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Document 32008R1268

    Commission Regulation (EC) No 1268/2008 of 12 December 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

    OJ L 338, 17.12.2008, p. 39–45 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    This document has been published in a special edition(s) (HR)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/1268/oj

    17.12.2008   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 338/39


    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1268/2008

    of 12 December 2008

    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,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

    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 Articles 20 thereof,

    Whereas:

    (1)

    The Delhi Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process has revised the list of Participants who meet the minimum requirements of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

    (2)

    The addresses of the KP authorities of some Participants need to be updated.

    (3)

    Annex II should be amended accordingly,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

    Done at Brussels, 12 December 2008.

    For the Commission

    Benita FERRERO-WALDNER

    Member of the Commission


    (1)   OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28.


    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

    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 COMMUNITY

    European Commission

    DG External Relations/A/2

    170, rue de la Loi

    B-1049 Brussels

    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 400004

    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

    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

    MAURITIUS

    Import Division

    Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises, Commerce & Cooperatives

    4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building

    Intendance Street

    Port Louis

    Mauritius

    MEXICO

    Secretaría de Economía

    Dirección General de Política Comercial

    Alfonso Reyes No 30, Colonia Hipódromo Condesa, Piso 16.

    Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F.

    México

    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

    SWITZERLAND

    State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

    Task Force Sanctions

    Effingerstrasse 27

    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, Dienst Vergunningen/Service Public Fédéral Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Service Licence,

    Italiëlei 124, bus 71

    B-2000 Antwerpen

    Tel. (32-3) 206 94 72

    Fax (32-3) 206 94 90

    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,

    External Finance Directorate

    102, G. Rakovski str.

    Sofia, 1040

    Bulgaria

    Tel. (359.2) 985.924.01/985.924.10/985.924.15

    Fax (359.2).981.2498

    E-mail: feedback@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 27-31

    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) 376-3429, 376-3586, 376-3582

    Fax (49-911) 376-2270

    E-mail: diamond.cert@ofdn.bfinv.de

    ROMANIA

    Autoritatea Națională pentru Protecția Consumatorilor

    (National Authority for Consumer Protection)

    Precious Metals and Precious Stones Department

    24 Gral Berthelot, Sect. 1

    010164, Bucharest

    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

    GDO@gtnet.gov.uk’


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