# 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, Introduction: Introductory text

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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
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having 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,
Whereas:
(1)
At 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.
(2)
The KP Chair confirmed by a notice on 30 May 2011 that Swaziland is now admitted as a KP Participant.
(3)
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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