Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2004

of 7 April 2004

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 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 101/2004(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 in Annex II.

(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair's Notice of 1 April 2004, has provided an updated list of Participants in the scheme. The updating of the list concerns the addition as Participant of Singapore and the removal from the list of Lebanon. 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 April 2004.

For the Commission

Christopher Patten

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 15, 22.1.2004, p. 20.

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

BRAZIL

Ministry of Mines and Energy Esplanada dos Ministérios - Bloco "U" - 3° 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

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

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ministry of Finance Letenska 15 Prague 1 Czech Republic

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

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

GHANA

Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd) Diamond House

Kinbu Road

PO 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

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

LESOTHO

Commission of Mines and Geology PO 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

POLAND

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

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 Minerals Resources Youyi Building

Brookfields

Freetown Sierra Leone

SINGAPORE

Ministry of Trade and Industry 100 High Street

0901, The Treasury

Singapore 179434

SLOVENIA

Ministry of Finance Customs Office Ljubljana

Branch Airport Brnik

Zgornji Brnik 130 D

4210 Brnik Aerodrom 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

TOGO

Directorate General - Mines and Geology BP 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 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
April 29, 2004	Implicitly repealed by 32004R0913
April 8, 2004	Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 2