{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2368/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2368/article-14.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": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. If the United Kingdom competent authority establishes that a shipment of rough diamonds, for which a United Kingdom certificate is requested, does not fulfil the conditions of Articles 11, 12, or 13, that authority shall detain the shipment.\n2. If the United Kingdom competent authority finds that the failure to fulfil the conditions is not made knowingly or intentionally or is the result of an action by another authority in the exercise of its proper duties, it may release the shipment and proceed with the issuing and validation of a United Kingdom certificate, after the necessary remedial measures have been taken to ensure that the conditions are met.\n3. The United Kingdom competent authority shall, within one month, inform ... the competent authority of the participant that purportedly issued or validated the certificate for the shipment of any failure to fulfil the conditions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2020) by The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/844), regs. 1, 3(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2020) by The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/844), regs. 1, 3(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 14(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/844), regs. 1, 17; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2368/article/14",
    "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."
}