C8.4.1. Definition. Enhanced EUM, based on the principle of trust with verification, is required for defense articles and services or individual transfers specifically designated for EEUM by the MILDEP's export policy, the inter-agency release process, or by DoD policy as a result of consultation with Congress. All EEUM-designated defense articles are required to be sold on defined order lines using an EEUM-coded Military Articles and Services Listing (MASL) and are accompanied by specialized physical security and accountability notes. The defense articles listed in Table C8.T4. below have been designated for EEUM for all FMS-eligible countries. Figure C8.F1. identifies the decision process used to determine whether an item or an individual transfer will be identified and designated for EEUM. Other defense articles may require EEUM on a case-by-case basis as a result of the transfer approval process. SCOs will provide the host nation formal notification of all finding noted during EEUM checks and request the host nation to provide within 60 days the actions taking to correct the findings.

Table C8.T4. Defense Articles Designated for EEUM for all FMS-eligible Countries

C8.4.1.1. SCOs are responsible for maintaining an accurate database of all EEUM-designated defense articles exported to the host nation by using the EUM application in the SCIP database for inventory monitoring and historical data. SCIP-EUM provides a centralized, secure information repository of EUM data gained from deliveries and inventories of all EEUM-designated defense articles transferred through FMS, grant assistance, and other security cooperation programs. The SCIP-EUM database includes a Reconciliation Report of EEUM-designated defense articles by country that SCOs should use as the basis for establishing the baseline and all required inventories and reporting.

C8.4.1.2. SCOs are required to conduct EEUM through planned/coordinated visits to the host nation’s installations. SCOs must arrange with the partner nation to verify in-country receipt of EEUM defense articles by serial number within 90 days of delivery. Subsequent inventories require serial number verification and physical security checks of storage sites or other facilities where EEUM-designated defense articles are kept and verification that recipients are complying with the terms and conditions stated in the transfer agreements. SCOs must physically inventory 100 percent of in-country EEUM defense articles annually except for EEUM defense articles not available for observation (deployed, returned to the United States for repair, etc.), or stipulated otherwise in the SCIP-EUM database or by separate policy memo. The inventory must include review of the recipient’s records of verifications as required by the LOA or other arms transfer document note. Deployed equipment must be inventoried within 90 days after returning from operational use or deployment.

Figure C8.F1. Adding or Removing Defense Articles on the Enhanced EUM List

C8.4.1.3. EEUM must be performed using checklists developed by the MILDEPs and made available in the SCIP-EUM database. All EEUM checks must be recorded, and the physical security and accountability checklists will be attached to the inventory records. Inventory records must be maintained for five years. Missile containers without the original manufacturer’s anti-tamper seal must be opened and all items visually inspected. If the missiles are not needed in the near term, the SCO and host nation may agree to re-seal the container with the Golden Sentry Security Label or the Golden Sentry Security Cable, if required based on the container’s construction. To obtain either type of anti-tamper seal, SCOs should contact the EUM Help Desk or the DSCA Regional EUM Program Managers, provide a mailing address, and identify the quantity and type of seal requested.

C8.4.1.4. Recording in the SCIP-EUM database includes accountability of inventories and final disposition of all EEUM-designated defense articles, i.e., expended, lost, and destroyed. SCOs must ensure the host nation reports any losses, firings/expenditures, or disposal of any EEUM-designated defense article as required in the transfer agreement and enter the information in the SCIP-EUM database.

C8.4.2. Site Surveys/Certification of Storage Facilities. MILDEPs are responsible for conducting site surveys and certifying foreign countries’ weapons storage facilities in accordance with DoD 5100.76-M, "Physical Security of Sensitive Conventional Arms, Ammunition and Explosives," before EEUM-designated weapons systems are delivered or moved to a new or uncertified facility. MILDEPs should develop certification checklists using criteria from DoD 5100.76-M and submit them to DSCA for review to ensure standardization. MILDEPs will provide DSCA a current list of all security managers, by weapon type, responsible for performing site survey certifications. MILDEPs security managers will coordinate site survey certification visits with DSCA and the other MILDEPs in advance to prevent the need to conduct a new site survey, if another MILDEP has already certified the same facility for proper storage of the same weapon category.

C8.4.3. EEUM Cost Reporting Requirements. DSCA is responsible for submitting an annual report to Congress, as required by AECA section 40A (22 U.S.C. 2785), which includes the costs for executing the Golden Sentry program.

C8.4.3.1. At the end of each fiscal year, the CCMDs and SCOs are required to submit the actual annual costs and future two-year budget projections associated with conducting EEUM, including travel to perform physical security and accountability inventories of in-country equipment and future deliveries and to attend Regional EUM Forums. To maintain accurate cost data and reporting, EUM managers should ensure that upon completion of each EEUM visit the cost is documented and entered into the Security Assistance Automated Resource Management System (SAARMS) under the appropriate expense code for EEUM (Code 210EM). Each entry should include a brief description of the EEUM function performed, e.g., number of personnel, equipment inventoried, locations visited.

C8.4.3.2. On a case-by-case basis, SCOs may request through the CCMD funding to meet unexpected requirements to perform EEUM checks due to disposal verifications or other unforeseen EUM-related activities for which funding was not requested in the regular budget cycle. Unfunded requirements must be submitted to the appropriate CCMD for approval. When CCMD funds are not sufficient or available, CCMDs may request funding from DSCA (Business Operations Directorate) to meet unforeseen SCO requirements.

C8.4.3.3. SCO questions regarding entries for conducting EEUM functions in SAARMS or unfunded requirement requests should be submitted to the CCMD. CCMD questions should be sent to DSCA (Directorate for Business Operations).