A ‘denial order’ filed by the U.S. Bureau of Industry & Security ...
A “denial order” filed by the U.S. Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) against Canada’s Swiss Telecom Communications “is an extraordinarily severe sanction” with widespread implications, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis said Mon. in a special regulatory advisory. The BIS…
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issued the order against the Canadian company last week after deciding it violated U.S. embargo regulations and export controls by shipping telecom equipment to Iran. “A supplier in the U.S. could not ship uncontrolled telecommunications equipment or parts, directly or indirectly, to Swiss Telecom,” the report said. “No person in the U.S., Canada, or elsewhere, could supply replacement parts, service, or even certain help-line support for U.S.-origin equipment previously acquired by Swiss Telecom. An office equipment store in Canada could not sell even U.S. sourced file cabinets.” The advisory said Swiss Telecom could have avoided the severe sanctions had it negotiated with BIS. “BIS uses this sanction sparingly,” the firm said. “The order against Swiss Telecom states that the company did not file an answer to the charges.”