# Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds, Article 19

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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2. The Secretary of State must provide the Chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme with the information showing that the United Kingdom competent authority can reliably, timely, effectively and adequately fulfil the tasks required by this Regulation.
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4. The United Kingdom competent authority may ask an economic operator to pay a fee for the production, issue and/or validation of a certificate and for a physical inspection in accordance with Articles 4 and 14. Under no circumstances shall the amount of that fee exceed the costs incurred by that competent authority for the operation concerned. No levies or similar duties shall be charged in relation to such operations.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2368/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2368/article-19
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