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
Date: 2003-03-06
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 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 certifica-
tion 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,

(3)

(4)

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

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

in accordance with the opinion of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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.

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, Demo-
cratic 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.

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
month period after that date.’

this Regulation shall apply for a three

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.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

List of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authori-
ties 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 Quaran-
tine (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

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CÔTE D'IVOIRE

ISRAEL

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

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

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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

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

VIETNAM

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

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’