Document ID: 32003R1536

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1536/2003
of 29 August 2003
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1214/2003(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 including WTO Members and separate customs territories that fulfil the requirements of the scheme.
(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair's Notice of 31 July 2003, has provided an updated list of Participants in the scheme. The updating of the list, to be effective on first of September 2003, notably concerns the addition as Participant of Croatia and the removal from the list of Algeria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Gabon, Ghana, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam. 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 Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the first of September 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 August 2003.

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