Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1108 of 23 May 2025 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Date: 2025-05-23
Institutions: European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Subjects: Uzbekistan, export monitoring, import licence, import policy, international trade, precious stones, trade restriction








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2025/1108


28.5.2025







            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2025/1108
of 23 May 2025
         
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 20 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 lists the participants in the Kimberley Process (‘KP’) certification scheme and their respective competent authorities.












(2)


On the basis of information from the chair of the KP certification scheme and/or participants, the Commission may amend the list of participants and their competent authorities.












(3)


The KP noted the application for membership by Uzbekistan and, following an experts mission, concluded it fulfils the certification’s scheme minimum requirements.












(4)


The Kimberley Process Plenary approved the addition of Uzbekistan to the list of participants in that process at its meeting in Dubai in November 2024.












(5)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 23 May 2025.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Kaja KALLAS
            

High Representative / Vice-President






(1)  
            OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2002/2368/oj.




ANNEX



‘ANNEX II
List of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their respective competent authorities as referred to in Articles 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19 and 20
ANGOLA





Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum and Gas




Av. 4 de Fevereiro no 105




1279 Luanda




Angola




Export authority:





Ministry of Industry and Trade




Largo 4 de Fevereiro #3




Edifício Palacio de vidro




1242 Luanda




Angola




ARMENIA





Department of Gemstones and Jewellery




Ministry of Economy




M. Mkrtchyan 5




Yerevan




Armenia




AUSTRALIA





Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade




Investment and Business Engagement Division




R.G. Casey Building




John McEwen Crescent




Barton ACT 0221




Australia Import and export authority:





Department of Home Affairs




Customs and Trade Policy Branch




Australian Border Force




3 Molonglo Drive




Brindabella Business Park




Canberra ACT 2609




Australia









Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources




GPO Box 2013




Canberra ACT 2601




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




Import and Export Authority:





Diamond Hub




Diamond Technology Park




Plot 67782, Block 8 Industrial




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 Duty Collection




General Administration of China Customs (GACC)




No 6 Jianguomen Nie Rev.




Dongcheng District, Beijing 100730




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




People’s Republic of China




Room 703, Trade and Industry Tower




700 Nathan Road




Kowloon




Hong Kong




China









MACAO, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China




Macao Economic Bureau




Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region




Rua Dr Pedro José Lobo, no. 1–3, 25th Floor




Macao









CONGO, Democratic Republic of




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




3989, avenue des Cliniques




Kinshasa/Gombe




Democratic Republic of Congo









CONGO, Republic of




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




BP 2787




Brazzaville




Republic of Congo




COTE D'IVOIRE





Ministère des Mines et de la Géologie




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




B.P 65 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




B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




Belgium




GABON





Centre Permanent du Processus de Kimberley (CPPK)




Ministry of Equipment, Infrastructure, and Mines




Immeuble de la Géologie, 261 rue Germain Mba




B.P. 284/576




Libreville




Gabon




GHANA





Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources




Accra P.O. Box M 212




Ghana




Import and export authority:





Precious Minerals Marketing Company Ltd (PMMC)




Diamond House




PO Box M.108




Accra




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




Import and export authority:





The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council




KP Exporting/Importing Authority




Tower A, AW-1010, Baharat Diamond Bourse




Opp NABARD Bank, Bandra Kurla Complex




Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051




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




Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry




1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku




100-8901 Tokyo




Japan




KAZAKHSTAN





Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan




Industrial Development Committee




32/1 Kabanbai Batyr Ave. 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




KYRGYZSTAN





Ministry of and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic




Department of Precious Metals




Samanchina street 6




Bishkek 720020




Kyrgyz Republic









LAOS, People's Democratic Republic of




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




Import and export authority:





Royal Malaysian Customs Department




Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia,




Kompleks Kementerian Kewangan No. 3,




Persiaran Perdana,




Presint 2, 62596 Putrajaya,




Malaysia.




MALI





Ministère des Mines




Bureau d'Expertise d'Évaluation 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




2nd Floor, SICOM Tower




Wall Street




Ebene




Mauritius




MEXICO





Ministry of Economy




Directorate-General for Market Access of Goods SE.




189 Pachuca Street, Condesa, 17th Floor




Mexico City, 06140




Mexico




Import and export authority:





Directorate-General for Trade Facilitation and Foreign Trade




SE. Undersecretary of Industry and Trade




1940 South Insurgentes Avenue, PH floor




Mexico City, 01030




Mexico









SHCP-AGA. Strategic Planning and Coordination




Customs Administration “2”
                        




160 Lucas Alaman Street, Obrera




Mexico City, 06800




Mexico




MOZAMBIQUE





Ministry Mineral Resources and Energy




Av. Fernão de Magalhães №.34, 1o andar




Maputo




Mozambique




Import and Export Authority:





UGPK




Praca 25 de Junho, №.380 3o andar




Maputo




Mozambique









Department of Licencing and Exchange Control (DLC)




Av. 25 de Setembro, no 1695, caixa postal no 423




Maputo




Mozambique




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




Import and export authority:





New Zealand Customs Service




1 Hinemoa Street




PO box 2218




Wellington 6140




New Zealand




NORWAY





Ministry of Foreign Affairs




Department for Regional Affairs




The budget and coordination unit




Box 8114 Dep




0032 Oslo, Norway




Import and export authority:





The Directorate of Norwegian Customs




Postboks 2103 Vika




N-0125 Oslo, Norway




PANAMA





National Customs Authority




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




Republic of Panama




QATAR






Qatar Free Zones Authority - Business and Innovation Park (QFZA/BIP)




Building No 1




Zone 49




Street 504




Qatar




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




Import and export authority:





National Minerals Agency




New England Ville




Freetown




Sierra Leone




SINGAPORE





Ministry of Trade and Industry




100 High Street




#09-01, The Treasury




Singapore 179434




Import and Export authority:





Singapore Customs




55 Newton Road




#06-02 Revenue House




Singapore 307987




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





Mining Commission




Ministry of Energy and Minerals




P.O BOX 2292




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




TÜRKIYE





Foreign Exchange Department




Ministry of Treasury and Finance




T.C. Bașbakanlık Hazine




Müsteșarlığı İnönü Bulvarı No 36




06510 Emek, Ankara




Türkiye




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




Türkiye




UKRAINE





Ministry of Finance




State Gemological Centre of Ukraine




38–44, Degtyarivska St.




Kyiv 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 KINGDOM (1)






Government Diamond Office




Conflict Department




Room WH1.214




Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office




King Charles Street




London




SW1A 2AH




United Kingdom




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




Import and export authority:





U.S. Customs and Border Protection




Office of Trade




1400 L Street, NW




Washington, DC 20229




United States of America









U.S. Census Bureau




4600 Silver Hill Road




Room 5K167




Washington, DC 20233




United States of America




UZBEKISTAN





Ministry of Investment, Industry and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan




Legal Department




I. Karimov street, building 1, 100029,




Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan




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




Import and export authority:





Zimbabwe Revenue Authority




Block E 5th Floor, Mhlahlandlela Complex




Cnr Basch Street/10th Avenue




Bulawayo




Zimbabwe









Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe




90 Mutare road,




Msasa




PO Box 2628




Harare




Zimbabwe






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(1)  Without prejudice to the application of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, in accordance with Article 5 (4), read in conjunction with Annex 2, point 47, of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement as of 1 January 2021 (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).



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