Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2004 of 7 April 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2004
of 7 April 2004
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 101/2004(2) and in particular Article 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme in Annex II.
(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair's Notice of 1 April 2004, has provided an updated list of Participants in the scheme. The updating of the list concerns the addition as Participant of Singapore and the removal from the list of Lebanon. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly,