Commission Regulation (EC) No 1459/2004Dangos y teitl llawn

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1459/2004

of 16 August 2004

amending 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 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1458/2004(2), and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme in Annex II to be amended.

(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair’s Notice of 9 July 2004, has provided an updated list of participants in the scheme. The updating concerns the removal from the list of the Republic of Congo. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 U.K.

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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 2004.

For the Commission

Christopher Patten

Member of the Commission

ANNEX U.K.

‘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

  Luanda

  Angola

• ARMENIA

  Department of Gemstones and Jewellery

  Ministry of Trade and Economic Development

  Yerevan

  Armenia

• AUSTRALIA

  • Community Protection Section

    Australian Customs Section

    Customs House, 5 Constitution Avenue

    Canberra ACT 2601

    Australia

  • Minerals Development Section

    Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources

    GPO Box 9839

    Canberra ACT 2601

    Australia

• BELARUS

  Department of Finance

  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’ — 3° andar

  70065 — 900 Brasilia — DF

  Brasilia

• BULGARIA

  Ministry of Economy

  Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy and Regional Cooperation Directorate

  12, Al. Batenberg str.

  1000 Sofia

  Bulgaria

• 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

  • For specimen of the Canadian KP Certificate:

    Stewardship Division

    International and Domestic Market Policy Division

    Mineral and Metal Policy Branch

    Minerals and Metals Sector

    Natural Resources Canada

    580 Booth Street, 10th Floor, Room: 10A6

    Ottawa, Ontario

    Canada K1A 0E4

  • General Enquiries:

    Kimberley Process Office

    Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS)

    Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

    10th Floor, Area A-7

    580 Booth Street

    Ottawa, Ontario

    Canada K1A 0E4

• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

  Independent Diamond Valuators (IDV)

  Immeuble SOCIM, 2eme etage

  BP 1613 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

  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

• COTE D’IVOIRE

  Ministry of Mines and Energy

  BP V 91

  Abidjan

  Cote d'Ivoire

• CROATIA

  Ministry of Economy

  Zagreb

  Republic of Croatia

• EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

  European Commission

  DG External Relations/A/2

  B-1049 Brussels

• 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

  PO Box 1028

  Upper Brickdam

  Stabroek

  Georgetown

  Guyana

• INDIA

  The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council

  Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A, Fr D.B. Marg

  Mumbai 400 004

  India

• ISRAEL

  Ministry of Industry and Trade

  P.O. Box 3007

  52130 Ramat Gan

  Israel

• JAPAN

  • United Nations Policy Division

    Foreign Policy Bureau

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    2-11-1, Shibakoen Minato-ku

    105-8519 Tokyo

    Japan

  • Mineral and Natural Resources Division

    Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

    Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

    1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku

    100-8901 Tokyo

    Japan

• KOREA, Republic of

  • UN Division

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

    Government Complex Building

    77 Sejong-ro, Jongro-gu

    Seoul

    Korea

  • Trade Policy Division

    Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Enterprise

    1 Joongang-dong, Kwacheon-City

    Kyunggi-do

    Korea

• LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic

  Department of Foreign Trade

  Ministry of Commerce

  Vientiane

  Laos

• LESOTHO

  Commission of Mines and Geology

  P.O. Box 750

  Maseru 100

  Lesotho

• MALAYSIA

  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

  Blok 10

  Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta

  50622 Kuala Lumpur

  Malaysia

• MAURITIUS

  Ministry of Commerce and Co-operatives

  Import Division

  2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius House

  Intendance Street

  Port Louis

  Mauritius

• NAMIBIA

  Diamond Commission

  Ministry of Mines and Energy

  Private Bag 13297

  Windhoek

  Namibia

• NORWAY

  Section for Public International Law

  Department of Legal Affairs

  Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  P.O. Box 8114

  0032 Oslo

  Norway

• ROMANIA

  National Authority for Consumer Protection

  Strada Georges Clemenceau Nr. 5, sectorul 1

  Bucharest

  Romania

• RUSSIAN FEDERATION

  Gokhran of Russia

  14, 1812 Goda St.

  121170 Moscow

  Russia

• SIERRA LEONE

  Ministry of Mineral Resources

  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 Board

  240 Commissioner Street

  Johannesburg

  South Africa

• SRI LANKA

  Trade Information Service

  Sri Lanka Export Development Board

  42 Nawam Mawatha

  Colombo 2

  Sri Lanka

• SWITZERLAND

  State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

  Export Control Policy and Sanctions

  Effingerstrasse 1

  3003 Berne

  Switzerland

• TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs Territory

  Import and Export office

  Licensing and Administration

  Board of Foreign Trade

  Taiwan

• TANZANIA

  Commission for Minerals

  Ministry of Energy and Minerals

  PO Box 2000

  Dar es Salaam

  Tanzania

• THAILAND

  Ministry of Commerce

  Department of Foreign Trade

  44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-Nonthaburi

  Muang District

  Nonthaburi 11000

  Thailand

• TOGO

  Directorate General — Mines and Geology

  B.P. 356

  216, Avenue Sarakawa

  Lomé

  Togo

• UKRAINE

  • Ministry of Finance

    State Gemological Center

    Degtyarivska St. 38-44

    Kiev

    04119 Ukraine

  • International Department

    Diamond Factory “Kristall’

    600 Letiya Street 21

    21100 Vinnitsa

    Ukraine

• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

  Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre

  PO Box 63

  Dubai

  United Arab Emirates

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  U.S Department of State

  2201 C St., N.W.

  Washington D.C.

  United States of America

• VENEZUELA

  Ministry of Energy and Mines

  Apartado Postal No. 61536 Chacao

  Caracas 1006

  Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House B

  La Campina — Caraca

  Venezuela

• VIETNAM

  Export-Import Management Department

  Ministry of Trade of Vietnam

  31 Trang Tien

  Hanoi 10.000

  Vietnam

• ZIMBABWE

  Principal Minerals Development Office

  Ministry of Mines and Mining Development

  Private Bag 7709, Causeway

  Harare

  Zimbabwe’’.

(1)

OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.

(2)

See page 21 of this Official Journal.