Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 789/2013 of 16 August 2013 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

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 (1), and in particular Articles 19(6) and 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) At the Washington Plenary meeting in November 2012, Kimberley Process participants approved, by a decision of the Plenary, the addition of Panama, Cambodia and Kazakhstan to the list of Kimberley Process participants.

(2) As confirmed by a KP Chair notice on 1 August 2013, Kimberley Process participants also approved, by written procedure, the addition of Mali to the list of Kimberley Process Participants.

(3) Furthermore, the address of several participants’ contact points in Annex II should be updated.

(4) Annex II 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 (EC) No 2368/2002,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Annex II is replaced by the text set out 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 August 2013.

For the Commission, On behalf of the President, Johannes HAHN Member of the Commission

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