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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1486/2006 of 5 October 2006 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, decided to add New Zealand to the list of Participants as of 20 September 2006. Annex II should therefore be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amended accordingly, Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certifi- cation scheme for the international trade in rough Article 1 diamonds (1), and in particular Article 20 thereof, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. Whereas: Article 2 (1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme in Annex II. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. (2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair’s Notice of 13 September 2006, has It shall be applicable from 20 September 2006.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 5 October 2006.
For the Commission Benita FERRERO-WALDNER Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1574/2005 (OJ L 253, 29.9.2005, p. 11). L 278/4EN Official Journal of the European Union 10.10.2006
ANNEX
‘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 CANADA Ministry of Geology and Mines International: Rua Hochi Min Luanda Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Angola Peace Building and Human Security Division Lester B Pearson Tower B — Room: B4-120 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 ARMENIA Canada Department of Gemstones and Jewellery Ministry of Trade and Economic Development For specimen of the Canadian KP Certificate: Yerevan Armenia Stewardship Division International and Domestic Market Policy Division Mineral and Metal Policy Branch AUSTRALIA Minerals and Metals Sector Community Protection Section Natural Resources Canada Australian Customs Section 580 Booth Street, 10th Floor, Room: 10A6 Customs House, 5 Constitution Avenue Ottawa, Ontario Canberra ACT 2601 Canada K1A 0E4 Australia General Enquiries: Minerals Development Section Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources Kimberley Process Office GPO Box 9839 Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS) Canberra ACT 2601 Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Australia 10th Floor, Area A-7 580 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario BELARUS Canada K1A 0E4 Department of Finance Sovetskaja Str., 7 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 220010 Minsk Republic of Belarus Independent Diamond Valuators (IDV) Immeuble SOCIM, 2ème étage BP 1613 Bangui BOTSWANA Central African Republic Ministry of Minerals, Energy & Water Resources PI Bag 0018 CHINA, People’s Republic of Gaborone Department of Inspection and Quarantine Clearance Botswana General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) 9 Madiandonglu BRAZIL Haidian District, Beijing Ministry of Mines and Energy People’s Republic of China Esplanada dos Ministérios — Bloco “U”—3o andar 70065 — 900 Brasilia — DF Brazil HONG KONG, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China Department of Trade and Industry BULGARIA Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Ministry of Economy Peoples Republic of China Multilateral Trade and Economic Policy and Regional Room 703, Trade and Industry Tower Cooperation Directorate 700 Nathan Road 12, Al. Batenberg str. Kowloon 1000 Sofia Hong Kong Bulgaria China 10.10.2006EN Official Journal of the European Union L 278/5
CONGO, Democratic Republic of ISRAEL Centre d’Evaluation, d’Expertise et de Certification (CEEC) Ministry of Industry and Trade 17th floor, BCDC Tower P.O. Box 3007 30th June Avenue 52130 Ramat Gan Kinshasa Israel Democratic Republic of Congo
JAPAN CÔTE D’IVOIRE United Nations Policy Division Ministry of Mines and Energy Foreign Policy Bureau BP V 91 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abidjan 2-11-1, Shibakoen Minato-ku Côte d’Ivoire 105-8519 Tokyo Japan CROATIA Ministry of Economy Mineral and Natural Resources Division Zagreb Agency for Natural Resources and Energy Republic of Croatia Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku 100-8901 Tokyo EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Japan European Commission DG External Relations/A/2 B-1049 Brussels KOREA, Republic of Belgium UN Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade GHANA Government Complex Building Precious Minerals Marketing Company (Ltd.) 77 Sejong-ro, Jongro-gu Diamond House, Seoul Kinbu Road, Korea P.O. Box M. 108 Accra Trade Policy Division Ghana Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Enterprise 1 Joongang-dong, Kwacheon-City Kyunggi-do GUINEA Korea Ministry of Mines and Geology BP 2696 Conakry LAOS, People’s Democratic Republic Guinea Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce GUYANA Vientiane Laos Geology and Mines Commission P O Box 1028 Upper Brickdam LEBANON Stabroek Georgetown Ministry of Economy and Trade Guyana Beirut Lebanon INDIA The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council LESOTHO Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor 391-A, Fr D.B. Marg Commission of Mines and Geology Mumbai 400 004 P.O. Box 750 India Maseru 100 Lesotho INDONESIA Directorate-General of Foreign Trade MALAYSIA Ministry of Trade JI M.I. Ridwan Rais No 5 Ministry of International Trade and Industry Blok I Iantai 4 Blok 10 Jakarta Pusat Kotak Pos. 10110 Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta Jakarta 50622 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia Malaysia L 278/6EN Official Journal of the European Union 10.10.2006
MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA Ministry of Commerce and Co-operatives South African Diamond Board Import Division 240 Commissioner Street 2nd Floor, Anglo-Mauritius House Johannesburg Intendance Street South Africa Port Louis Mauritius SRI LANKA Trade Information Service NAMIBIA Sri Lanka Export Development Board Diamond Commission 42 Nawam Mawatha Ministry of Mines and Energy Colombo 2 Private Bag 13297 Sri Lanka Windhoek Namibia SWITZERLAND State Secretariat for Economic Affairs NORWAY Export Control Policy and Sanctions Effingerstrasse 1 Section for Public International Law 3003 Berne Department for Legal Affairs Switzerland Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs P.O. Box 8114 0032 Oslo TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU, Separate Customs Norway Territory Export/Import Administration Division Bureau of Foreign Trade NEW ZEALAND Ministry of Economic Affairs Certificate Issuing Authority: Taiwan Middle East and Africa Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade TANZANIA Private Bag 18 901 Wellington Commission for Minerals New Zealand Ministry of Energy and Minerals PO Box 2000 Import and Export Authority: Dar es Salaam New Zealand Customs Service Tanzania PO Box 2218 Wellington New Zealand THAILAND Ministry of Commerce ROMANIA Department of Foreign Trade 44/100 Thanon Sanam Bin Nam-Nonthaburi National Authority for Consumer Protection Muang District Strada Georges Clemenceau Nr. 5, sectorul 1 Nonthaburi 11000 Bucharest Thailand Romania
RUSSIAN FEDERATION TOGO — Gokhran of Russia Directorate General Mines and Geology 14, 1812 Goda St. B.P. 356 121170 Moscow 216, Avenue Sarakawa Russia Lomé Togo SIERRA LEONE UKRAINE Ministry of Mineral Resources Youyi Building Ministry of Finance Brookfields State Gemological Center Freetown Degtyarivska St. 38-44 Sierra Leone Kiev 04119 Ukraine
SINGAPORE International Department Ministry of Trade and Industry Diamond Factory “Kristall” 100 High Street 600 Letiya Street 21 #0901, The Treasury, 21100 Vinnitsa Singapore 179434 Ukraine 10.10.2006EN Official Journal of the European Union L 278/7
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES La Campina — Caracas Venezuela Dubai Metals and Commodities Centre PO Box 63 Dubai VIETNAM United Arab Emirates Export-Import Management Department UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ministry of Trade of Vietnam 31 Trang Tien U.S. Department of State Hanoi 10.000 2201 C St., N.W. Vietnam Washington D.C. United States of America ZIMBABWE VENEZUELA Principal Minerals Development Office Ministry of Energy and Mines Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Apartado Postal No 61536 Chacao Private Bag 7709, Causeway Caracas 1006 Harare Av. Libertadores, Edif. PDVSA, Pent House B Zimbabwe’.