Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1189 of 8 July 2019 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing te Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2019-07-08
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: Gabon, Ireland, export monitoring, import licence, import policy, international trade, precious stones, trade restriction




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12.7.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 187/14








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1189
of 8 July 2019
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing te 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 international trade in rough diamonds (1), and in particular Article 19(6) and Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Following a provisional acceptance at the Brisbane Plenary meeting in December 2017, Kimberley Process Participants approved the addition of the Republic of Gabon to the list of participants in that process at the Brussels Plenary meeting in November 2018.












(2)


The addresses of the competent authorities of several Participants in the Kimberley Process in Annex II and the addresses of Member States' competent authorities in Annex III require an update.












(3)


Following the request for designation of an EU authority pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 by Ireland, the Commission visited the EU authority designated by Ireland to verify its preparedness to assume the duties referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. The preparations undertaken and the procedures envisaged by the EU authority designated by Ireland suggest that it will be able to reliably, timely, effectively and adequately fulfil the tasks required by Chapters II, III and V of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. It is necessary to provide a realistic timeframe for Ireland to implement the necessary changes.












(4)


By virtue of the adoption of the Administrative Decision ‘Compilation of Modifications to Technical definitions’ by Kimberley Process Participants at the Brussels Plenary in November 2018, the term ‘country of origin’ should be replaced by the term ‘country of mining origin’ in Kimberley Process Certificates.












(5)


In order to reflect the replacement of the term ‘country of origin’ by the term ‘country of mining origin’, in the European Union certificate as defined in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, Annex IV to that Regulation should be amended accordingly. It is necessary to provide a realistic timeframe 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 certificates.












(6)


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












(7)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 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.






Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 2020.
As far as Ireland is concerned, Annex III shall apply from 1 September 2019.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 July 2019.


For the Commission

Federica MOGHERINI
            

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 Mineral Resources and Petroleum




Rua Engenheiro Armindo de Andrade, No 103




Miramar Bairro Sambizanga




1072 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, Green Technology and Energy Security (MMGE)




Fairgrounds Office Park, Plot No 50676 Block C




P/Bag 0018




Gaborone




Botswana




BRAZIL





Ministry of Mines and Energy




Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco ‘U’, 4o andar




70065, 900 Brasilia, DF




Brazil




CAMBODIA





Ministry of Commerce




Lot 19-61, MOC Road (113 Road), Phum Teuk Thla, Sangkat Teuk Thla




Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh




Cambodia




CAMEROON





National Permanent Secretariat for the Kimberley Process




Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development




Intek Building, 6th floor,




Navik Street




BP 35601 Yaounde




Cameroon




CANADA
International:





Global Affairs Canada Natural Resources and Governance Division (MES) 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2




Canada




For General Enquiries at Natural Resources Canada:





Kimberley Process Office




Lands and Minerals Sector Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)




580 Booth Street, 10th 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 Madian East Road




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'Expertise, d'Evaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses et Semi-précieuses (CEEC)




3989, av des cliniques




Kinshasa/Gombe




Democratic Republic of Congo




CONGO, Republic of





Bureau d'Expertise, d'Evaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses (BEEC)




BP 2787




Brazzaville




Republic of Congo




COTE D'IVOIRE





Ministère de l'Industrie et des Mines




Secrétariat Permanent de la Représentation en Côte d'Ivoire du Processus de Kimberley (SPRPK-CI)




Abidjan-Plateau, Immeuble les Harmonies II




Abidjan




Côte d'Ivoire




ESWATINI





Office for the Commissioner of Mines




Minerals and Mines Departments, Third Floor Lilunga Building (West Wing),




Somhlolo Road,




Mbabane




Eswatini




EUROPEAN UNION





European Commission




Service for Foreign Policy Instruments




Office EEAS 03/330




B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




Belgium




GABON





Centre Permanent du Processus de Kimberley (CPPK)




Ministry of Equipment, Infrastructure, and Mines




Immeuble de la Geologie, 261 rue Germain Mba




B.P. 284/576




Libreville




Gabon




GHANA





Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources




Accra P.O. Box M 212




Ghana




GUINEA





Ministry of Mines and Geology




Boulevard du Commerce – BP 295




Quartier Almamya/Commune de Kaloum




Conakry




Guinea




GUYANA





Geology and Mines Commission




P O Box 1028




Upper Brickdam




Stabroek




Georgetown




Guyana




INDIA





Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry




Udyog Bhawan




New Delhi 110 011




India




INDONESIA





Directorate of Export and Import Facility, Ministry of Trade M. I. Ridwan Rais Road, No 5 Blok I Iantai 4




Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110




Jakarta




Indonesia




ISRAEL





Ministry of Economy and Industry Office of the Diamond Controller




3 Jabotinsky Road




Ramat Gan 52520




Israel




JAPAN





Agency for Natural Resources and Energy




Mineral and Natural Resources Division




1, Chiyoda-ku




Tokyo, Japan




Japan




KAZAKHSTAN





Ministry for Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan




Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology




11, Mangilik el street




Nur-Sultan




Republic of Kazakhstan




KOREA, Republic of





Ministry of Foreign Affairs




United Nations Division 60 Sajik-ro 8-gil




Jongno-gu




Seoul 03172




Korea




LAOS, People's Democratic Republic





Department of Import and Export




Ministry of Industry and Commerce




Phonxay road, Saisettha District




Vientiane, Lao PDR




P.O Box: 4107




Laos




LEBANON





Ministry of Economy and Trade




Lazariah Building




Down Town




Beirut




Lebanon




LESOTHO





Department of Mines




Ministry of Mining




Corner Constitution and Parliament Road




P.O. Box 750




Maseru 100




Lesotho




LIBERIA





Government Diamond Office




Ministry of Mines and Energy




Capitol Hill




P.O. Box 10-9024




1000 Monrovia 10




Liberia




MALAYSIA





Ministry of International Trade and Industry




MITI Tower,




No 7, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah 50480 Kuala Lumpur




Malaysia




MALI





Ministère des Mines




Bureau d'Expertise d'Evaluation et de Certification des Diamants Bruts




Cité administrative, P.O. BOX: 1909




Bamako




République du Mali




MAURITIUS





Import Division




Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Consumer Protection 4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building




Intendance Street




Port Louis




Mauritius




MEXICO





Directorate-General for International Trade in Goods




189 Pachuca Street, Condesa, 17th Floor




Mexico City, 06140




Mexico




NAMIBIA





The Government of Republic of Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy




Directorate of Diamond Affairs Private Bag 13297




1st Aviation Road (Eros Airport)




Windhoek




Namibia




NEW ZEALAND





Middle East and Africa Division




Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade




Private Bag 18 901




Wellington




New Zealand




NORWAY





Ministry of Foreign Affairs




Department for Regional Affairs




Section for Southern and Central Africa




Box 8114 Dep




0032 Oslo, Norway




PANAMA





National Customs Authority




Panama City, Curundu, Dulcidio Gonzalez Avenue, building # 1009




Republic of Panama




RUSSIAN FEDERATION
International:





Ministry of Finance




9, Ilyinka Street




109097 Moscow




Russian Federation




Import and Export Authority:





Gokhran of Russia




14, 1812 Goda St.




121170 Moscow




Russian Federation




SIERRA LEONE





Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources




Youyi Building




Brookfields




Freetown




Sierra Leone




SINGAPORE





Ministry of Trade and Industry




100 High Street




#09-01, The Treasury




Singapore 179434




SOUTH AFRICA





South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator




251 Fox Street




Doornfontein 2028




Johannesburg




South Africa




SRI LANKA





National Gem and Jewellery Authority




25, Galle Face Terrace




Post Code 00300




Colombo 03




Sri Lanka




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




Kikuyu Avenue, P.O BOX




422, 40744 Dodoma




Tanzania




THAILAND





Department of Foreign Trade




Ministry of Commerce




563 Nonthaburi Road




Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000




Thailand




TOGO





The Ministry of Mines and Energy




Head Office of Mines and Geology




216, Avenue Sarakawa




B.P. 356




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/Borsa Istanbul Precious Metals and Diamond




Market (BIST)




Borsa İstanbul, Resitpasa Mahallesi,




Borsa İstanbul Caddesi No 4




Sariyer, 34467, Istanbul




Turkey




UKRAINE





Ministry of Finance




State Gemological Centre of Ukraine




38-44, Degtyarivska St.




Kiev 04119




Ukraine




UNITED ARAB EMIRATES





U.A.E. Kimberley Process Office




Dubai Multi Commodities Centre




Dubai Airport Free Zone




Emirates Security Building




Block B, 2nd Floor, Office # 20




P.O. Box 48800




Dubai




United Arab Emirates




UNITED STATES OF AMERICA





United States Kimberley Process Authority




U.S. Department of State




Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs




2201 C Street, NW




Washington DC 20520 United States of America




VENEZUELA





Central Bank of Venezuela




36 Av. Urdaneta, Caracas, Capital District




Caracas




ZIP Code 1010




Venezuela




VIETNAM





Ministry of Industry and Trade




Agency of Foreign Trade 54 Hai Ba Trung




Hoan Kiem




Hanoi




Vietnam




ZIMBABWE





Principal Minerals Development Office




Ministry of Mines and Mining Development




6th Floor, ZIMRE Centre




Cnr L.Takawira St/K. Nkrumah Ave.




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




PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Direction générale des Analyses économiques et de l'Economie internationale, Service Licences




(Federal Public Service Economy SME's, Self-employed and Energy, Directorate-General for Economic Analyses & International Economy)




Italiëlei 124, bus 71




B-2000 Antwerpen




Tel. +32 22775459




Fax +32 227754 61 or +32 22779870




Email: 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) 61333841, (420-2) 61333859, cell (420-737) 213793




Fax (420-2) 61333870




Email: diamond@cs.mfcr.cz




Permanent service at designated custom office — Praha Ruzyně
Tel. (420-2) 20113788 (Mondays to Fridays — 7.30-15.30)
Tel. (420-2) 20119678 (Saturdays, Sundays and rest — 15.30-7.30)

GERMANY

In Germany the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of Union 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 678156270




Fax +49 6781562719




Email: 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 22830349874




Fax +49 22830399106




Email: DVIA3.gzd@zoll.bund.de





IRELAND






The Kimberley Process and Responsible Minerals Authority




Exploration and Mining Division




Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment




29-31 Adelaide Road




Dublin




D02 X285




Ireland




Tel. +353 16782000




Email: KPRMA@DCCAE.gov.ie





PORTUGAL






Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira




Direção de Serviços de Licenciamento




R. da Alfândega, 5




1149-006 Lisboa




Tel. + 351 218813843/8




Fax + 351 218813986




Email: dsl@at.gov.pt




In Portugal 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:





Alfândega do Aeroporto de Lisboa




Aeroporto de Lisboa,




Terminal de Carga, Edifício 134




1750-364 Lisboa




Tel. +351 210030080




Fax +351 210037777




Email 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) 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 2070086903/5797




Email: KPUK@fco.gov.uk






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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 shall be a High Security Banknote Printer. The printer shall 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/blue) 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 shall hold all responsibility for numbering every Certificate.










—


The printer shall 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















(b)


right side











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