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:
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’).
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.
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.
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 lists the Participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authorities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly.
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.
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:
Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as follows:
Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation;
Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation;
Annex V is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regulation.
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
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’ 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’, 4o 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, 6th 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, 17th 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
1st 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(1)
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