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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1116/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2011/1116",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1116/2011 of 31 October 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-1116",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1116/2011\nof 31 October 2011\namending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving 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, and in particular Article 20 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAt the Jerusalem Plenary meeting in November 2010, Kimberley Process Participants provisionally approved, by a decision of the Plenary, the addition of Swaziland to the list of KP Participants, such approval to be confirmed by a KP Chair notice once certain outstanding issues had been resolved.\n(2)\nThe KP Chair confirmed by a notice on 30 May 2011 that Swaziland is now admitted as a KP Participant.\n(3)\nAnnex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28."
    }
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