# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 522/2005

of 1 April 2005

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds

## Preamble

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 19(6) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** In order to improve the functionality of the Community certificate certain technical characteristics laid out in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The heading ‘Numbering’ of Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is amended as follows:

| (a) | (i): in the first line the text ‘(fluorescing to green under UV light)’ is deleted; | (i) | in the first line the text ‘(fluorescing to green under UV light)’ is deleted; | (ii) | the third sub-indent is deleted. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (i) | in the first line the text ‘(fluorescing to green under UV light)’ is deleted; |  |  |  |  |
| (ii) | the third sub-indent is deleted. |  |  |  |  |

(b) The fifth indent is replaced by ‘Second = 8 digit sequential invisible printed numbering (matching above), fluorescing under UV light’.

## **Article 2**

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

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 1 April 2005. *For the Commission* Benita FERRERO-WALDNER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2002_358_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/2004 ( [OJ L 271, 18.8.2004, p. 29](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_271_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1474/2004 ().