Commission Regulation (EC) No 1285/2005

of 3 August 2005

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 Article 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme in Annex II.

(2) The Chair of the Kimberley Process certification scheme, through his Chair’s Notice of 27 July 2005, has decided to add Indonesia to the list of Participants as of 1 August 2005. Annex II should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Article 2

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

It shall be applicable from 1 August 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 August 2005.

For the Commission

Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 718/2005 (OJ L 126, 19.5.2005, p. 68).

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