Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1359 of 27 July 2022 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

5.8.2022	EN	Official Journal of the European Union	L 205/99

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 Article 19(3) and Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 lists the participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme (KP certification scheme) and their respective competent authorities.

• (2) At the Seventeenth Kimberley Process Plenary Meeting held in Moscow, Russian Federation, in November 2021, participants agreed to admit Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique and Qatar to the KP certification scheme.

• (3) Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for a list of Community authorities to be maintained by the Commission in Annex III to that Regulation.

• (4) The addresses of the competent authorities of several participants in the KP certification scheme in Annex II and the addresses of Community authorities in Annex III require an update.

• (5) Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

• (6) 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:

• (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.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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, 27 July 2022.

For the Commission

On behalf of the President

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

Vice-President

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX II

List of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their respective competent authorities as referred to in Articles 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19 and 20

ANGOLA

Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum and Gas
Av. 4 de Fevereiro no 105
1279 Luanda
Angola

Export authority:

Ministry of Industry and Trade
Largo 4 de Fevereiro #3
Edifício Palacio de vidro
1242 Luanda
Angola

ARMENIA

Department of Gemstones and Jewellery
Ministry of Economy
M. Mkrtchyan 5
Yerevan
Armenia

AUSTRALIA

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Investment and Business Engagement Division
R.G. Casey Building
John McEwen Crescent
Barton ACT 0221

Australia Import and export authority:

Department of Home Affairs
Customs and Trade Policy Branch
Australian Border Force
3 Molonglo Drive
Brindabella Business Park
Canberra ACT 2609
Australia

Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
GPO Box 2013
Canberra ACT 2601
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, Green Technology and Energy Security (MMGE)
Fairgrounds Office Park, Plot No 50676 Block C
P/Bag 0018
Gaborone
Botswana

Import and Export Authority:

Diamond Hub
Diamond Technology Park
Plot 67782, Block 8 Industrial
Gaborone
Botswana

BRAZIL

Ministry of Mines and Energy
Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco‘U’, 4o andar
70065, 900 Brasilia, DF
Brazil

CAMBODIA

Ministry of Commerce
Lot 19–61, MOC Road (113 Road), Phum Teuk Thla, Sangkat Teuk Thla
Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh
Cambodia

CAMEROON

National Permanent Secretariat for the Kimberley Process
Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development
Intek Building, 6th floor,
Navik Street
BP 35601 Yaounde
Cameroon

CANADA

International:

Global Affairs Canada Natural Resources and Governance Division (MES) 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
Canada

For General Enquiries at Natural Resources Canada:

Kimberley Process Office
Lands and Minerals Sector Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
580 Booth Street, 10th floor
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1A 0E4

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Secrétariat permanent du processus de Kimberley
BP: 26 Bangui
Central African Republic

CHINA, People’s Republic of

Department of Duty Collection
General Administration of China Customs (GACC)
No 6 Jianguomen Nie Rev.
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100730
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

MACAO, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Macao Economic Bureau
Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region
Rua Dr Pedro José Lobo, no. 1–3, 25th Floor
Macao

CONGO, Democratic Republic of

Centre d’Expertise, d’Évaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses et Semi-précieuses (CEEC)
3989, avenue des Cliniques
Kinshasa/Gombe
Democratic Republic of Congo

CONGO, Republic of

Bureau d’Expertise, d’Évaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses (BEEC)
BP 2787
Brazzaville
Republic of Congo

COTE D’IVOIRE

Ministère des Mines et de la Géologie
Secrétariat Permanent de la Représentation en Côte d’Ivoire du Processus de Kimberley (SPRPK-CI)
B.P 65 Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire

ESWATINI

Office for the Commissioner of Mines
Minerals and Mines Departments, Third Floor Lilunga Building (West Wing),
Somhlolo Road,
Mbabane
Eswatini

EUROPEAN UNION

European Commission
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Office EEAS
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Belgium

GABON

Centre Permanent du Processus de Kimberley (CPPK)
Ministry of Equipment, Infrastructure, and Mines
Immeuble de la Géologie, 261 rue Germain Mba
B.P. 284/576
Libreville
Gabon

GHANA

Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources
Accra P.O. Box M 212
Ghana

Import and export authority:

Precious Minerals Marketing Company Ltd (PMMC)
Diamond House
PO Box M.108
Accra
Ghana

GUINEA

Ministry of Mines and Geology
Boulevard du Commerce – BP 295
Quartier Almamya/Commune de Kaloum
Conakry
Guinea

GUYANA

Geology and Mines Commission
P O Box 1028
Upper Brickdam
Stabroek
Georgetown
Guyana

INDIA

Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Udyog Bhawan
New Delhi 110 011
India

Import and export authority:

The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council
KP Exporting/Importing Authority
Tower A, AW-1010, Baharat Diamond Bourse
Opp NABARD Bank, Bandra Kurla Complex
Bandra (E), Mumbai – 400 051
India

INDONESIA

Directorate of Export and Import Facility, Ministry of Trade M. I. Ridwan Rais Road, No 5 Blok I Iantai 4
Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110
Jakarta
Indonesia

ISRAEL

Ministry of Economy and Industry Office of the Diamond Controller
3 Jabotinsky Road
Ramat Gan 52520
Israel

JAPAN

Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
Mineral and Natural Resources Division
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
100-8901 Tokyo
Japan

KAZAKHSTAN

Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Industrial Development Committee
32/1 Kabanbai Batyr Ave. Nur-Sultan
Republic of Kazakhstan

KOREA, Republic of

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Division 60 Sajik-ro 8-gil
Jongno-gu
Seoul 03172
Korea

KYRGYZSTAN

Ministry of and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic
Department of Precious Metals
Samanchina street 6
Bishkek 720020
Kyrgyz Republic

LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic of

Department of Import and Export
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Phonxay road, Saisettha District
Vientiane, Lao PDR
P.O Box: 4107
Laos

LEBANON

Ministry of Economy and Trade
Lazariah Building
Down Town
Beirut
Lebanon

LESOTHO

Department of Mines
Ministry of Mining
Corner Constitution and Parliament Road
P.O. Box 750
Maseru 100
Lesotho

LIBERIA

Government Diamond Office
Ministry of Mines and Energy
Capitol Hill
P.O. Box 10-9024
1000 Monrovia 10
Liberia

MALAYSIA

Ministry of International Trade and Industry
MITI Tower,
No 7, Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Import and export authority:

Royal Malaysian Customs Department
Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia,
Kompleks Kementerian Kewangan No 3,
Persiaran Perdana,
Presint 2, 62596 Putrajaya,
Malaysia.

MALI

Ministère des Mines
Bureau d’Expertise d’Évaluation et de Certification des Diamants Bruts
Cité administrative, P.O. BOX: 1909
Bamako
République du Mali

MAURITIUS

Import Division
Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Consumer Protection
2nd Floor, SICOM Tower
Wall Street
Ebene
Mauritius

MEXICO

Ministry of Economy
Directorate-General for Market Access of Goods SE.
189 Pachuca Street, Condesa, 17th Floor
Mexico City, 06140
Mexico

Import and export authority:

Directorate-General for Trade Facilitation and Foreign Trade
SE. Undersecretary of Industry and Trade
1940 South Insurgentes Avenue, PH floor
Mexico City, 01030
Mexico

SHCP-AGA. Strategic Planning and Coordination

Customs Administration ‘2’
160 Lucas Alaman Street, Obrera
Mexico City, 06800
Mexico

MOZAMBIQUE

Ministry Mineral Resources and Energy
Av. Fernão de Magalhães №.34, 1° andar
Maputo
Mozambique

Import and Export Authority:

UGPK
Praca 25 de Junho, №.380 3° andar
Maputo
Mozambique

Department of Licencing and Exchange Control (DLC)
Av. 25 de Setembro, n° 1695, caixa postal n° 423
Maputo
Mozambique

NAMIBIA

The Government of Republic of Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy
Directorate of Diamond Affairs Private Bag 13297
1st Aviation Road (Eros Airport)
Windhoek
Namibia

NEW ZEALAND

Middle East and Africa Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Private Bag 18 901
Wellington
New Zealand

Import and export authority:

New Zealand Customs Service
1 Hinemoa Street
PO box 2218
Wellington 6140
New Zealand

NORWAY

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department for Regional Affairs
The budget and coordination unit
Box 8114 Dep
0032 Oslo, Norway

Import and export authority:

The Directorate of Norwegian Customs
Postboks 2103 Vika
N-0125 Oslo, Norway

PANAMA

National Customs Authority
Panama City, Curundu, Dulcidio Gonzalez Avenue, building # 1009
Republic of Panama

QATAR

Qatar Free Zones Authority – Business and Innovation Park (QFZA/BIP)
Building No 1
Zone 49
Street 504
Qatar

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

International:

Ministry of Finance
9, Ilyinka Street
109097 Moscow
Russian Federation

Import and Export Authority:

Gokhran of Russia
14, 1812 Goda St.
121170 Moscow
Russian Federation

SIERRA LEONE

Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources
Youyi Building
Brookfields
Freetown
Sierra Leone

Import and export authority:

National Minerals Agency
New England Ville
Freetown
Sierra Leone

SINGAPORE

Ministry of Trade and Industry
100 High Street
#09-01, The Treasury
Singapore 179434

Import and Export authority:

Singapore Customs
55 Newton Road
#06-02 Revenue House
Singapore 307987

SOUTH AFRICA

South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator
251 Fox Street
Doornfontein 2028
Johannesburg
South Africa

SRI LANKA

National Gem and Jewellery Authority
25, Galle Face Terrace
Post Code 00300
Colombo 03
Sri Lanka

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

Mining Commission
Ministry of Energy and Minerals
P.O BOX 2292
40744 Dodoma
Tanzania

THAILAND

Department of Foreign Trade
Ministry of Commerce
563 Nonthaburi Road
Muang District, Nonthaburi 11000
Thailand

TOGO

The Ministry of Mines and Energy
Head Office of Mines and Geology
216, Avenue Sarakawa
B.P. 356
Lomé
Togo

TURKEY

Foreign Exchange Department
Ministry of Treasury and Finance
T.C. Bașbakanlık Hazine
Müsteșarlığı İnönü Bulvarı No 36
06510 Emek, Ankara
Turkey

Import and Export Authority:

Istanbul Gold Exchange/Borsa Istanbul Precious Metals and Diamond
Market (BIST)
Borsa İstanbul, Resitpasa Mahallesi,
Borsa İstanbul Caddesi No 4
Sariyer, 34467, Istanbul
Turkey

UKRAINE

Ministry of Finance
State Gemological Centre of Ukraine
38–44, Degtyarivska St.
Kyiv 04119
Ukraine

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

U.A.E. Kimberley Process Office
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
Dubai Airport Free Zone
Emirates Security Building
Block B, 2nd Floor, Office # 20
P.O. Box 48800
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

UNITED KINGDOM ²

Government Diamond Office
Conflict Department
Room WH1.214
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
United Kingdom

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

United States Kimberley Process Authority
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
2201 C Street, NW
Washington DC 20520
United States of America

Import and export authority:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Office of Trade
1400 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20229
United States of America

U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road
Room 5K167
Washington, DC 20233
United States of America

VENEZUELA

Central Bank of Venezuela
36 Av. Urdaneta, Caracas, Capital District
Caracas
ZIP Code 1010
Venezuela

VIETNAM

Ministry of Industry and Trade
Agency of Foreign Trade 54 Hai Ba Trung
Hoan Kiem
Hanoi
Vietnam

ZIMBABWE

Principal Minerals Development Office
Ministry of Mines and Mining Development
6th Floor, ZIMRE Centre
Cnr L.Takawira St/K. Nkrumah Ave.
Harare
Zimbabwe

Import and export authority:

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority
Block E 5th Floor, Mhlahlandlela Complex
Cnr Basch Street/10th Avenue
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe

Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe
90 Mutare road,
Msasa
PO Box 2628
Harare
Zimbabwe

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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 Economische Analyses en Internationale Economie, Dienst Vergunningen
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

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