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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2149

of 9 December 2020

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds, in order to add Italy as a Union authority and to take into account the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

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 17, Article 19(1 and 2), and Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Withdrawal Agreement(2) sets out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (‘United Kingdom’) from the Union and from the European Atomic Energy Community (‘Euratom’).

(2) The transition period set out in Part Four of the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020 when Union law ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom.

(3) Pursuant to Article 5(4) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement, read in conjunction with Annex 2 to that Protocol, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland will become applicable at the end of the transition period.

(4) Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 lists the Participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authorities.

(5) By virtue of the adoption of the Administrative Decision ‘Admission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme’ by Kimberley Process Participants at the Delhi Plenary in November 2019, the United Kingdom is admitted as a Kimberley Process certification scheme Participant, with such participation taking effect only from the date on which Union law ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom should be added to the list of Kimberley Process Participants in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.

(6) In addition, the addresses of the competent authorities of several participants in the Kimberley Process, found in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, require an update.

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

(8) Following the request for designation of a Union authority pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 by Italy, the Commission met with the Union authority designated by Italy 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 Union authority designated by Italy 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. The relevant authority in Italy should therefore be added to the list of Union authorities in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.

(9) Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, the Union authority in the United Kingdom should be removed from the list of Union authorities in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.

(10) In accordance with Article 17(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, the Commission shall list in Annex V each organisation that fulfils the requirements of Article 17. Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom, the London Diamond Bourse and Club should be removed from the list of diamond organisations implementing the system of warranties and industry self-regulation, found in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002.

(11) Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly.

(12) 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.

(13) To allow the Union’s implementation of the Kimberley Process certification scheme in relation to the United Kingdom as soon as possible, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency,

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 in Annex I to this Regulation;

(2)

Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;

(3)

Annex V is replaced by the text 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.

It shall apply from 1 January 2021.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 December 2020.

For the Commission

Josep Borrell Fontelles

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 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 Border Revenue Branch

Australian Border Force

5 Constitution Ave

Canberra City 2600

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

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, 6^th 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

Peoples 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’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

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

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

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 4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building

Intendance Street

Port Louis

Mauritius

MEXICO

Directorate-General for International Trade in Goods

189 Pachuca Street, Condesa, 17^th 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

NAMIBIA

The Government of Republic of Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy

Directorate of Diamond Affairs Private Bag 13297

1^st 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

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

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(3)

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’

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 Economische Analyses en Internationale Economie, Dienst Vergunningen en Diamant/Service Public Fédéral Économie,

PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Direction générale des Analyses économiques et de l’Economie internationale, Service Licences et Diamants

(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

Hoveniersstraat 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) 213 793

Fax [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Permanent service at designated custom office – Praha Ruzyně

Tel. [phone] (Mondays to Fridays -7:30am – 15:30pm)

Tel. [phone] (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 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. [phone]

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

Geoscience Regulation Office

Department of Environment, Climate and Communications

29–31 Adelaide Road

Dublin

D02 X285

Ireland

Tel. [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

ITALY

In Italy 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:

Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli

Laboratorio chimico di Torino – Ufficio antifrode –Direzione Interregionale Liguria, Piemonte e Valle d’Aosta

Corso Sebastopoli, 3

10134 Torino

Tel. [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 the competent Italian authority:

Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli

Ufficio Origine e valore – Direzione Dogane

Piazza Mastai, 12

00153 Roma

Tel. [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

PORTUGAL

Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira

Direção de Serviços de Licenciamento

R. da Alfândega, 5

1149-006 Lisboa

Tel. + 351 218 813 843/8

Fax + 351 218 813 986

Email: [e-mail]

In Portugal the controls of imports and exports of rough diamonds required by 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] 98 90/312 12 75

Fax [phone] 34 62

www.anpc.ro’

ANNEX III U.K.

‘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’

(1)

OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.

(2)

Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).

(3)

Without prejudice to the application of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland, in accordance with Article 5(4), read in conjunction with Annex 2, point 47, of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement as of 1 January 2021 (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).