Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002

means a document duly issued and validated by a participant's competent authority identifying a shipment of rough diamonds as being in compliance with the requirements of the KP certification scheme;

means a stock of rough diamonds to which this Regulation applies, and whose location, volume and value, and changes therein, have been submitted to effective supervision of a Member State;

means a competent authority designated by a Member State and listed in Annex III;

means a certificate corresponding to the specimen in Annex IV and issued by a Community authority;

means the territories of the Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in that Treaty;

means the authority designated by a participant to issue, validate or verify certificates;

means rough diamonds as defined under the KP Certification Scheme;

means transit as provided for by Articles 91 to 97 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code.

means the physical leaving or taking out of any part of the geographical territory of a participant;

means the physical entering or bringing into any part of the geographical territory of a participant;

means the forum in which the participants have designed an international certification scheme for rough diamonds;

(hereinafter ‘KP certification scheme’) means the international certification scheme negotiated by the Kimberley Process as set out in Annex I;

means one or more diamonds that are packed together;

means a parcel that contains rough diamonds from two or more countries of origin;

means any State, regional economic integration organisation, WTO-member or separate customs territory that fulfils the requirements of the KP certification scheme, has notified that fact to the Chair of the KP certification scheme and is listed in Annex II;

means a diamond that is unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted and falls under the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System 710210, 710221 and 710231 (hereinafter ‘HS code’);

means one or more parcels;