Commission Regulation (EC) No 1268/2008 of 12 December 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
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Contents
- Preamble
- ANNEX
- ANNEX I
- 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
- ARMENIA
- AUSTRALIA
- BANGLADESH
- BELARUS
- BOTSWANA
- BRAZIL
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- CHINA, People's Republic of
- HONG KONG, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
- CONGO, Democratic Republic of
- CONGO, Republic of
- CROATIA
- EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
- GHANA
- GUINEA
- GUYANA
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- ISRAEL
- JAPAN
- KOREA, Republic of
- LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic
- LEBANON
- LESOTHO
- LIBERIA
- MALAYSIA
- MAURITIUS
- MEXICO
- NAMIBIA
- NORWAY
- RUSSIAN FEDERATION
- SIERRA LEONE
- SINGAPORE
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SRI LANKA
- SWITZERLAND
- TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs Territory
- TANZANIA
- THAILAND
- TOGO
- UKRAINE
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- VIETNAM
- ZIMBABWE
- ANNEX III List of Member States' competent authorities and their tasks as referred to in Articles 2 and 19
- BELGIUM
- BULGARIA
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- GERMANY
- ROMANIA
- UNITED KINGDOM
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 Articles 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The Delhi Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process has revised the list of Participants who meet the minimum requirements of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
(2) The addresses of the KP authorities of some Participants need to be updated.
(3) Annex II should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 December 2008. For the Commission Benita Ferrero-Waldner Member of the Commission
ANNEX
ANNEX I
Grp. angola. Ministry of Geology and Mines Rua Hochi Min C.P # 1260 Luanda Angola Grp. armenia. Department of Gemstones and Jewellery Ministry of Trade and Economic Development M. Mkrtchyan 5 Yerevan Armenia Grp. australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Trade Development Division R.G. Casey Building John McEwen Crescent Barton ACT 0221 Australia Grp. bangladesh. Export Promotion Bureau TCB Bhaban 1, Karwan Bazaar Dhaka Bangladesh Grp. belarus. Ministry of Finance Department for Precious Metals and Precious Stones 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 — 4o andar 70065 — 900 Brasilia — DF Brazil (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) General Enquiries: Kimberley Process Office Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS) Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) 580 Booth Street, 9th floor Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4 Grp_african. republic. Secrétariat Permanent du Processus de Kimberley BP 26 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 100088 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 Peoples Republic of China Room 703, Trade and Industry Tower 700 Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong China Grp_democratic_republic. of. Centre d'Evaluation, d'Expertise et de Certification (CEEC) 17th floor, BCDC Tower 30th June Avenue Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo Grp_republic. of. Bureau d'expertise, d'évaluation et de certification (BEEC) Ministère des Mines, des Industries Minières et de la Géologie BP 2474 Brazzaville Republic of Congo Grp. croatia. Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia Ulica grada Vukovara 78 10000 Zagreb Croatia Grp. community. European Commission DG External Relations/A/2 170, rue de la Loi 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 Mumbai 400004 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, Trade and Labor Office of the Diamond Controller 3 Jabotinsky Road Ramat Gan 52520 Israel Grp. japan. United Nations Policy Division Foreign Policy Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 100-8919 Tokyo, Japan Japan Grp_republic_of_. 2. Export Control Policy Division Ministry of Knowledge Economy Government Complex Jungang-dong 1, Gwacheon-si Gyeonggi-do 427-723 Seoul Korea Grp_peoples_democratic. republic. Department of Import and Export Ministry of Industry and Commerce Vientiane Laos Grp. lebanon. Ministry of Economy and Trade Lazariah Building Down Town Beirut Lebanon Grp. lesotho. Department of Mines and Geology P.O. Box 750 Maseru 100 Lesotho Grp. liberia. Government Diamond Office Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy Capitol Hill P.O. Box 10-9024 1000 Monrovia 10 Liberia Grp. malaysia. Ministry of International Trade and Industry Trade Cooperation and Industry Coordination Section Blok 10 Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta 50622 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Grp. mauritius. Import Division Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises, Commerce & Cooperatives 4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building Intendance Street Port Louis Mauritius Grp. mexico. Secretaría de Economía Dirección General de Política Comercial Alfonso Reyes No 30, Colonia Hipódromo Condesa, Piso 16. Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F. México Grp. namibia. Diamond Commission Ministry of Mines and Energy Private Bag 13297 Windhoek Namibia (1) Certificate Issuing authority: Middle East and Africa Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Private Bag 18901 Wellington New Zealand (2) Import and Export Authority: New Zealand Customs Service PO Box 2218 Wellington New Zealand Grp. norway. Section for Public International Law Department for Legal Affairs Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 8114 0032 Oslo Norway Grp. federation. Gokhran of Russia 14, 1812 Goda St. 121170 Moscow Russia Grp. leone. Ministry of Mineral Resources Gold and Diamond Office (GDO) 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 and Precious Metals Regulator SA Diamond Centre 240 Commissioner Street Johannesburg 2000 South Africa Grp. lanka. National Gem and Jewellery Authority 25, Galleface Terrace Colombo 03 Sri Lanka Grp. switzerland. State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Task Force Sanctions Effingerstrasse 27 3003 Berne Switzerland Grp_penghu_kinmen_and_matsu_separate_customs. territory. Export/Import Administration Division Bureau of Foreign Trade Ministry of Economic Affairs 1, Hu Kou Street Taipei, 100 Taiwan Grp. tanzania. Commission for Minerals Ministry of Energy and Minerals PO Box 2000 Dar es Salaam Tanzania Grp. thailand. Department of Foreign Trade Ministry of Commerce 44/100 Nonthaburi 1 Road Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand Grp. togo. Ministry of Mine, Energy and Water Head Office of Mines and Geology B.P. 356 216, Avenue Sarakawa Lomé Togo (1) Foreign Exchange Department Undersecretariat of Treasury T.C. Bașbakanlık Hazine Müsteșarlığı İnönü Bulvarı No:36 06510 Emek — Ankara Turkey (2) Import and Export Authority: Istanbul Gold Exchange Rıhtım Cad. No:81 34425 Karaköy — İstanbul Turkey Grp. ukraine. Ministry of Finance State Gemological Center Degtyarivska St. 38-44 Kiev 04119 Ukraine Grp_arab. emirates. U.A.E Kimberley Process Office Dubai Multi Commodities Center Dubai Airport Free Zone Emirates Security Building Block B, 2nd Floor, Office # 20 Dubai United Arab Emirates Grp_states_of. america. United States Kimberley Process Authority 11 West 47 Street 11th floor New York, NY 10036 United States of America U.S. Department of State Room 4843 EB/ESC 2201 C Street, NW Washington D.C. 20520 United States of America Grp. vietnam. Ministry of Industry and Trade Import Export Management Department 54 Hai Ba Trung Hanoi 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 C.P # 1260 Luanda Angola
ARMENIA
Department of Gemstones and Jewellery Ministry of Trade and Economic Development M. Mkrtchyan 5 Yerevan Armenia
AUSTRALIA
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Trade Development Division R.G. Casey Building John McEwen Crescent Barton ACT 0221 Australia
BANGLADESH
Export Promotion Bureau TCB Bhaban 1, Karwan Bazaar Dhaka Bangladesh
BELARUS
Ministry of Finance Department for Precious Metals and Precious Stones 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 — 4o andar 70065 — 900 Brasilia — DF Brazil
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Secrétariat Permanent du Processus de Kimberley BP 26 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 100088 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 Peoples Republic of China Room 703, Trade and Industry Tower 700 Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong China
CONGO, Democratic Republic of
Centre d'Evaluation, d'Expertise et de Certification (CEEC) 17th floor, BCDC Tower 30th June Avenue Kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo
CONGO, Republic of
Bureau d'expertise, d'évaluation et de certification (BEEC) Ministère des Mines, des Industries Minières et de la Géologie BP 2474 Brazzaville Republic of Congo
CROATIA
Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia Ulica grada Vukovara 78 10000 Zagreb Croatia
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
European Commission DG External Relations/A/2 170, rue de la Loi 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 Mumbai 400004 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, Trade and Labor Office of the Diamond Controller 3 Jabotinsky Road Ramat Gan 52520 Israel
JAPAN
United Nations Policy Division Foreign Policy Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 100-8919 Tokyo, Japan Japan
KOREA, Republic of
Export Control Policy Division Ministry of Knowledge Economy Government Complex Jungang-dong 1, Gwacheon-si Gyeonggi-do 427-723 Seoul Korea
LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic
Department of Import and Export Ministry of Industry and Commerce Vientiane Laos
LEBANON
Ministry of Economy and Trade Lazariah Building Down Town Beirut Lebanon
LESOTHO
Department of Mines and Geology P.O. Box 750 Maseru 100 Lesotho
LIBERIA
Government Diamond Office Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy Capitol Hill P.O. Box 10-9024 1000 Monrovia 10 Liberia
MALAYSIA
Ministry of International Trade and Industry Trade Cooperation and Industry Coordination Section Blok 10 Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta 50622 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
MAURITIUS
Import Division Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises, Commerce & Cooperatives 4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building Intendance Street Port Louis Mauritius
MEXICO
Secretaría de Economía Dirección General de Política Comercial Alfonso Reyes No 30, Colonia Hipódromo Condesa, Piso 16. Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F. México
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
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gokhran of Russia 14, 1812 Goda St. 121170 Moscow Russia
SIERRA LEONE
Ministry of Mineral Resources Gold and Diamond Office (GDO) 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 and Precious Metals Regulator SA Diamond Centre 240 Commissioner Street Johannesburg 2000 South Africa
SRI LANKA
National Gem and Jewellery Authority 25, Galleface Terrace Colombo 03 Sri Lanka
SWITZERLAND
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Task Force Sanctions Effingerstrasse 27 3003 Berne Switzerland
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs Territory
Export/Import Administration Division Bureau of Foreign Trade Ministry of Economic Affairs 1, Hu Kou Street Taipei, 100 Taiwan
TANZANIA
Commission for Minerals Ministry of Energy and Minerals PO Box 2000 Dar es Salaam Tanzania
THAILAND
Department of Foreign Trade Ministry of Commerce 44/100 Nonthaburi 1 Road Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand
TOGO
Ministry of Mine, Energy and Water Head Office of 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
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
U.A.E Kimberley Process Office Dubai Multi Commodities Center Dubai Airport Free Zone Emirates Security Building Block B, 2nd Floor, Office # 20 Dubai United Arab Emirates
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
United States Kimberley Process Authority 11 West 47 Street 11th floor New York, NY 10036 United States of America U.S. Department of State Room 4843 EB/ESC 2201 C Street, NW Washington D.C. 20520 United States of America
VIETNAM
Ministry of Industry and Trade Import Export Management Department 54 Hai Ba Trung Hanoi Vietnam
ZIMBABWE
Principal Minerals Development Office Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Private Bag 7709, Causeway Harare Zimbabwe
ANNEX II
Grp. belgium. Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie, Dienst Vergunningen/Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Service Licence, Italiëlei 124, bus 71 B-2000 Antwerpen Tel. (32-3) 206 94 72 Fax (32-3) 206 94 90 E-mail: kpcs-belgiumdiamonds@economie.fgov.be In Belgium the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 and the customs treatment will only be done at: The Diamond Office, Hovenierstraat 22 B-2018 Antwerpen Grp. bulgaria. Ministry of Finance, External Finance Directorate 102, G. Rakovski str. Sofia, 1040 Bulgaria Tel. (359.2) 985.924.01/985.924.10/985.924.15 Fax (359.2).981.2498 E-mail: feedback@minfin.bg Grp. republic. In the Czech Republic the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 and the customs treatment will only be done at: Generální ředitelství cel Budějovická 7 140 96 Praha 4 Česká republika Tel. (420-2) 61 33 38 41, (420-2) 61 33 38 59, cell (420-737) 213 793 Fax (420-2) 61 33 38 70 E-mail: diamond@cs.mfcr.cz Grp. germany. In Germany the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of Community certificates, will only be done at the following authority: Hauptzollamt Koblenz Zollamt Idar-Oberstein Zertifizierungsstelle für Rohdiamanten Hauptstraße 197 D-55743 Idar-Oberstein Tel. (49-6781) 56 27-31 Fax (49-6781) 56 27-19 E-mail: poststelle@zabir.bfinv.de For the purpose of Articles 5(3), 6, 9, 10, 14(3), 15 and 17 of this Regulation, concerning in particular reporting obligations to the Commission, the following authority shall act as competent German authority: Bundesfinanzdirektion Südost Krelingstraβe 50 D-90408 Nürnberg Tel. (49-911) 376-3429, 376-3586, 376-3582 Fax (49-911) 376-2270 E-mail: diamond.cert@ofdn.bfinv.de Grp. romania. Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor (National Authority for Consumer Protection) Precious Metals and Precious Stones Department 24 Gral Berthelot, Sect. 1 010164, Bucharest Tel. (40-21) 318 46 35/312 98 90/312 12 75 Fax (40-21) 318 46 35/314 34 62 www.anpc.ro Grp. kingdom. Government Diamond Office Global Business Group Room W 3.111.B Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH Tel. (44-207) 008 6903 Fax (44-207) 008 3905 GDO@gtnet.gov.uk
ANNEX III List of Member States' competent authorities and their tasks as referred to in Articles 2 and 19
BELGIUM
Federale Overheidsdienst Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie, Dienst Vergunningen/Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Service Licence, Italiëlei 124, bus 71 B-2000 Antwerpen Tel. (32-3) 206 94 72 Fax (32-3) 206 94 90 E-mail: kpcs-belgiumdiamonds@economie.fgov.be In Belgium the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 and the customs treatment will only be done at: The Diamond Office, Hovenierstraat 22 B-2018 Antwerpen
BULGARIA
Ministry of Finance, External Finance Directorate 102, G. Rakovski str. Sofia, 1040 Bulgaria Tel. (359.2) 985.924.01/985.924.10/985.924.15 Fax (359.2).981.2498 E-mail: feedback@minfin.bg
CZECH REPUBLIC
In the Czech Republic the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 and the customs treatment will only be done at: Generální ředitelství cel Budějovická 7 140 96 Praha 4 Česká republika Tel. (420-2) 61 33 38 41, (420-2) 61 33 38 59, cell (420-737) 213 793 Fax (420-2) 61 33 38 70 E-mail: diamond@cs.mfcr.cz
GERMANY
In Germany the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of Community certificates, will only be done at the following authority: Hauptzollamt Koblenz Zollamt Idar-Oberstein Zertifizierungsstelle für Rohdiamanten Hauptstraße 197 D-55743 Idar-Oberstein Tel. (49-6781) 56 27-31 Fax (49-6781) 56 27-19 E-mail: poststelle@zabir.bfinv.de For the purpose of Articles 5(3), 6, 9, 10, 14(3), 15 and 17 of this Regulation, concerning in particular reporting obligations to the Commission, the following authority shall act as competent German authority: Bundesfinanzdirektion Südost Krelingstraβe 50 D-90408 Nürnberg Tel. (49-911) 376-3429, 376-3586, 376-3582 Fax (49-911) 376-2270 E-mail: diamond.cert@ofdn.bfinv.de
ROMANIA
Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor (National Authority for Consumer Protection) Precious Metals and Precious Stones Department 24 Gral Berthelot, Sect. 1 010164, Bucharest Tel. (40-21) 318 46 35/312 98 90/312 12 75 Fax (40-21) 318 46 35/314 34 62 www.anpc.ro
UNITED KINGDOM
Government Diamond Office Global Business Group Room W 3.111.B Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH Tel. (44-207) 008 6903 Fax (44-207) 008 3905 GDO@gtnet.gov.uk