Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
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  • Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2006 of 6 November 2006 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds, 306R1636R(01), November 15, 2006
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1636/2006of 6 November 2006amending 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 diamondsOJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1486/2006 (OJ L 278, 10.10.2006)., and in particular Article 20 thereof, Whereas: (1)Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for amending 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 20 October 2006, has decided to add Bangladesh to the list of Participants as of 20 October 2006. (3)Bulgaria has notified the EC that the Ministry of Finance has been designated as the competent authority with responsibility for implementation of the Kimberley Process certification scheme. (4)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 text in the Annex 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. It shall be applicable from 20 October 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 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 MinesRua Hochi MinLuandaAngola ARMENIA Department of Gemstones and JewelleryMinistry of Trade and Economic DevelopmentYerevanArmenia AUSTRALIA Community Protection SectionAustralian Customs SectionCustoms House, 5 Constitution AvenueCanberra ACT 2601Australia Minerals Development SectionDepartment of Industry, Tourism and ResourcesGPO Box 9839Canberra ACT 2601Australia BANGLADESH Ministry of CommerceExport Promotion BureauDhakaBangladesh BELARUS Department of FinanceSovetskaja Str., 7220010 MinskRepublic of Belarus BOTSWANA Ministry of Minerals, Energy & Water ResourcesPI Bag 0018GaboroneBotswana BRAZIL Ministry of Mines and EnergyEsplanada dos Ministérios — Bloco "U" — 3o andar70065 — 900 Brasilia — DFBrazil BULGARIA Ministry of FinanceExternal Finance Directorate102, G. Rakosky Street1040 SofiaBulgaria CANADA International:Department of Foreign Affairs and International TradePeace Building and Human Security DivisionLester B Pearson Tower B — Room: B4-120125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2Canada For specimen of the Canadian KP Certificate:Stewardship DivisionInternational and Domestic Market Policy DivisionMineral and Metal Policy BranchMinerals and Metals SectorNatural Resources Canada580 Booth Street, 10th Floor, Room: 10A6Ottawa, OntarioCanada K1A 0E4 General Enquiries:Kimberley Process OfficeMinerals and Metals Sector (MMS)Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)10th Floor, Area A-7580 Booth StreetOttawa, OntarioCanada K1A 0E4 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Independent Diamond Valuators (IDV)Immeuble SOCIM, 2ème étageBP 1613 BanguiCentral African Republic CHINA, People’s Republic of Department of Inspection and Quarantine ClearanceGeneral Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)9 MadiandongluHaidian District, BeijingPeople’s Republic of China HONG KONG, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Department of Trade and IndustryHong Kong Special Administrative RegionPeoples Republic of ChinaRoom 703, Trade and Industry Tower700 Nathan RoadKowloonHong KongChina CONGO, Democratic Republic of Centre d’Evaluation, d’Expertise et de Certification (CEEC)17th floor, BCDC Tower30th June AvenueKinshasaDemocratic Republic of Congo CÔTE D’IVOIRE Ministry of Mines and EnergyBP V 91AbidjanCôte d’Ivoire CROATIA Ministry of EconomyZagrebRepublic of Croatia EUROPEAN COMMUNITY European CommissionDG External Relations/A/2B-1049 BrusselsBelgium GHANA Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd.)Diamond House,Kinbu Road,P.O. Box M. 108AccraGhana GUINEA Ministry of Mines and GeologyBP 2696ConakryGuinea GUYANA Geology and Mines CommissionP O Box 1028Upper BrickdamStabroekGeorgetownGuyana INDIA The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion CouncilDiamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A, Fr D.B. MargMumbai 400 004India INDONESIA Directorate-General of Foreign TradeMinistry of TradeJI M.I. Ridwan Rais No 5Blok I Iantai 4Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110JakartaIndonesia ISRAEL Ministry of Industry and TradeP.O. Box 300752130 Ramat GanIsrael JAPAN United Nations Policy DivisionForeign Policy BureauMinistry of Foreign Affairs2-11-1, Shibakoen Minato-ku105-8519 TokyoJapan Mineral and Natural Resources DivisionAgency for Natural Resources and EnergyMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku100-8901 TokyoJapan KOREA, Republic of UN DivisionMinistry of Foreign Affairs and TradeGovernment Complex Building77 Sejong-ro, Jongro-guSeoulKorea Trade Policy DivisionMinistry of Commerce, Industry and Enterprise1 Joongang-dong, Kwacheon-CityKyunggi-doKorea LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic Department of Foreign Trade,Ministry of CommerceVientianeLaos LEBANON Ministry of Economy and TradeBeirutLebanon LESOTHO Commission of Mines and GeologyP.O. Box 750Maseru 100Lesotho MALAYSIA Ministry of International Trade and IndustryBlok 10Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta50622 Kuala LumpurMalaysia MAURITIUS Ministry of Commerce and Co-operativesImport Division2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius HouseIntendance StreetPort LouisMauritius NAMIBIA Diamond CommissionMinistry of Mines and EnergyPrivate Bag 13297WindhoekNamibia NORWAY Section for Public International LawDepartment for Legal AffairsRoyal Ministry of Foreign AffairsP.O. Box 81140032 OsloNorway NEW ZEALAND Certificate Issuing Authority:Middle East and Africa DivisionMinistry of Foreign Affairs and TradePrivate Bag 18 901WellingtonNew Zealand Import and Export Authority:New Zealand Customs ServicePO Box 2218WellingtonNew Zealand ROMANIA National Authority for Consumer ProtectionStrada Georges Clemenceau Nr. 5, sectorul 1BucharestRomania RUSSIAN FEDERATION Gokhran of Russia14, 1812 Goda St.121170 MoscowRussia SIERRA LEONE Ministry of Mineral ResourcesYouyi BuildingBrookfieldsFreetownSierra Leone SINGAPORE Ministry of Trade and Industry100 High Street#0901, The Treasury,Singapore 179434 SOUTH AFRICA South African Diamond Board240 Commissioner StreetJohannesburgSouth Africa SRI LANKA Trade Information ServiceSri Lanka Export Development Board42 Nawam MawathaColombo 2Sri Lanka SWITZERLAND State Secretariat for Economic AffairsExport Control Policy and SanctionsEffingerstrasse 13003 BerneSwitzerland TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs Territory Export/Import Administration DivisionBureau of Foreign TradeMinistry of Economic AffairsTaiwan TANZANIA Commission for MineralsMinistry of Energy and MineralsPO Box 2000Dar es SalaamTanzania THAILAND Ministry of CommerceDepartment of Foreign Trade44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-NonthaburiMuang DistrictNonthaburi 11000Thailand TOGO Directorate General — Mines and GeologyB.P. 356216, Avenue SarakawaLoméTogo UKRAINE Ministry of FinanceState Gemological CenterDegtyarivska St. 38-44Kiev04119 Ukraine International DepartmentDiamond Factory "Kristall"600 Letiya Street 2121100 VinnitsaUkraine UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai Metals and Commodities CentrePO Box 63DubaiUnited Arab Emirates UNITED STATES OF AMERICA U.S. Department of State2201 C St., N.W.Washington D.C.United States of America VENEZUELA Ministry of Energy and MinesApartado Postal No 61536 ChacaoCaracas 1006Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House BLa Campina — CaracasVenezuela VIETNAM Export-Import Management DepartmentMinistry of Trade of Vietnam31 Trang TienHanoi 10.000Vietnam ZIMBABWE Principal Minerals Development OfficeMinistry of Mines and Mining DevelopmentPrivate Bag 7709, CausewayHarareZimbabwe".