Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 947/2012 of 12 October 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

16.10.2012	EN	Official Journal of the European Union	L 282/27

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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 [^ntr1-L_2012282EN.01002701-E0001], and in particular Articles 19(6) and 20 thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) Following a provisional acceptance at the Washington Intersessional meeting in June 2012, Kimberley Process Participants approved, by written procedure, the addition of Cameroon to the list of KP Participants. That approval was confirmed by a KP Chair notice on 14 August 2012.

• (2) By virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, the European Union replaced and succeeded the European Community. In order to improve the functionality of the certificate as defined in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, certain characteristics laid out in Annex IV to that Regulation should be amended to reflect this change. However, it is necessary to provide a realistic time frame for the competent authorities of the Union to adapt to this change taking into account the time needed to ensure the availability of the new certificate.

• (3) Furthermore, the addresses of the European Union and the Swiss contact points in Annex II, the list of Member States’ competent authorities in Annex III, and the list of diamond organisations in Annex V should be updated.

• (4) Annexes II, III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly.

• (5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation 2368/2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as follows:

• (1) Annex II is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

• (2) Annex III is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

• (3) Annex IV is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

• (4) Annex V is replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union

However, point 3 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2013.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2012.

For the Commission

Catherine ASHTON

Vice-President

[^ntr1-L_2012282EN.01002701-E0001]: OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p.28.

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

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

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

General Enquiries: Kimberley Process Office Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS) Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) 580 Booth Street, 9th floor Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4

CAMEROON

National Permanent Secretariat for the Kimberley Process
Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development
Intek Building
Navik Street
P.O. Box 8390
Yaoundé
Cameroon

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 UNION

European Commission
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Office EEAS 02/309
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel (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 400 004
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

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

MEXICO

Secretaría de Economía
Dirección General de Política Comercial
Alfonso Reyes No. 30, Colonia Hipodromo Condesa, Piso 16.
Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F.
Mexico

MAURITIUS

Import Division
Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises, Commerce & Cooperatives
4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building
Intendance Street
Port Louis
Mauritius

NAMIBIA

Diamond Commission
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Private Bag 13297
Windhoek
Namibia

NEW ZEALAND

Certificate Issuing authority: Middle East and Africa Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Private Bag 18901 Wellington New Zealand

Import and Export Authority: New Zealand Customs Service PO Box 2218 Wellington New Zealand

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

SWAZILAND

Office for the Commissioner of Mines
Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy
Mining department
Lilunga House (3rd floor, Wing B)
Somhlolo Road
PO Box 9,
Mbabane H100
Swaziland

SWITZERLAND

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Sanctions Unit
Holzikofenweg 36
CH-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

TURKEY

Foreign Exchange Department
Undersecretariat of Treasury
T.C. Bașbakanlık Hazine
Müsteșarlığı İnönü Bulvarı No:36
06510 Emek - Ankara
Turkey

Import and Export Authority:

Istanbul Gold Exchange
Rıhtım Cad. No:81
34425 Karaköy – İstanbul
Turkey

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

“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, Algemene Directie Economisch Potentieel, Dienst Vergunningen/Service Public Fédéral Economie,

PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Direction générale du Potentiel économique, Service Licences
Italiëlei 124, bus 71
B-2000 Antwerpen
Tel. (32-2) 277 54 59
Fax (32-2) 277 54 61
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
International Financial Institutions and Cooperation Directorate
102 G. Rakovski str.
Sofia, 1040
Bulgaria
Tel. (359-2) 98 59 24 00/98 59 2401
Fax. (359-2) 98 59 24 02
Email: ific@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 27-0
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 3754
Fax (49-911) 376 2273
E-mail: diamond.cert@bfdso.bfinv.de

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

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
E-mail: GDO@gtnet.gov.uk”

ANNEX III

‘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 should be a High Security Banknote Printer. The printer should 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/red) 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 should hold all responsibility for numbering every Certificate.

• — The printer should 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 Text of image EUROPEAN UNION Unique Number: EU KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATE The rough diamonds in this shipment have been handled in accordance with the provisions of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for rough diamonds. Country of Origin: … Number of Parcels: … Country of Provenance: … Name and address of exporter: Name and address of importer: HS classification Carat Value (US$) 7102.10 7102.21 7102.31 THIS CERTIFICATE Issued on: … Expires on: … Signature of Authorised Officer / Official Stamp
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	(b)	right side: Image omitted; see official source Text of image Unique Number: EU EUROPEAN UNION KIMBERLEY PROCESS CERTIFICATE IMPORT CONFIRMATION It is hereby certified that the rough diamonds in this shipment exported From … Were accepted for import Into … By … On … And that the import has been checked and verified in compliance with the provisions of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for rough diamonds. HS classification Carat Value (US$) 7102.10 7102.21 7102.31 Signature of Authorised Officer Stamp of Importing Authority’

ANNEX IV

‘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

The London Diamond Bourse and Club 100 Hatton Garden London EC1N 8NX United Kingdom’