Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1116/2011 of 31 October 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

8.11.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 289/1
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1116/2011
of 31 October 2011
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) At the Jerusalem Plenary meeting in November 2010, Kimberley Process Participants provisionally approved, by a decision of the Plenary, the addition of Swaziland to the list of KP Participants, such approval to be confirmed by a KP Chair notice once certain outstanding issues had been resolved.
(2) The KP Chair confirmed by a notice on 30 May 2011 that Swaziland is now admitted as a KP Participant.
(3) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly,