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Contents

1. Preamble
2. 1. Article 1
   2. Article 2
3. ANNEX
4. ANNEX
5. ANNEX II List of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authorities as referred to in Articles 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19 and 20.
6. ANGOLA
7. ARMENIA
8. AUSTRALIA
9. BELARUS
10. BOTSWANA
11. BRAZIL
12. BULGARIA
13. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
14. CHINA, People’s Republic of
15. HONG KONG, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
16. CONGO, Democratic Republic of
17. COTE D’IVOIRE
18. CROATIA
19. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
20. GHANA
21. GUINEA
22. GUYANA
23. INDIA
24. INDONESIA
25. ISRAEL
26. JAPAN
27. KOREA, Republic of
28. LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic
29. LEBANON
30. LESOTHO
31. MALAYSIA
32. MAURITIUS
33. NAMIBIA
34. NORWAY
35. ROMANIA
36. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
37. SIERRA LEONE
38. SINGAPORE
39. SOUTH AFRICA
40. SRI LANKA
41. SWITZERLAND
42. TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs Territory
43. TANZANIA
44. THAILAND
45. TOGO
46. UKRAINE
47. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
48. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
49. VENEZUELA
50. VIETNAM
51. ZIMBABWE

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, 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 19 September 2005, has decided to add Lebanon to the list of Participants as of 20 September 2005. 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 day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall be applicable from 20 September 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 September 2005. For the Commission Benita Ferrero-Waldner Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX

Grp. angola. Ministry of Geology and Mines Rua Hochi Min Luanda Angola Grp. armenia. Department of Gemstones and Jewellery Ministry of Trade and Economic Development Yerevan Armenia Grp. australia. Community Protection Section Australian Customs Section Customs House, 5 Constitution Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Minerals Development Section Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources GPO Box 9839 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Grp. belarus. Department of Finance Sovetskaja Str., 7 220010 Minsk Republic of Belarus Grp. botswana. Ministry of Minerals, Energy & Water Resources PI Bag 0018 Gaborone Botswana Grp. brazil. Ministry of Mines and Energy Esplanada dos Ministérios — Bloco U — 3o andar 70065 — 900 Brasilia — DF Brazil Grp. bulgaria. Ministry of Economy Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy and Regional Cooperation Directorate 12, Al. Batenberg str. 1000 Sofia Bulgaria (1) International: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Peace Building and Human Security Division Lester B Pearson Tower B — Room: B4-120 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 Canada (2) For specimen of the Canadian KP Certificate: Stewardship Division International and Domestic Market Policy Division Mineral and Metal Policy Branch Minerals and Metals Sector Natural Resources Canada 580 Booth Street, 10th Floor, Room: 10A6 Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4 (3) General Enquiries: Kimberley Process Office Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS) Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) 10th Floor, Area A-7 580 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4 Grp_african. republic. Independent Diamond Valuators (IDV) Immeuble SOCIM, 2ème étage BP 1613 Bangui Central African Republic Grp_peoples_republic. of. Department of Inspection and Quarantine Clearance General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) 9 Madiandonglu Haidian District, Beijing People’s Republic of China Grp_kong_special_administrative_region_of_the_peoples_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 Grp_democratic_republic. of. Centre d’Évaluation, d’Expertise et de Certification (CEEC) 17th floor, BCDC Tower 30th June Avenue Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo Grp. divoire. Ministry of Mines and Energy BP V 91 Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire Grp. croatia. Ministry of Economy Zagreb Republic of Croatia Grp. community. European Commission DG External Relations/A/2 B-1049 Brussels Belgium Grp. ghana. Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd.) Diamond House, Kinbu Road, P.O. Box M. 108 Accra Ghana Grp. guinea. Ministry of Mines and Geology BP 2696 Conakry Guinea Grp. guyana. Geology and Mines Commission P.O. Box 1028 Upper Brickdam Stabroek Georgetown Guyana Grp. india. The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A, Fr D.B. Marg Mumbai 400 004 India Grp. indonesia. Directorate-General of Foreign Trade Ministry of Trade JI M.I. Ridwan Rais No. 5 Blok I Iantai 4 Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110 Jakarta Indonesia Grp. israel. Ministry of Industry and Trade P.O. Box 3007 52130 Ramat Gan Israel Grp. japan. United Nations Policy Division Foreign Policy Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2-11-1, Shibakoen Minato-ku 105-8519 Tokyo Japan Mineral and Natural Resources Division Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 100-8901 Tokyo Japan Grp_republic. of. UN Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Government Complex Building 77 Sejong-ro, Jongro-gu Seoul Korea Trade Policy Division Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Enterprise 1 Joongang-dong, Kwacheon-City Kyunggi-do Korea Grp_peoples_democratic. republic. Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce Vientiane Laos Grp. lebanon. Special Committee Director General Ministry of Economy and Trade Beirut Lebanon Grp. lesotho. Commission of Mines and Geology P.O. Box 750 Maseru 100 Lesotho Grp. malaysia. Ministry of International Trade and Industry Blok 10 Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta 50622 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Grp. mauritius. Ministry of Commerce and Co-operatives Import Division 2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius House Intendance Street Port Louis Mauritius Grp. namibia. Diamond Commission Ministry of Mines and Energy Private Bag 13297 Windhoek Namibia Grp. norway. Section for Public International Law Department for Legal Affairs Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 8114 0032 Oslo Norway Grp. romania. National Authority for Consumer Protection Strada Georges Clemenceau Nr. 5, sectorul 1 Bucharest Romania Grp. federation. Gokhran of Russia 14, 1812 Goda St. 121170 Moscow Russia Grp. leone. Ministry of Mineral Resources Youyi Building Brookfields Freetown Sierra Leone Grp. singapore. Ministry of Trade and Industry 100 High Street #0901, The Treasury, Singapore 179434 Grp. africa. South African Diamond Board 240 Commissioner Street Johannesburg South Africa Grp. lanka. Trade Information Service Sri Lanka Export Development Board 42 Nawam Mawatha Colombo 2 Sri Lanka Grp. switzerland. State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Export Control Policy and Sanctions Effingerstrasse 1 3003 Berne Switzerland Grp_penghu_kinmen_and_matsu_separate_customs. territory. Export/Import Administration Division Bureau of Foreign Trade Ministry of Economic Affairs Taiwan Grp. tanzania. Commission for Minerals Ministry of Energy and Minerals PO Box 2000 Dar es Salaam Tanzania Grp. thailand. Ministry of Commerce Department of Foreign Trade 44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-Nonthaburi Muang District Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand Grp. togo. Directorate General — Mines and Geology B.P. 356 216, Avenue Sarakawa Lomé Togo Grp. ukraine. Ministry of Finance State Gemological Center Degtyarivska St. 38-44 Kiev 04119 Ukraine International Department Diamond Factory Kristall 600 Letiya Street 21 21100 Vinnitsa Ukraine Grp_arab. emirates. Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre PO Box 63 Dubai United Arab Emirates Grp_states_of. america. U.S. Department of State 2201 C St., N.W. Washington D.C. United States of America Grp. venezuela. Ministry of Energy and Mines Apartado Postal No. 61536 Chacao Caracas 1006 Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House B La Campina — Caracas Venezuela Grp. vietnam. Export-Import Management Department Ministry of Trade of Vietnam 31 Trang Tien Hanoi 10.000 Vietnam Grp. zimbabwe. Principal Minerals Development Office Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Private Bag 7709, Causeway Harare Zimbabwe.

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

ANGOLA

Ministry of Geology and Mines Rua Hochi Min Luanda Angola

ARMENIA

Department of Gemstones and Jewellery Ministry of Trade and Economic Development Yerevan Armenia

AUSTRALIA

Community Protection Section Australian Customs Section Customs House, 5 Constitution Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Minerals Development Section Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources GPO Box 9839 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia

BELARUS

Department of Finance Sovetskaja Str., 7 220010 Minsk Republic of Belarus

BOTSWANA

Ministry of Minerals, Energy & Water Resources PI Bag 0018 Gaborone Botswana

BRAZIL

Ministry of Mines and Energy Esplanada dos Ministérios — Bloco U — 3o andar 70065 — 900 Brasilia — DF Brazil

BULGARIA

Ministry of Economy Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy and Regional Cooperation Directorate 12, Al. Batenberg str. 1000 Sofia Bulgaria

International: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Peace Building and Human Security Division Lester B Pearson Tower B — Room: B4-120 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 Canada

For specimen of the Canadian KP Certificate: Stewardship Division International and Domestic Market Policy Division Mineral and Metal Policy Branch Minerals and Metals Sector Natural Resources Canada 580 Booth Street, 10th Floor, Room: 10A6 Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4

General Enquiries: Kimberley Process Office Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS) Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) 10th Floor, Area A-7 580 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Independent Diamond Valuators (IDV) Immeuble SOCIM, 2ème étage BP 1613 Bangui Central African Republic

CHINA, People’s Republic of

Department of Inspection and Quarantine Clearance General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) 9 Madiandonglu Haidian District, Beijing 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

CONGO, Democratic Republic of

Centre d’Évaluation, d’Expertise et de Certification (CEEC) 17th floor, BCDC Tower 30th June Avenue Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo

COTE D’IVOIRE

Ministry of Mines and Energy BP V 91 Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire

CROATIA

Ministry of Economy Zagreb Republic of Croatia

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

European Commission DG External Relations/A/2 B-1049 Brussels Belgium

GHANA

Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd.) Diamond House, Kinbu Road, P.O. Box M. 108 Accra Ghana

GUINEA

Ministry of Mines and Geology BP 2696 Conakry Guinea

GUYANA

Geology and Mines Commission P.O. Box 1028 Upper Brickdam Stabroek Georgetown Guyana

INDIA

The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A, Fr D.B. Marg Mumbai 400 004 India

INDONESIA

Directorate-General of Foreign Trade Ministry of Trade JI M.I. Ridwan Rais No. 5 Blok I Iantai 4 Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110 Jakarta Indonesia

ISRAEL

Ministry of Industry and Trade P.O. Box 3007 52130 Ramat Gan Israel

JAPAN

United Nations Policy Division Foreign Policy Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2-11-1, Shibakoen Minato-ku 105-8519 Tokyo Japan Mineral and Natural Resources Division Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 100-8901 Tokyo Japan

KOREA, Republic of

UN Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Government Complex Building 77 Sejong-ro, Jongro-gu Seoul Korea Trade Policy Division Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Enterprise 1 Joongang-dong, Kwacheon-City Kyunggi-do Korea

LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic

Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce Vientiane Laos

LEBANON

Special Committee Director General Ministry of Economy and Trade Beirut Lebanon

LESOTHO

Commission of Mines and Geology P.O. Box 750 Maseru 100 Lesotho

MALAYSIA

Ministry of International Trade and Industry Blok 10 Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta 50622 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

MAURITIUS

Ministry of Commerce and Co-operatives Import Division 2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius House Intendance Street Port Louis Mauritius

NAMIBIA

Diamond Commission Ministry of Mines and Energy Private Bag 13297 Windhoek Namibia

NORWAY

Section for Public International Law Department for Legal Affairs Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 8114 0032 Oslo Norway

ROMANIA

National Authority for Consumer Protection Strada Georges Clemenceau Nr. 5, sectorul 1 Bucharest Romania

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Gokhran of Russia 14, 1812 Goda St. 121170 Moscow Russia

SIERRA LEONE

Ministry of Mineral Resources Youyi Building Brookfields Freetown Sierra Leone

SINGAPORE

Ministry of Trade and Industry 100 High Street #0901, The Treasury, Singapore 179434

SOUTH AFRICA

South African Diamond Board 240 Commissioner Street Johannesburg South Africa

SRI LANKA

Trade Information Service Sri Lanka Export Development Board 42 Nawam Mawatha Colombo 2 Sri Lanka

SWITZERLAND

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Export Control Policy and Sanctions Effingerstrasse 1 3003 Berne Switzerland

TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs Territory

Export/Import Administration Division Bureau of Foreign Trade Ministry of Economic Affairs Taiwan

TANZANIA

Commission for Minerals Ministry of Energy and Minerals PO Box 2000 Dar es Salaam Tanzania

THAILAND

Ministry of Commerce Department of Foreign Trade 44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-Nonthaburi Muang District Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand

TOGO

Directorate General — Mines and Geology B.P. 356 216, Avenue Sarakawa Lomé Togo

UKRAINE

Ministry of Finance State Gemological Center Degtyarivska St. 38-44 Kiev 04119 Ukraine International Department Diamond Factory Kristall 600 Letiya Street 21 21100 Vinnitsa Ukraine

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre PO Box 63 Dubai United Arab Emirates

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

U.S. Department of State 2201 C St., N.W. Washington D.C. United States of America

VENEZUELA

Ministry of Energy and Mines Apartado Postal No. 61536 Chacao Caracas 1006 Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House B La Campina — Caracas Venezuela

VIETNAM

Export-Import Management Department Ministry of Trade of Vietnam 31 Trang Tien Hanoi 10.000 Vietnam

ZIMBABWE

Principal Minerals Development Office Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Private Bag 7709, Causeway Harare Zimbabwe.

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