense articles to be transferred are already in the inventory of the proposed recipient (no first introduction); and the proposed recipient is either an approved DTSI country (North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members, Japan, Australia, or Sweden) or a signatory to the standard blanket assurance program. DTSI assurances, like blanket assurances, apply only to government-to-government TPTs of USG-origin defense articles. DTSI assurances do not replace the DSP 83 currently used for the retransfer of defense articles originally acquired through Direct Commercial Sales (DCS). Requests for retransfer of DCS-acquired items continue to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the State (PM/DDTC). Governments interested in participating in DTSI should contact State (PM/RSAT) for further information.
