Commission Regulation (EC) No 1536/2003 of 29 August 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds



Official Journal L 218 , 30/08/2003 P. 0031 - 0034



Commission Regulation (EC) No 1536/2003 of 29 August 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds 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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2003(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme including WTO Members and separate customs territories that fulfil the requirements of the scheme. (2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair's Notice of 31 July 2003, has provided an updated list of Participants in the scheme. The updating of the list, to be effective on first of September 2003, notably concerns the addition as Participant of Croatia and the removal from the list of Algeria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Gabon, Ghana, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly, 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on the first of September 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 August 2003. For the Commission Christopher Patten Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28. (2) OJ L 169, 8.7.2003, p. 30. 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 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 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 K1A 0G2 Canada - 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 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 Directorate General of Mines and Geology Brazzaville Republic of Congo CÔTE D'IVOIRE Ministry of Mines and Energy BP V 91 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire CROATIA Ministry of Economy Zagreb Republic of Croatia EUROPEAN COMMUNITY European Commission DG External Relations A/2 B - 1040 Brussels GUINEA Ministry of Mines and Geology BP 2696 Conakry Guinea GUYANA Geology and Mines Commission P O Box 1028 Upper Brickdam Stabroek Georgetown Guyana HUNGARY Licensing and Administration Office of the Ministry of Economy and Transport Margit krt. 85 1024 Budapest Hungary INDIA The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A, Fr D.B. Marg Mumbai 400 004 India ISRAEL Ministry of Industry and Trade P.O. 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, 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 Vientiane Laos LEBANON Ministry of Economy and Trade Beirut Lebanon LESOTHO Commission of Mines and Geology PO Box 750 Maseru 100 Lesotho MAURITIUS Ministry of Commerce and Co-operatives Import Division 2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius House Intendance Street Port Louis Mauritius NAMIBIA Diamond Commission Ministry of Mines and Energy Private Bag 13297 Windhoek Namibia POLAND Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy Plac Trzech Krzyzy 3/5 00-507 Warsaw Poland RUSSIAN FEDERATION Gokhran of Russia 14, 1812 Goda St. 121170 Moscow Russia SIERRA LEONE Ministry of Minerals Resources Youyi Building Brookfields Freetown Sierra Leone SLOVENIA Ministry of the Economy Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Republic of Slovenia 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 SWITZERLAND State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Export Control Policy and Sanctions Effingerstrasse 1 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 Salam Tanzania THAILAND Ministry of Commerce Department of Foreign Trade 44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-Nonthaburi Muang District Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand 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 U.S. Department of State 2201 C St., N.W. Washington D.C. United States of America VENEZUELA Ministry of Energy and Mines Apartado Postal n° 61536 Chacao Caracas 1006 Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House B La Campina - Caracas Venezuela ZIMBABWE Principal Minerals Development Office Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Private Bag 7709, Causeway Harare Zimbabwe"