Commission Regulation (EC) No 1268/2008 of 12 December 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2008-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community certification, export monitoring, international trade, precious stones, supervisory body, surveillance concerning imports

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1268/2008

of 12 December 2008

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,

(2)

The addresses of the KP authorities of some Participants
need to be updated.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

(3)

Annex II should be amended accordingly,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of
20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process Certi­
fication Scheme
in rough
trade
the
diamonds (1), and in particular Articles 20 thereof,

international

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced
by Annex I to this Regulation.

(1)

The Delhi Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process has
revised the list of Participants who meet the minimum
requirements of
the Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme.

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, 12 December 2008.

For the Commission

Benita FERRERO-WALDNER
Member of the Commission

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

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ANNEX I

‘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
C.P # 1260
Luanda
Angola

ARMENIA

Department of Gemstones and Jewellery
Ministry of Trade and Economic Development
M. Mkrtchyan 5
Yerevan
Armenia

AUSTRALIA

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Trade Development Division
R.G. Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221
Australia

BANGLADESH

Export Promotion Bureau
TCB Bhaban
1, Karwan Bazaar
Dhaka
Bangladesh

BELARUS

Ministry of Finance
Department for Precious Metals and Precious Stones
Sovetskaja Str., 7
220010 Minsk
Republic of Belarus

BOTSWANA

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

BRAZIL

Ministry of Mines and Energy
Esplanada dos Ministérios — Bloco “U” — 4o andar
70065 — 900 Brasilia — DF
Brazil

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

General Enquiries:

Kimberley Process Office
Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
580 Booth Street, 9th floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0E4

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Secrétariat Permanent du Processus de Kimberley
BP 26
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 100088
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
Peoples Republic of China
Room 703, Trade and Industry Tower
700 Nathan Road
Kowloon
Hong Kong
China

CONGO, Democratic Republic of

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

CONGO, Republic of

Bureau d'expertise, d'évaluation et de certification (BEEC)
Ministère des Mines, des Industries Minières et de la Géologie
BP 2474
Brazzaville
Republic of Congo

CROATIA

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of
Croatia
Ulica grada Vukovara 78
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

European Commission
DG External Relations/A/2
170, rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium

GHANA

Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd.)
Diamond House,
Kinbu Road,
P.O. Box M. 108
Accra
Ghana

GUINEA

Ministry of Mines and Geology
BP 2696
Conakry
Guinea

GUYANA

Geology and Mines Commission
P O Box 1028
Upper Brickdam
Stabroek
Georgetown
Guyana

INDIA

The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council
Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A
Mumbai 400004
India

INDONESIA

Directorate-General of Foreign Trade
Ministry of Trade
JI M.I. Ridwan Rais No. 5
Blok I Iantai 4
Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110
Jakarta
Indonesia

ISRAEL

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
Office of the Diamond Controller
3 Jabotinsky Road
Ramat Gan 52520
Israel

JAPAN

United Nations Policy Division
Foreign Policy Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
100-8919 Tokyo, Japan
Japan

KOREA, Republic of

Export Control Policy Division
Ministry of Knowledge Economy
Government Complex
Jungang-dong 1, Gwacheon-si
Gyeonggi-do 427-723
Seoul
Korea

LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic

Department of Import and Export
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Vientiane
Laos

LEBANON

Ministry of Economy and Trade
Lazariah Building
Down Town
Beirut
Lebanon

LESOTHO

Department of Mines and Geology
P.O. Box 750
Maseru 100
Lesotho

LIBERIA

Government Diamond Office
Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy
Capitol Hill
P.O. Box 10-9024
1000 Monrovia 10
Liberia

MALAYSIA

Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Trade Cooperation and Industry Coordination Section
Blok 10
Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta
50622 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

MAURITIUS

Import Division
Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises,
Commerce & Cooperatives
4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building
Intendance Street
Port Louis
Mauritius

MEXICO

Secretaría de Economía
Dirección General de Política Comercial
Alfonso Reyes No 30, Colonia Hipódromo Condesa, Piso 16.
Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F.
México

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NAMIBIA

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

NEW ZEALAND

Certificate Issuing authority:

Middle East and Africa Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Private Bag 18901
Wellington
New Zealand

Import and Export Authority:

New Zealand Customs Service
PO Box 2218
Wellington
New Zealand

NORWAY

Section for Public International Law
Department for Legal Affairs
Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
P.O. Box 8114
0032 Oslo
Norway

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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

SIERRA LEONE

Ministry of Mineral Resources
Gold and Diamond Office (GDO)
Youyi Building
Brookfields
Freetown
Sierra Leone

SINGAPORE

Ministry of Trade and Industry
100 High Street
#0901, The Treasury,
Singapore 179434

SOUTH AFRICA

South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator
SA Diamond Centre
240 Commissioner Street
Johannesburg 2000
South Africa

SRI LANKA

National Gem and Jewellery Authority
25, Galleface Terrace
Colombo 03
Sri Lanka

SWITZERLAND

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Task Force Sanctions
Effingerstrasse 27
3003 Berne
Switzerland

TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs
Territory

Export/Import Administration Division
Bureau of Foreign Trade
Ministry of Economic Affairs
1, Hu Kou Street
Taipei, 100
Taiwan

TANZANIA

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

THAILAND

Department of Foreign Trade
Ministry of Commerce
44/100 Nonthaburi 1 Road
Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000
Thailand

TOGO

Ministry of Mine, Energy and Water
Head Office of Mines and Geology
B.P. 356
216, Avenue Sarakawa
Lomé
Togo

TURKEY

Foreign Exchange Department

Undersecretariat of Treasury
T.C. Bașbakanlık Hazine
Müsteșarlığı İnönü Bulvarı No:36
06510 Emek — Ankara
Turkey

Import and Export Authority:

Istanbul Gold Exchange
Rıhtım Cad. No:81
34425 Karaköy — İstanbul
Turkey

UKRAINE

Ministry of Finance
State Gemological Center
Degtyarivska St. 38-44
Kiev 04119
Ukraine

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

U.A.E Kimberley Process Office
Dubai Multi Commodities Center
Dubai Airport Free Zone
Emirates Security Building
Block B, 2nd Floor, Office # 20
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

United States Kimberley Process Authority
11 West 47 Street 11th floor
New York, NY 10036
United States of America

U.S. Department of State
Room 4843 EB/ESC
2201 C Street, NW

Washington D.C. 20520
United States of America

VIETNAM

Ministry of Industry and Trade
Import Export Management Department
54 Hai Ba Trung
Hanoi
Vietnam

ZIMBABWE

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

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ANNEX II

‘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 72
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) 985.924.01/985.924.10/985.924.15
Fax (359.2).981.2498
E-mail: feedback@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 27-31
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:

Bundesfinanzdirektion Südost
Krelingstraβe 50
D-90408 Nürnberg
Tel. (49-911) 376-3429, 376-3586, 376-3582
Fax (49-911) 376-2270
E-mail: diamond.cert@ofdn.bfinv.de

ROMANIA
Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor
(National Authority for Consumer Protection)
Precious Metals and Precious Stones Department
24 Gral Berthelot, Sect. 1
010164, Bucharest
Tel. (40-21) 318 46 35/312 98 90/312 12 75
Fax (40-21) 318 46 35/314 34 62
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
GDO@gtnet.gov.uk’