Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/667 of 27 April 2016 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2016-04-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, export monitoring, import licence, import policy, international trade, precious stones, trade restriction








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29.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 115/28








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/667
of 27 April 2016
         
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 Article 19 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for a list of Member States' competent authorities to be maintained by the Commission in Annex III.












(2)


The contact details for the Kimberley Process Authorities in Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom have to be rectified.












(3)


Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is 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, 27 April 2016.


For the Commission

Federica MOGHERINI
            

Vice-President






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




ANNEX




                     ‘ANNEX III

List of Member States' competent authorities and their tasks as referred to in Articles 2 and 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002


BELGIUM






Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie, Algemene Directie Economische Analyses en Internationale Economie, Dienst Vergunningen.




Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Direction générale des Analyses économiques et de l'Economie internationale, Service Licence.




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





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




Permanent service at designated custom office — Praha Ruzyně
Tel. (420-2) 20 113 788 (Mondays to Fridays -7:30am — 15:30pm)
Tel. (420-2) 20 119 678 (Saturdays, Sundays and rest — 15:30pm — 7:30am)

GERMANY

In Germany the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of EU 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.za-idar-oberstein@zoll.bund.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:





Generalzolldirektion




- Direktion VI -




Recht des grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehrs/Besonderes Zollrecht




Krelingstraβe 50




D-90408 Nürnberg




Tel. (49-911) 376 3754




Fax (49-911) 376 2273




E-mail: DVIA3.gzd@zoll.bund.de





PORTUGAL






Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira




Direção de Serviços de Regulação Aduaneira




R. da Alfândega, 5




1149-006 Lisboa




Tel. +351 218813888/9




Fax +351 218813941




E-mail: dsra@at.gov.pt




In Portugal 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:





Alfândega do Aeroporto de Lisboa




Aeroporto de Lisboa,




Terminal de Carga, Edifício 134




1750-364 Lisboa




Tel. +351 210030080




Fax +351 210037777




E-mail address: aalisboa-kimberley@at.gov.pt





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




Conflict Department




Room WH.1.163




Foreign and Commonwealth Office




King Charles Street




London




SW1A 2AH




Tel. (44-207) 008 6903/5797




Fax (44-207) 008 3905




E-mail: KPUK@fco.gov.uk’