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FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9946

UNCLAS BUCHAREST 000675 
 
STATE FOR EUR/CE ASCHIEBE AND OES/OPA RBARNES AND ETIRPAK 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EWWT KRVC TPHY RO
SUBJECT:  ROMANIA: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS 
 
REF: STATE 101996 
 
¶1.  In response to reftel request, post's officer responsible for 
transportation issues, including the handling of Foreign Ministry 
authorizations for maritime scientific research, is Economic Officer 
Justin Berg: 
 
Tel: 40-21-200-3436 
Cell: 40-723-393-952 
Fax: 40-21-200-3485 
E-mail: BergJ@state.gov 
ETD from post:  April 2010. 
 
¶2.  Mr. Berg's back-up is Economic Officer Christy Brown: 
 
Tel: 40-21-200-3418 
Cell: 40-722-462-957 
Fax: 40-21-200-3485 
E-mail: Browncc2@state.gov 
ETD from post:  August 2010. 
 
¶3.  Maritime research authorizations in Romania are handled by the 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).  The United States has not made 
any requests since the recent International Court of Justice ruling 
delimiting Romania's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Black Sea. 
Until such a request is made, it is unclear how the MFA will handle 
the authorization in practice. 
 
GITENSTEIN