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

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, and in particular Articles 19(6) and 20 thereof,
OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p.28.
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
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:

(b) right side:’

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’