Commission Regulation (EC) No 257/2003 of 11 February 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2003-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, export monitoring, import policy, international trade, precious stones, self-regulation, trade restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 257/2003

of 11 February 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 certifica-
tion scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds (1),
and in particular Article 19(3), (6) and Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

The chair of
the Kimberley Process and participants
provided the Commission with the relevant information
concerning participants and the competent authorities
they have designated to issue and validate their certifi-
cates.

The United Kingdom and Belgium have designated
Community authorities and informed the Commission
thereof. The Commission concluded that
sufficient
evidence was provided that these Community authorities
can reliably, timely, effectively and adequately fulfil the
tasks required by Chapters II, III and V of Regulation
(EC) No 2368/2002. Those Member States also notified
to the Commission the offices where the formalities
provided for in that Regulation can be completed as well
as the location of such offices.

In order to improve the security and functionality of the
Community certificate certain technical characteristics
laid out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002
should be amended.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as follows:

1. The text contained in Annex I to this Regulation is added to

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.

2. The text contained in Annex II to this Regulation is added

to Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.

3. Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as

follows:
(a) the heading ‘Materials’ is amended as follows:

(i) the second indent is replaced by:

‘— Watermarked with invisible (yellow/red) UV

fibres;’

(ii) the third indent is replaced by:

‘— Solvent sensitive;’

(iii) the fifth indent is replaced by:

‘— 95 g/m² paper;’

(b) the heading ‘Printing’ is amended as follows:

(i) in the first indent the text ‘— Rainbow background
(colour definition: pantone
‘— Rainbow background

tint
(solvent sensitive)
blue-rose)’ is replaced by:
tint (solvent sensitive);’

(ii) in the eighth indent the text ‘MELT feature reading
“KPCS”’ is replaced by: ‘Micro-text reading “KPCS”;’;

(c) under the heading ‘Numbering’, in the fourth and fifth

indent, ‘6 digit’ is replaced by ‘8 digit’;

(d) under the heading ‘Layout and finishing — Obligatory
features’, the first line is replaced by: ‘Slot perforated in
1 position, cut to singles A4 size, at 100 mm from
right edge’.

Article 2

The measures provided for in Article 1(2) of this Regula-
the
tion are
Committee designated in Article 22 of Regulation (EC)
No 2368/2002,

in accordance with the opinion of

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 for a renewable three month period
after that date.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 February 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

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

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The following text is added under the title of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002:

ANNEX I

‘ANGOLA

Ministry of Geology and Mines
Rua Hochi Min
Luanda

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 (Date of participation to be confirmed)

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

BOTSWANA

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

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 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 4

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Representative and Liaison Officer
Independent Diamond Valuators (IDV)
Immeuble SOCIM, 2ème étage
BP 1613 Bangui
Central African Republic

CHINA (People's Republic of)

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quaran-
tine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ)

COTE D'IVOIRE

CONGO (Democratic Republic of)

Centre d'Evaluation, d'Expertise et de Certification (CEEC)
17th floor, BCDC Tower
30th June Avenue
Kinshasha
Democratic Republic of Congo

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

European Commission
ER/A/2
170, Rue de la Loi
B-1040 Brussels

GABON

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

GHANA

Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd)
PO box M108
Accra, Ghana

GUINEA

GUYANA

Geology and Mines Commission
Georgetown
Guyana

INDIA

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

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ISRAEL

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

JAPAN

United Nations Policy Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2-11-1, Shibakoen Minato-ku
105-8519 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

Department of Customs
Ministry of Finance

LEBANON

LESOTHO

Commission of Mines and Geology
PO box 750
Maseru 100
Lesotho

MALTA (Date of participation to be confirmed)

MAURITIUS

Senior Commercial Office
Import Division
2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius House
Mauritius

MEXICO

NAMIBIA

Diamond Commission
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Private Bag 13297
Windhoek
Namibia

PHILIPPINES

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gokhran of Russia
1812 goda ul., 14
121170 Moscow
Russia

SIERRA LEONE

— Ministry of Mineral Resources

Youyi Building
Brookfields
Freetown
Sierra Leone

— Government Gold and Diamond Office

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

TANZANIA

Commission for Minerals
Ministry of Energy and Minerals
PO box 2000
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania

THAILAND

TOGO (Date of participation to be confirmed)

UKRAINE

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

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

US Department of State
2201 C St., NW,
Washington DC
USA

VIETNAM

ZIMBABWE

Principal Minerals Development Office
Ministry of Mines and Mining Development
Private Bag 7709, Causeway
Harare’.

The following text is added under the title of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002:

‘1. the Government Diamond Office (GDO) within the United Nations Department of the Foreign and Common-

ANNEX II

wealth Office,
King Charles Street,
London SW1A 2AH
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-20) 70 08 69 02
Fax (44-20) 70 08 39 05
e-mail: clive.wright@fco.gov.uk

2. Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie, Dienst Vergunningen/Service Public Fédéral

Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Service Licence,
Italiëlei 124, bus 71
B-2000 Antwerpen
tel. (32-3) 206 94 70
fax (32-3) 206 94 90
e-mail: Diamond@mineco.fgov.be

In Belgium the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002
and the customs treatment will only be done at:

The Diamond Office,
Hovenierstraat 22
B-2018 Antwerpen’.