{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2368/annex-I/section-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2368/annex-I/section-III.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2002/2368",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2368",
  "path": "annex/I/section/III",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Undertakings in respect of the international trade in rough diamonds",
  "text": "Each Participant should:\n(a) with regard to shipments of rough diamonds exported to a Participant, require that each such shipment is accompanied by a duly validated Certificate;\n(b) with regard to shipments of rough diamonds imported from a Participant:\nrequire a duly validated Certificate;\nensure that confirmation of receipt is sent expeditiously to the relevant Exporting Authority. The confirmation should as a minimum refer to the Certificate number, the number of parcels, the carat weight and the details of the importer and exporter;\nrequire that the original of the Certificate be readily accessible for a period of no less than three years;\n(c) ensure that no shipment of rough diamonds is imported from or exported to a non-Participant;\n(d) recognise that Participants through whose territory shipments transit are not required to meet the requirement of paragraphs (a) and (b) above, and of Section II (a) provided that the designated authorities of the Participant through whose territory a shipment passes, ensure that the shipment leaves its territory in an identical state as it entered its territory (i.e. unopened and not tampered with).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2368/annex/I/section/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:13.860791+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."
}