Commission Regulation (EC) No 1226/2007 of 17 October 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2007-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, export monitoring, fight against crime, international trade, precious stones, supervisory body, surveillance concerning imports

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1226/2007

of 17 October 2007

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
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002
implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for
the international trade in rough diamonds (1), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1038/2007 (2), and in
particular Article 19 thereof,

adequately fulfil the tasks required by Chapters II,
and V of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.

III

(3)

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

(4)

Annex III should be amended accordingly,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides
for a list of Community authorities to be maintained by
the Commission in Annex III;

Bulgaria has designated a Community authority and has
informed the Commission thereof. The Commission
concluded that sufficient evidence was provided that
and
this

can reliably,

effectively

authority

timely,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex III 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 following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 October 2007.

For the Commission

Benita FERRERO-WALDNER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.
(2) OJ L 238, 11.9.2007, p. 23.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

List of Member States’ competent authorities and their tasks as referred to in Articles 2 and 19

BELGIUM

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: kpcs-belgiumdiamonds@economie.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

BULGARIA

Ministry of Finance
External Finance Directorate
102, G. Rakovski str.
Sofia, 1040
Bulgaria
Tel. (359-2) 98 59 24 01/98 59 24 10/98 59 24 15
Fax (359-2) 98 12 498
E-mail: extfin@minfin.bg

CZECH REPUBLIC

In the Czech Republic the controls of
2368/2002 and the customs treatment will only be done at:

imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No

Generální ředitelství cel
Budějovická 7
140 96 Praha 4
Česká republika
Tel. (420-2) 61 33 38 41, (420-2) 61 33 38 59, cell (420-737) 213 793
Fax (420-2) 61 33 38 70
E-mail: diamond@cs.mfcr.cz

GERMANY

In Germany the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002,
including the issuing of Community certificates, will only be done at the following authority:

Hauptzollamt Koblenz
Zollamt Idar-Oberstein
Zertifizierungsstelle für Rohdiamanten
Hauptstraße 197
D-55743 Idar-Oberstein
Tel. (49-6781) 56 27-0
Fax (49-6781) 56 27-19
E-mail: poststelle@zabir.bfinv.de

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For the purpose of Articles 5(3), 6, 9, 10, 14(3), 15 and 17 of this Regulation, concerning in particular reporting
obligations to the Commission, the following authority shall act as competent German authority:

Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz
Zoll- und Verbrauchsteuerabteilung
Vorort Außenwirtschaftsrecht
Postfach 10 07 64
D-67407 Neustadt/Weinstraße
Tel. (49-6321) 89 43 49
Fax (49-6321) 89 48 50
E-mail: diamond.cert@ofdko-nw.bfinv.de

ROMANIA
Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor
Direcția Metale Prețioase și Pietre Prețioase
Strada Georges Clemenceau nr. 5, sectorul 1
București, România
Cod poștal 010295
Tel. (40-21) 3184635, 3129890, 3121275
Fax (40-21) 3184635, 3143462
www.anpc.ro

UNITED KINGDOM

Government Diamond Office
Global Business Group
Room W 3.111.B
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH
Tel. (44-207) 008 6903
Fax (44-207) 008 3905
E-mail: GDO@gtnet.gov.uk’