COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/557

12.4.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 96/8 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/557 of 7 April 2016 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 Article 20 thereof, Whereas: (1) | Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 lists the participants in the Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme and their duly appointed competent authorities. ---|--- (2) | On 20 July 2015, the KP Chair issued a notice regarding the adoption of the Administrative Decision on Resumption of Exports of Rough Diamonds from the Central African Republic. KP Participants and Observers reached an understanding that the Central African Republic may commence exports of rough diamonds upon full implementation of the Operational Framework set out in the Annex of the Administrative Decision. ---|--- (3) | Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex 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, 7 April 2016. For the Commission Federica MOGHERINI Vice-President * * * (1) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28. * * * 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 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 and 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 CAMBODIA Ministry of Commerce --- Export-Import Department #19-61, MOC Road (1138 Road) Phum Teuk Thla, Sangkai 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 Navik Street P.O. Box 8390 Yaoundé Cameroon CANADA International: Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development --- Human Rights, Governance and Indigenous Affairs Policy Division — MIH 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 Canada For General Enquiries at Natural Resources Canada: Kimberley Process Office --- Minerals and Metals Sector (MMS) 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 Inspection and Quarantine Clearance --- General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) 9 Madiandonglu Haidian District, Beijing 100088 People's Republic of China 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 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'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 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 Department of Commerce --- Ministry of Commerce & Industry Udyog Bhawan Maulana Azad Road New Delhi 110 011 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 Labour --- 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 KAZAKHSTAN Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning --- Orynbor str., 8, entrance 7 Administrative building “The house of ministries” 010000 Astana Kazakhstan 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 --- Corner Constitution and Parliament Road 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 Block 10 Komplek Kerajaan Jalan Duta 50622 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia MALI Ministère des Mines --- Bureau d'Expertise d'Evaluation et de Certification des Diamants Bruts Zone Industrielle Ex. DNGM Bamako République du Mali 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 Hipodromo Condesa, Piso 16. Delegación Cuactemoc, Código Postal: 06140 México, D.F. Mexico NAMIBIA Diamond Commission --- Directorate of Diamond Affairs Ministry of Mines and Energy Private Bag 13297 1st Aviation Road (Eros Airport) Windhoek Namibia NEW ZEALAND Certificate Issuing authority: 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 --- 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 PANAMA General Direction of International Economic Affairs --- Ministry of Foreign Affairs San Felipe, Calle 3 Palacio Bolívar, Edificio 26 Panamá 4 Republic of Panama RUSSIAN FEDERATION International: Ministry of Finance --- 9, Ilyinka Street 109097 Moscow Russia Import and Export Authority: 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 #09-01, The Treasury Singapore 179434 SOUTH AFRICA South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator --- SA Diamond Centre 251 Fox 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 216, Avenue Sarakawa B.P. 356 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 Centre Degtyarivska St. 38-44 Kiev 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 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 Hoan Kiem Hanoi Vietnam ZIMBABWE Principal Minerals Development Office --- Ministry of Mines and Mining Development Private Bag 7709, Causeway Harare Zimbabwe’ * * *