Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

Service Public Fédéral Économie, PME, Classes moyennes et Énergie, Direction générale des Analyses économiques et de l’Économie internationale, Service Licences

(Federal Public Service Economy SME’s, Self-employed and Energy, Directorate-General for Economic Analyses & International Economy)

Entrepotplaats 1 – box 5

B-2000 Antwerpen

Belgium

Tel. +32 (0)2 277 54 59

Fax +32 (0)2 277 54 61 or +32 (0)2 277 98 70

Email: 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

Hoveniersstraat 22

B-2018 Antwerpen

Belgium

CZECHIA

In Czechia 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

Email: diamond@cs.mfcr.cz

Permanent service at designated custom office – Praha Ruzyně

Tel. (420-2) 20 113 788 (Mondays to Fridays -7:30am – 15:30pm)

Tel. (420-2) 20 119 678 (Saturdays, Sundays and rest – 15:30pm – 7:30am)

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

Saarstraße 2

D-55743 Idar-Oberstein

Germany

Tel. +49 261-98376-9400

Fax +49 261-98376-9419

Email: poststelle.za-idar-oberstein@zoll.bund.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:

Generalzolldirektion

– Direktion VI –

Recht des grenzüberschreitenden Warenverkehrs/Besonderes Zollrecht

Krelingstraβe 50

D-90408 Nürnberg

Germany

Tel. +49 228 303-49874

Fax +49 228 303-99106

Email: DVIA3.gzd@zoll.bund.de

IRELAND

The Kimberley Process and Responsible Minerals Authority

Exploration and Mining Division

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

29–31 Adelaide Road

Dublin

D02 X285

Ireland

Tel. +353 1 678 2000

Email: KPRMA@DCCAE.gov.ie

ITALY

In Italy 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:

Laboratorio chimico di Torino – Ufficio antifrode –Direzione Interregionale Liguria, Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta

(Turin Chemical Laboratory – Anti-fraud Office – Inter-regional Directorate of Liguria, Piemonte and Val d’Aosta)

Corso Sebastopoli, 3

10134 Torino

Tel. +39 011 3166341 – 0369206

Email : dir.liguria-piemonte-valledaosta.lab.torino@adm.gov.it

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 the competent Italian authority:

Ufficio Laboratori – Direzione Antifrode

Via Mario Carucci, 71

00143 Roma

Italy

Tel. +39 06 50246049

Email: dir.antifrode.laboratori@adm.gov.it

PORTUGAL

Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Direção de Serviços de Licenciamento

R. da Alfândega, 5

1149-006 Lisboa

Portugal

Tel. +351 218 813 843/8

Fax +351 218 813 986

Email: dsl@at.gov.pt

In Portugal 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:

Alfândega do Aeroporto de Lisboa

Aeroporto de Lisboa,

Terminal de Carga, Edifício 134

1750-364 Lisboa

Portugal

Tel. +351 210030080

Email address: aalisboa-kimberley@at.gov.pt

ROMANIA

Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor

(National Authority for Consumer Protection)

1 Bd. Aviatorilor Nr. 72, sectorul 1 București, România

(72 Aviatorilor Bvd., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania)

Cod postal (Postal code) 011865

Tel. (40-21) 318 46 35/312 98 90/312 12 75

Fax (40-21) 318 46 35/314 34 62

www.anpc.ro

ANNEX IV

Community certificate as referred to in Article 2

In accordance with the changes enacted by the Treaty of Lisbon, whereby the European Union replaced and succeeded the European Community, the term ‘EU certificate’ shall refer to the Community certificate as defined in Article 2(g) of this Regulation.

The EU Certificate shall have the following features: Member States shall ensure that the Certificates they issue shall be identical. To this end they shall submit to the Commission specimens of the Certificates to be issued.

Member States shall be responsible for having the EU Certificates printed. The EU Certificates may be printed by printers appointed by the Member State in which they are established. In the latter case, reference to the appointment by the Member State must appear on each EU Certificate. Each EU Certificate shall bear an indication of the printer's name and address or a mark enabling the printer to be identified. The printer shall be a High Security Banknote Printer. The printer shall provide suitable references from governmental and commercial customers.

The European Commission shall make specimens of original EU Certificates available to EU authorities.

Materials

• — Dimensions: A4 (210 mm × 297 mm);

• — Watermarked with invisible (yellow/blue) UV fibres;

• — Solvent sensitive;

• — UV dull (features in the document stand out clearly when highlighted under a Ultra-violet lamp);

• — 95 g/m² paper.

Printing

• — Rainbow background tint (solvent sensitive);

• — The ‘rainbow’ effect has a security background that will not visualise when photocopied.

• — The inks used must be ‘solvent sensitive’ to protect the document against attack from chemicals used to alter infilled text, such as bleach.

• — 1 Colour background tint (permanent and light fast);

• — Ensure that a secondary ‘Rainbow’ is printed to prevent the Certificates from exposure to sunlight.

• — UV invisible working (stars of the EU Flag);

• — The security printer should apply the correct weight of ink to ensure that the UV feature is invisible in normal light.

• — EU Flag: Printed gold and European blue;

• — Intaglio Border;

• — Tactile Intaglio ink is one of the most important features in the document.

• — Extra Small Print line reading ‘Kimberley Process Certificate’;

• — Latent image: KP;

• — Micro-text reading ‘KPCS’;

• — The document design must incorporate anticopy (‘Medallion’) features into the background fine-line printing.

Numbering

• — Each EU Certificate shall have a unique serial number, preceded by the code: EU.

• — The Commission shall attribute the serial numbers to the Member States that intend to issue EU Certificates.

• — There should be two types of matching numbering — visible and invisible:

• — First = 8 digit sequential, once on all parts of the document, printed black

• — The printer shall hold all responsibility for numbering every Certificate.

• — The printer shall also keep a database of all numbering.

• — Second = 8 digit sequential invisible printed numbering (matching above), fluorescing under UV light.

Language

English and, where relevant, the language(s) of the Member State concerned.

Lay out and finishing

Obligatory features

Slot perforated in 1 position, cut to singles A4 size, at 100 mm from right edge

• (a) left side Image omitted; see official source

• (b) right side Image omitted; see official source

ANNEX V

List of diamond organisations implementing the system of warranties and industry self-regulation referred to in Articles 13 and 17

Antwerpsche Diamantkring CV

Hoveniersstraat 2 bus 515

B-2018 Antwerpen

Beurs voor Diamanthandel CV

Pelikaanstraat 78

B-2018 Antwerpen

Diamantclub van Antwerpen CV

Pelikaanstraat 62

B-2018 Antwerpen

Vrije Diamanthandel NV

Pelikaanstraat 62

B-2018 Antwerpen

[^E0001]: OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).

[^E0002]: With effect from 1 December 2009 the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union introduced certain changes in terminology, such as the replacement of ‘Community’ by ‘Union’.

[^E0003]: Without prejudice to the application of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, in accordance with Article 5 (4), read in conjunction with Annex 2, point 47, of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement as of 1 January 2021 (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).