Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 947/2012 of 12 October 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2012-10-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cameroon, EU Member State, Switzerland, import licence, movement certificate, precious stones, trade restriction




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16.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 282/27








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 947/2012
of 12 October 2012
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds (1), and in particular Articles 19(6) and 20 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Following a provisional acceptance at the Washington Intersessional meeting in June 2012, Kimberley Process Participants approved, by written procedure, the addition of Cameroon to the list of KP Participants. That approval was confirmed by a KP Chair notice on 14 August 2012.












(2)


By virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, the European Union replaced and succeeded the European Community. In order to improve the functionality of the certificate as defined in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, certain characteristics laid out in Annex IV to that Regulation should be amended to reflect this change. However, it is necessary to provide a realistic time frame for the competent authorities of the Union to adapt to this change taking into account the time needed to ensure the availability of the new certificate.












(3)


Furthermore, the addresses of the European Union and the Swiss contact points in Annex II, the list of Member States’ competent authorities in Annex III, and the list of diamond organisations in Annex V should be updated.












(4)


Annexes II, III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation 2368/2002,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as follows:






(1)


Annex II is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.










(2)


Annex III is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.










(3)


Annex IV is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.










(4)


Annex V is replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.






Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union

However, point 3 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2013.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 October 2012.


For the Commission

Catherine ASHTON
            

Vice-President






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




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








CAMEROON





National Permanent Secretariat for the Kimberley Process




Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development




Intek Building




Navik Street




P.O. Box 8390




Yaoundé




Cameroon




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




EUROPEAN UNION





European Commission




Service for Foreign Policy Instruments




Office EEAS 02/309




B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel (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 400 004




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




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




MEXICO





Secretaría de Economía




Dirección General de Política Comercial




Alfonso Reyes No. 30, Colonia Hipodromo Condesa, Piso 16.




Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F.




Mexico




MAURITIUS





Import Division




Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises, Commerce & Cooperatives




4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building




Intendance Street




Port Louis




Mauritius




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




SWAZILAND





Office for the Commissioner of Mines




Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy




Mining department




Lilunga House (3rd floor, Wing B)




Somhlolo Road




PO Box 9,




Mbabane H100




Swaziland




SWITZERLAND





State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)




Sanctions Unit




Holzikofenweg 36




CH-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




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’
                        












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, Algemene Directie Economisch Potentieel, Dienst Vergunningen/Service Public Fédéral Economie,





PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Direction générale du Potentiel économique, Service Licences




Italiëlei 124, bus 71




B-2000 Antwerpen




Tel. (32-2) 277 54 59




Fax (32-2) 277 54 61




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




International Financial Institutions and Cooperation Directorate




102 G. Rakovski str.




Sofia, 1040




Bulgaria




Tel. (359-2) 98 59 24 00/98 59 2401




Fax. (359-2) 98 59 24 02




Email: ific@minfin.bg




CZECH REPUBLIC
In the Czech Republic 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:





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




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 3754




Fax (49-911) 376 2273




E-mail: diamond.cert@bfdso.bfinv.de




ROMANIA





Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor




(National Authority for Consumer Protection)




1 Bd. Aviatorilor Nr. 72, sectorul 1 București, România




(72 Aviatorilor Bvd., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania)




Cod postal (Postal code) 011865




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




E-mail: GDO@gtnet.gov.uk”
                        












ANNEX III




                     ‘ANNEX IV

Community certificate as referred to in Article 2

In accordance with the changes enacted by the Treaty of Lisbon, whereby the European Union replaced and succeeded the European Community, the term ‘EU certificate’ shall refer to the Community certificate as defined in Article 2(g) of this Regulation.
The EU Certificate shall have the following features. Member States shall ensure that the Certificates they issue shall be identical. To this end they shall submit to the Commission specimens of the Certificates to be issued.
Member States shall be responsible for having the EU Certificates printed. The EU Certificates may be printed by printers appointed by the Member State in which they are established. In the latter case, reference to the appointment by the Member State must appear on each EU Certificate. Each EU Certificate shall bear an indication of the printer's name and address or a mark enabling the printer to be identified. The printer should be a High Security Banknote Printer. The printer should provide suitable references from governmental and commercial customers.
The European Commission shall make specimens of original EU Certificates available to EU authorities.

Materials







—


Dimensions: A4 (210 mm × 297 mm);










—


Watermarked with invisible (yellow/red) UV fibres;










—


Solvent sensitive;










—


UV dull (features in the document stand out clearly when highlighted under a Ultra-violet lamp);










—


95 g/m2 paper.





Printing







—


Rainbow background tint (solvent sensitive);










—


The ‘rainbow’ effect has a security background that will not visualise when photocopied.










—


The inks used must be ‘solvent sensitive’ to protect the document against attack from chemicals used to alter infilled text, such as bleach.










—


1 Colour background tint (permanent and light fast);










—


Ensure that a secondary ‘Rainbow’ is printed to prevent the Certificates from exposure to sunlight.










—


UV invisible working (stars of the EU Flag);










—


The security printer should apply the correct weight of ink to ensure that the UV feature is invisible in normal light.










—


EU Flag: Printed gold and European blue;










—


Intaglio Border;










—


Tactile Intaglio ink is one of the most important features in the document.










—


Extra Small Print line reading ‘Kimberley Process Certificate’;










—


Latent image: KP;










—


Micro-text reading ‘KPCS’;










—


The document design must incorporate anticopy (‘Medallion’) features into the background fine-line printing.





Numbering







—


Each EU Certificate shall have a unique serial number, preceded by the code: EU.










—


The Commission shall attribute the serial numbers to the Member States that intend to issue EU Certificates.










—


There should be two types of matching numbering — visible and invisible:










—


First = 8 digit sequential, once on all parts of the document, printed black










—


The printer should hold all responsibility for numbering every Certificate.










—


The printer should also keep a database of all numbering.










—


Second = 8 digit sequential invisible printed numbering (matching above), fluorescing under UV light.





Language

English and, where relevant, the language(s) of the Member State concerned.

Lay out and finishing


Obligatory features

Slot perforated in 1 position, cut to singles A4 size, at 100 mm from right edge








(a)


left side:



Text of image

EUROPEAN UNION
Unique Number: EU
KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATE
The rough diamonds in this shipment have been handled in accordance with the provisions of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for rough diamonds.
Country of Origin: …
Number of Parcels: …
Country of Provenance: …
Name and address of exporter:
Name and address of importer:
HS classification
Carat
Value (US$)
7102.10
7102.21
7102.31
THIS CERTIFICATE
Issued on: …
Expires on: …
Signature of Authorised Officer / Official Stamp













(b)


right side:



Text of image

Unique Number: EU
EUROPEAN UNION KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATE IMPORT CONFIRMATION
It is hereby certified that the rough diamonds in this shipment exported
From …
Were accepted for import
Into …
By …
On …
And that the import has been checked and verified in compliance with the provisions of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for rough diamonds.
HS classification
Carat
Value (US$)
7102.10
7102.21
7102.31
Signature of Authorised Officer
Stamp of Importing Authority’
                                    













ANNEX IV




                     ‘ANNEX V

List of diamond organisations implementing the system of warranties and industry self-regulation referred to in Articles 13 and 17











Antwerpsche Diamantkring CV




Hoveniersstraat 2 bus 515




B-2018 Antwerpen


















Beurs voor Diamanthandel CV




Pelikaanstraat 78




B-2018 Antwerpen


















Diamantclub van Antwerpen CV




Pelikaanstraat 62




B-2018 Antwerpen


















Vrije Diamanthandel NV




Pelikaanstraat 62




B-2018 Antwerpen


















The London Diamond Bourse and Club




100 Hatton Garden




London EC1N 8NX




United Kingdom’