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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 35 / Thursday, February 21, 2013 / Notices 12135

Dated: February 13, 2013. Participants, and to update the list as Ghana—Precious Minerals and Marketing J. Adam Ereli, necessary. Section 2 of Executive Order Company Ltd. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 13312 delegates this function to the Guinea—Ministry of Mines and Geology. of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Secretary of State. Guyana—Geology and Mines Commission. Department of State. Section 3(7) of the Act defines —The Gem and Jewelry Export [FR Doc. 2013–04005 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] ‘‘Participant’’ as a state, customs Promotion Council. BILLING CODE 4710–05–P territory, or regional economic Indonesia—Directorate General of Foreign integration organization identified by Trade of the Ministry of Trade. the Secretary of State. Section 3(3) of the —The Controller. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Act defines ‘‘Exporting Authority’’ as —Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. [Public Notice 8190] one or more entities designated by a Participant from whose territory a Kazakhstan—Ministry of Finance. Republic of Korea—Ministry of Commerce, List of Participating Countries and shipment of rough is being Industry and Energy. Entities (Hereinafter Known as exported as having the authority to Laos—Ministry of Finance. ‘‘Participants’’) Under the Clean validate a Kimberley Process Certificate. Lebanon—Ministry of Economy and Trade. Diamond Trade Act (Pub. L. 108–19) Section 3(4) of the Act defines ‘‘Importing Authority’’ as one or more Lesotho—Commissioner of Mines and and Section 2 of Executive Order Geology. 13312 of July 29, 2003 entities designated by a Participant into whose territory a shipment of rough —Ministry of Lands, Mines and AGENCY: Department of State. diamonds is imported as having the Energy. Malaysia—Ministry of International Trade ACTION: Notice. authority to enforce the laws and regulations of the Participant regarding and Industry. SUMMARY: In accordance with Sections 3 imports, including the verification of Mauritius—Ministry of Commerce. Namibia—Ministry of Mines and Energy. and 6 of the the Kimberley Process Certificate —Economic Secretariat. of 2003 (Pub. L. 108–19) and Section 2 accompanying the shipment. of Executive Order 13312 of July 29, —Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2003, the Department of State is List of Participants and Trade. identifying all the Participants eligible Pursuant to Section 3 of the Act, Norway—The Norwegian Goldsmiths’ for trade in rough diamonds under the Section 2 of Executive Order 13312, Association. Act, and their respective Importing and Delegation of Authority No. 245–1 Panama—National Customs Authority. Exporting Authorities, and revising the (February 13, 2009), and the Delegation Russia—Gokhran, Ministry of Finance. previously published list of December of Authority from the Deputy Secretary —Government Gold and 31, 2008 (73 FR 80506) to add to the Under Secretary dated October Diamond Office. —Singapore Customs. Cambodia, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, and 31, 2011, I hereby identify the following South Africa—South African Diamond Panama. entities as of November 30, 2012, as Board. Participants under section 6(b) of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Sri Lanka—National Gem and Jewellery Act. Included in this List are the Brooks-Rubin, Special Advisor for Authority. Conflict Diamonds, Bureau of Economic Importing and Exporting Authorities for Swaziland—Office of the Commissioner of and Business Affairs, Department of Participants, as required by Section 6(b) Mines. State (202) 647–2856. of the Act. This list revises the Switzerland—State Secretariat for Economic previously published list of October 31, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4 Affairs. 2011, to add Cambodia, Cameroon, of the Clean Diamond Trade Act (the Chinese Taipei—Bureau of Foreign Trade. Kazakhstan, and Panama to the list of ‘‘Act’’) requires the President to prohibit Tanzania—Commissioner for Minerals. Participants in the Kimberley Process the importation into, or the exportation Thailand—Ministry of Commerce. Certification Scheme. from, the of any rough Togo—Ministry of Mines and Geology. diamond, from whatever source, that Angola—Ministry of Geology and Mines. Turkey—Istanbul Gold Exchange. has not been controlled through the Armenia—Ministry of Trade and Economic —State Gemological Centre of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme Development. Ukraine. Australia—Exporting Authority—Department (KPCS). Under Section 3(2) of the Act, United Arab Emirates—Dubai Metals and of Industry, Tourism and Resources; Commodities Center. ‘‘controlled through the Kimberley Importing Authority—Australian Customs United States of America—Importing Process Certification Scheme’’ means an Service. importation from the territory of a Bangladesh—Ministry of Commerce. Authority—United States Bureau of Participant or exportation to the Belarus—Department of Finance. Customs and Border Protection; Exporting territory of a Participant of rough Botswana—Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Authority—Bureau of the Census. diamonds that is either (i) carried out in Water Resources. Vietnam—Ministry of Trade. accordance with the KPCS, as set forth Brazil—Ministry of Mines and Energy. Zimbabwe—Ministry of Mines and Mining Canada—Natural Resources Canada. Development. in regulations promulgated by the Cambodia—Ministry of Commerce. President, or (ii) controlled under a Cameroon—National Permanent Secretariat This notice shall be published in the system determined by the President to for the Kimberley Process in Cameroon. Federal Register. meet substantially the standards, Central African Republic—Ministry of Energy practices, and procedures of the KPCS. and Mining. Robert D. Hormats, The referenced regulations are China—General Administration of Quality Under Secretary of State, Department of State. Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. contained at 31 CFR part 592 (‘‘Rough [FR Doc. 2013–04007 Filed 2–20–13; 8:45 am] Diamonds Control Regulations’’). Democratic —Ministry of Mines. BILLING CODE 4710–07–P Section 6(b) of the Act requires the Republic of Congo—Ministry of Mines. President to publish in the Federal Croatia—Ministry of Economy. Register a list of all Participants, and all European Union—DG/External Relations/ Importing and Exporting Authorities of A.2.

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