Commission Regulation (EC) No 1768/2003

of 8 October 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 1536/2003(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 11 September 2003, has provided an updated list of participants in the scheme. The updating of the list concerns the addition as participant of 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 day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply with effect from 12 September 2003.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 October 2003.

For the Commission

Christopher Patten

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.

(2) OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 31.

ANNEX

"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 and Water Resources PI Bag 0018 Gaborone Botswana

CANADA

- 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, 2e 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

CONGO, Republic of

Directorate General of Mines and Geology Brazzaville Republic of Congo

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

Ministry of Mines and Energy BP V 91 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire

CROATIA

Ministry of Economy Zagreb Republic of Croatia

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

European Commission DG External Relations A/2 B - 1040 Brussels

GUINEA

Ministry of Mines and Geology BP 2696 Conakry Guinea

GUYANA

Geology and Mines Commission P O Box 1028 Upper Brickdam

Stabroek

Georgetown Guyana

HUNGARY

Licensing and Administration Office of the Ministry of Economy and Transport Margit krt. 85 1024 Budapest Hungary

INDIA

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

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

Ministry of Economy and Trade Beirut Lebanon

LESOTHO

Commission of Mines and Geology PO Box 750 Maseru 100 Lesotho

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

POLAND

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy Plac Trzech Krzyzy 3/5 00-507 Warsaw Poland

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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

SIERRA LEONE

Ministry of Minerals Resources Youyi Building

Brookfields

Freetown Sierra Leone

SLOVENIA

Ministry of the Economy Kotnikova 5 1000 Ljubljana Republic of Slovenia

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

Import and Export office

Licensing and Administration

Board of Foreign Trade

Taiwan

TANZANIA

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

THAILAND

Ministry of Commerce Department of Foreign Trade 44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-Nonthaburi

Muang District

Nonthaburi 11000 Thailand

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 n° 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"

Amendments and corrections
October 13, 2003	Implicitly repealed by 32003R1880
October 9, 2003	Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 2
September 12, 2003	Application - See Art 2