Commission Regulation (EC) No 1768/2003 of 8 October 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2003-10-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, export monitoring, international trade, precious stones

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1768/2003

of 8 October 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 certifica-
tion scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds (1),
as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1536/
2003 (2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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.

The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme,
through his Chair's notice of 11 September 2003, has
provided an updated list of participants in the scheme.

The updating of the list concerns the addition as partici-
pant of 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 day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply with effect from 12 September 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher PATTEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 31.

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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 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

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

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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

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

— 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

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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

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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 no 61536 Chacao
Caracas 1006
Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House B
La Campina — Caracas
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’