{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-136/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/136",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision No 136/2014/EU of 20 February 2014 laying down rules and procedures to enable the participation of Greenland in the Kimberley Process certification scheme",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-136",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Import into the Union of rough diamonds mined or extracted in Greenland",
  "text": "1. Rough diamonds mined or extracted in Greenland may be imported into the Union only where:\n(a) they are accompanied by the attesting document referred to in paragraph 2;\n(b) they are contained in tamper-resistant containers and the seals applied at export are not broken;\n(c) the attesting document referred to in paragraph 2 clearly identifies the consignment to which it refers;\n(d) the rough diamonds have not been previously exported to a participant other than the Union.\n2. To allow rough diamonds mined or extracted in Greenland to be imported into the Union, the competent authority for Greenland listed in Annex II (‘Greenland authority’) shall upon request issue an attesting document conforming to the requirements set out in Annex I.\n3. The Greenland authority shall deliver the attesting document to the applicant and shall keep a copy for three years for record-keeping purposes.\n4. Acceptance of a customs declaration for release for free circulation pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of rough diamonds referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the verification by a Union authority listed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of the attesting document issued in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article. To this effect, containers of rough diamonds mined or extracted in Greenland shall, on import to the Union, be submitted without delay for verification to an appropriate Union authority.\n5. If a Union authority establishes that the conditions in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, it shall confirm this on the original attesting document and provide the importer with an authenticated and forgery-resistant copy of that attesting document. This confirmation procedure shall take place within ten working days of the submission of the attesting document.\n6. The Member State into which rough diamonds are imported from Greenland shall ensure their submission to the appropriate Union authority. The exporter shall be responsible for the proper movement of the rough diamonds and the costs thereof.\n7. In case of doubts relating to the authenticity or correctness of an attesting document issued in accordance with paragraph 2, and in cases where further advice is required, the customs authorities shall contact the Greenland authority.\n8. The Union authority shall keep the originals of attesting documents referred to in paragraph 2 submitted for verification for at least three years. It shall provide the Commission or persons or bodies designated by the Commission with access to those original attesting documents in particular with a view to answering questions raised within the framework of the KP certification scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/136/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:51.054448+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}