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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1189

of 8 July 2019

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing te 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 international trade in rough diamonds(1), and in particular Article 19(6) and Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Following a provisional acceptance at the Brisbane Plenary meeting in December 2017, Kimberley Process Participants approved the addition of the Republic of Gabon to the list of participants in that process at the Brussels Plenary meeting in November 2018.

(2) The addresses of the competent authorities of several Participants in the Kimberley Process in Annex II and the addresses of Member States' competent authorities in Annex III require an update.

(3) Following the request for designation of an EU authority pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 by Ireland, the Commission visited the EU authority designated by Ireland to verify its preparedness to assume the duties referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. The preparations undertaken and the procedures envisaged by the EU authority designated by Ireland suggest that it will be able to reliably, timely, effectively and adequately fulfil the tasks required by Chapters II, III and V of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002. It is necessary to provide a realistic timeframe for Ireland to implement the necessary changes.

(4) By virtue of the adoption of the Administrative Decision ‘Compilation of Modifications to Technical definitions’ by Kimberley Process Participants at the Brussels Plenary in November 2018, the term ‘country of origin’ should be replaced by the term ‘country of mining origin’ in Kimberley Process Certificates.

(5) In order to reflect the replacement of the term ‘country of origin’ by the term ‘country of mining origin’, in the European Union certificate as defined in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, Annex IV to that Regulation should be amended accordingly. It is necessary to provide a realistic timeframe 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 certificates.

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

(7) 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 U.K.

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.

Article 2 U.K.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 2020.

As far as Ireland is concerned, Annex III shall apply from 1 September 2019.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 July 2019.

For the Commission

Federica Mogherini

Vice-President

ANNEX I 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 Mineral Resources and Petroleum

Rua Engenheiro Armindo de Andrade, No 103

Miramar Bairro Sambizanga

1072 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, Green Technology and Energy Security (MMGE)

Fairgrounds Office Park, Plot No 50676 Block C

P/Bag 0018

Gaborone

Botswana

BRAZIL

Ministry of Mines and Energy

Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco ‘U’, 4^o 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 Inspection and Quarantine Clearance

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)

9 Madian East Road

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'Expertise, d'Evaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses et Semi-précieuses (CEEC)

3989, av des cliniques

Kinshasa/Gombe

Democratic Republic of Congo

CONGO, Republic of

Bureau d'Expertise, d'Evaluation et de Certification des Substances Minérales Précieuses (BEEC)

BP 2787

Brazzaville

Republic of Congo

COTE D'IVOIRE

Ministère de l'Industrie et des Mines

Secrétariat Permanent de la Représentation en Côte d'Ivoire du Processus de Kimberley (SPRPK-CI)

Abidjan-Plateau, Immeuble les Harmonies II

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 03/330

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

Belgium

GABON

Centre Permanent du Processus de Kimberley (CPPK)

Ministry of Equipment, Infrastructure, and Mines

Immeuble de la Geologie, 261 rue Germain Mba

B.P. 284/576

Libreville

Gabon

GHANA

Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

Accra P.O. Box M 212

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

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

1, Chiyoda-ku

Tokyo, Japan

Japan

KAZAKHSTAN

Ministry for Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology

11, Mangilik el street

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

LAOS, People's Democratic Republic

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

MALI

Ministère des Mines

Bureau d'Expertise d'Evaluation 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 4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building

Intendance Street

Port Louis

Mauritius

MEXICO

Directorate-General for International Trade in Goods

189 Pachuca Street, Condesa, 17th Floor

Mexico City, 06140

Mexico

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

NORWAY

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Department for Regional Affairs

Section for Southern and Central Africa

Box 8114 Dep

0032 Oslo, Norway

PANAMA

National Customs Authority

Panama City, Curundu, Dulcidio Gonzalez Avenue, building # 1009

Republic of Panama

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

SINGAPORE

Ministry of Trade and Industry

100 High Street

#09-01, The Treasury

Singapore 179434

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

Commission for Minerals

Ministry of Energy and Minerals

Kikuyu Avenue, P.O BOX

422, 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

Undersecretariat of Treasury

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.

Kiev 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 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

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’

ANNEX II U.K.

‘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 des Analyses économiques et de l'Economie internationale, Service Licences

(Federal Public Service Economy SME's, Self-employed and Energy, Directorate-General for Economic Analyses & International Economy)

Italiëlei 124, bus 71

B-2000 Antwerpen

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone] or [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

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

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. [phone], cell (420-737) 213793

Fax [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Permanent service at designated custom office — Praha Ruzyně

Tel. [phone] (Mondays to Fridays — 7.30-15.30)

Tel. [phone] (Saturdays, Sundays and rest — 15.30-7.30)

GERMANY

In Germany the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of Union 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 678156270

Fax [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

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

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

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. [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

PORTUGAL

Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Direção de Serviços de Licenciamento

R. da Alfândega, 5

1149-006 Lisboa

Tel. + 351 218813843/8

Fax + 351 218813986

Email: [e-mail]

In Portugal the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, including the issuing of EU 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

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email address: [e-mail]

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. [phone]

Fax [phone]

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. [phone]/5797

Email: [e-mail]’

ANNEX III U.K.

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

• The printer shall 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

’

(1)

OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.