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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 947/2012 of 12 October 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 947/2012 of 12 October 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 947/2012 of 12 October 2012 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds
OJ L 282, 16.10.2012, p. 27–38
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Relation | Act | Comment | Subdivision concerned | From | To |
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Modifies | 32002R2368 | Replacement | annex II | 19/10/2012 | |
Modifies | 32002R2368 | Replacement | annex IV | 01/01/2013 | |
Modifies | 32002R2368 | Replacement | annex III | 19/10/2012 | |
Modifies | 32002R2368 | Replacement | annex V | 19/10/2012 |
16.10.2012 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 282/27 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 947/2012
of 12 October 2012
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the 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 the international trade in rough diamonds (1), and in particular Articles 19(6) and 20 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Following a provisional acceptance at the Washington Intersessional meeting in June 2012, Kimberley Process Participants approved, by written procedure, the addition of Cameroon to the list of KP Participants. That approval was confirmed by a KP Chair notice on 14 August 2012. |
(2) |
By virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, the European Union replaced and succeeded the European Community. In order to improve the functionality of the certificate as defined in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002, certain characteristics laid out in Annex IV to that Regulation should be amended to reflect this change. However, it is necessary to provide a realistic time frame 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 certificate. |
(3) |
Furthermore, the addresses of the European Union and the Swiss contact points in Annex II, the list of Member States’ competent authorities in Annex III, and the list of diamond organisations in Annex V should be updated. |
(4) |
Annexes II, III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly. |
(5) |
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 22 of Regulation 2368/2002, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
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. |
(4) |
Annex V is replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Regulation. |
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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 2013.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 October 2012.
For the Commission
Catherine ASHTON
Vice-President
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:
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General Enquiries:
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CAMEROON
National Permanent Secretariat for the Kimberley Process |
Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development |
Intek Building |
Navik Street |
P.O. Box 8390 |
Yaoundé |
Cameroon |
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 UNION
European Commission |
Service for Foreign Policy Instruments |
Office EEAS 02/309 |
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel (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 400 004 |
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 |
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 |
MEXICO
Secretaría de Economía |
Dirección General de Política Comercial |
Alfonso Reyes No. 30, Colonia Hipodromo Condesa, Piso 16. |
Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F. |
Mexico |
MAURITIUS
Import Division |
Ministry of Industry, Small & Medium Enterprises, Commerce & Cooperatives |
4th Floor, Anglo Mauritius Building |
Intendance Street |
Port Louis |
Mauritius |
NAMIBIA
Diamond Commission |
Ministry of Mines and Energy |
Private Bag 13297 |
Windhoek |
Namibia |
NEW ZEALAND
Certificate Issuing authority:
|
Import and Export Authority:
|
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 |
SWAZILAND
Office for the Commissioner of Mines |
Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy |
Mining department |
Lilunga House (3rd floor, Wing B) |
Somhlolo Road |
PO Box 9, |
Mbabane H100 |
Swaziland |
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 |
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, Algemene Directie Economisch Potentieel, Dienst Vergunningen/Service Public Fédéral Economie,
PME, Classes moyennes et Energie, Direction générale du Potentiel économique, Service Licences |
Italiëlei 124, bus 71 |
B-2000 Antwerpen |
Tel. (32-2) 277 54 59 |
Fax (32-2) 277 54 61 |
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 |
International Financial Institutions and Cooperation Directorate |
102 G. Rakovski str. |
Sofia, 1040 |
Bulgaria |
Tel. (359-2) 98 59 24 00/98 59 2401 |
Fax. (359-2) 98 59 24 02 |
Email: ific@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 27-0 |
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 3754 |
Fax (49-911) 376 2273 |
E-mail: diamond.cert@bfdso.bfinv.de |
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. (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 |
E-mail: GDO@gtnet.gov.uk” |
ANNEX III
‘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 should be a High Security Banknote Printer. The printer should provide suitable references from governmental and commercial customers.
The European Commission shall make specimens of original EU Certificates available to EU authorities.
Materials
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Dimensions: A4 (210 mm × 297 mm); |
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Watermarked with invisible (yellow/red) UV fibres; |
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Solvent sensitive; |
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UV dull (features in the document stand out clearly when highlighted under a Ultra-violet lamp); |
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95 g/m2 paper. |
Printing
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Rainbow background tint (solvent sensitive); |
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The ‘rainbow’ effect has a security background that will not visualise when photocopied. |
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The inks used must be ‘solvent sensitive’ to protect the document against attack from chemicals used to alter infilled text, such as bleach. |
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1 Colour background tint (permanent and light fast); |
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Ensure that a secondary ‘Rainbow’ is printed to prevent the Certificates from exposure to sunlight. |
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UV invisible working (stars of the EU Flag); |
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The security printer should apply the correct weight of ink to ensure that the UV feature is invisible in normal light. |
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EU Flag: Printed gold and European blue; |
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Intaglio Border; |
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Tactile Intaglio ink is one of the most important features in the document. |
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Extra Small Print line reading ‘Kimberley Process Certificate’; |
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Latent image: KP; |
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Micro-text reading ‘KPCS’; |
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The document design must incorporate anticopy (‘Medallion’) features into the background fine-line printing. |
Numbering
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Each EU Certificate shall have a unique serial number, preceded by the code: EU. |
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The Commission shall attribute the serial numbers to the Member States that intend to issue EU Certificates. |
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There should be two types of matching numbering — visible and invisible: |
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First = 8 digit sequential, once on all parts of the document, printed black |
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The printer should hold all responsibility for numbering every Certificate. |
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The printer should also keep a database of all numbering. |
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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
Slot perforated in 1 position, cut to singles A4 size, at 100 mm from right edge
(a) |
left side:
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(b) |
right side:
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ANNEX IV
‘ANNEX V
List of diamond organisations implementing the system of warranties and industry self-regulation referred to in Articles 13 and 17
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