Commission Regulation (EC) No 418/2003

of 6 March 2003

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds and rectifying Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds(1), as last amended by Regulation 257/2003(2), and in particular Article 19(3) and (6) and Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2003(3), provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme including WTO members and separate customs territories that fulfils the requirements of the scheme.

(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme and participants thereto have provided the Commission with the relevant information concerning the status as participant, in particular, of Algeria, Brazil, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Republic of Congo, Hungary, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Venezuela, and the separate customs territory Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, as well as with additional information regarding other participants. The additional information concerns China, Hong Kong, Ghana, Guinea, Japan, Laos, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Togo, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3) Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 257/2003 was intended to limit only the application of Article 1(1) to a renewable three-month period. Article 2 of that Regulation should therefore be rectified accordingly.

(4) The measures provided for in Article 2 of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Article 2, second sentence, of Regulation (EC) No 257/2003 is rectified as follows:"Article 1(1) of this Regulation shall apply for a three month period after that date."

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall apply until 12 May 2003.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 March 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher Patten

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.

(2) OJ L 36, 11.2.2003, p. 11.

(3) OJ L 36, 11.2.2003, p. 7.

ANNEX

"ANNEX II

List of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authorities as referred to in Articles 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19 and 20

ALGERIA

ANGOLA

Ministry of Geology and Mines Rua Hochi Min Luanda ANGOLA

ARMENIA

Department of Gemstones and Jewellery Ministry of Trade and Economic Development Yerevan Armenia

AUSTRALIA

- Community Protection Section

Australian Customs Section

Customs House, 5 Constitution Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

- Minerals Development Section Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources GPO Box 9839 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

BELARUS

Department of Finance Sovetskaja Str., 7 220010 Minsk Republic of Belarus

BOTSWANA

Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources PI Bag 0018 Gaborone Botswana

BRAZIL

Ministry of Mines and Energy Esplanada dos Ministerios - Bloco "U" - 3o andar 70065 - 900 Brasilia - DF Brazil

BURKINA FASO

CANADA

- International:

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Peace Building and Human Security Division

Lester B Pearson Tower B - Room: B4-120

125 Sussex Drive

Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0G2

- For specimen of the Canadian KP Certificate:

Stewardship Division

International and Domestic Market Policy Division

Mineral and Metal Policy Branch

Minerals and Metals Sector

Natural Resources Canada

580 Booth Street, 10th Floor, Room: 10A6 Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4

- General Enquiries:

Kimberley Process Office Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS)

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

10th Floor, Area A-7

580 Booth Street

Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Independent Diamond Valuators (IDV) Immeuble SOCIM 2e étage BP 1613 Bangui Central African Republic

CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

Department of Inspection and Quarantine Clearance General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) 9 Madiandonglu Haidian District Beijing People's Republic of China

HONG KONG, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Department of Trade and Industry Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

People's Republic of China

Room 703, Trade and Industry Tower

700 Nathan Road

Kowloon Hong Kong China

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

Centre d'évaluation, d'expertise et de certification (CEEC) 17th floor, BCDC Tower

30th June Avenue

Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ministry of Finance Letenska 15 Prague 1 Czech Republic

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

European Commission DG External Relations/A/2 170, rue de la Loi B - 1049 Brussels Belgium

GABON

Ministry of Mines, Energy, Oil and Hydraulic Resources of Gabon BP 576 or 874 Libreville Gabon

GHANA

Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd) Diamond House

Kinbu Road

PO Box M 108 Accra Ghana

GUINEA

Ministry of Mines and Geology BP 2696 Conakry Guinea

GUYANA

Geology and Mines Commission PO Box 1028 Upper Brickdam

Stabroek

Georgetown Guyana

HUNGARY

INDIA

The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A, Fr D.B. Marg Mumbai 400 004 India

ISRAEL

Ministry of Industry and Trade PO Box 3007 52130 Ramat Gan Israel

JAPAN

- United Nations Policy Division

Foreign Policy Bureau

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2-11-1, Shibakoen Minato-ku 105-8519 Tokyo Japan

- Mineral and Natural Resources Division

Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 100-8901 Tokyo Japan

KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

- UN Division

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Government Complex Building

77 Sejong-ro, Jongro-gu

Seoul Korea

- Trade Policy Division

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Enterprise

1 Joongang-dong, Kwacheon-City Kyunggi-do Korea

LAOS, PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

Department of Foreign Trade

Ministry of Commerce

Vienetiane Laos

LEBANON

LESOTHO

Commission of Mines and Geology PO Box 750 Maseru 100 Lesotho

MALAYSIA

Ministry of Trade and Industry Block 10, Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta 50622 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

MALTA

MAURITIUS

Ministry of Commerce and Cooperatives

Import Division

2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius House

Intendance Street

Port Louis Mauritius

MEXICO

NAMIBIA

Diamond Commission

Ministry of Mines and Energy

Private Bag 13297 Windhoek Namibia

NORWAY

Ministry of Foreign Affairs PO Box 8114 Dep. N - 0032 Oslo Norway

PHILIPPINES

ROMANIA

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gokhran of Russia 14, 1812 Goda St. 121170 Moscow Russia

SIERRA LEONE

Ministry of Mineral Resources Youyi Building

Brookfields

Freetown Sierra Leone

SOUTH AFRICA

South African Diamond Board 240 Commissioner Street Johannesburg South Africa

SRI LANKA

Trade Information Service

Sri Lanka Export Development Board

42 Nawam Mawatha Colombo 2 Sri Lanka

SWAZILAND

Geological Surveys and Mines Department Box 9 Mbabane Swaziland

SWITZERLAND

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

Export Control Policy and Sanctions

Effingerstraße 1 CH - 3003 Berne Switzerland

TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY

Import and Export office

Licensing and Administration

Board of Foreign Trade Taiwan

TANZANIA

Commission for Minerals

Ministry of Energy and Minerals

PO Box 2000 Dar es Salaam Tanzania

THAILAND

Ministry of Commerce Department of Foreign Trade 44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-Nonthaburi Muang District Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand

TOGO

Directorate General - Mines and Geology BP 356 216, avenue Sarakawa Lomé Togo

UKRAINE

- Ministry of Finance

State Gemological Center

Degtyarivska St. 38-44 Kiev 04119 Ukraine

- International Department Diamond Factory Kristall 600 Letiya Street 21 21100 Vinnitsa Ukraine

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre PO Box 63 Dubai United Arab Emirates

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

US Department of State 2201 C St., N.W. Washington DC United States of America

VENEZUELA

Ministry of Energy and Mines Apartado Postal No 61536 Chacao Caracas 1006 Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House B La Campina - Caraca Venezuela

VIETNAM

Export-Import Management Department Ministry of Trade of Vietnam 31 Trang Tien Hanoi 10.000 Vietnam

ZIMBABWE

Principal Minerals Development Office

Ministry of Mines and Mining Development

Private Bag 7709, Causeway Harare Zimbabwe"