Document ID: 32006R1486

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1486/2006
of 5 October 2006
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 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)
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 13 September 2006, has decided to add New Zealand to the list of Participants as of 20 September 2006. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall be applicable from 20 September 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 October 2006.

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