Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) for Rough Diamonds– Implementation-Reg

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....monds shall be permitted unless the shipment parcel is accompanied by Kimberley Process (KP) Certificate required under the procedure specified by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council ( GJEPC). Please also refer to the subsequent notification No. 23/2002-07 dated 10-1-2003 issued by the DGFT enabling acceptance of “ Letter of Comfort” as an alternative to Kimberley Process Certificate for a period of two months only beginning 1.1.2003, as a transitional arrangement. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, vide their letter No. 12/13/2000-EP (G &J) dated 13-11-2002 have designated GJEPC as the “Importing and Exporting Authority” within the meaning of Section IV (b) of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme ( KPCS). 2.....

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....ements of KPCS, each shipment of rough diamonds on import and export has to be accompanied with a KP Certificate and the procedure for implementation of scheme shall be as under:- Imports (a)      The imported consignment of rough diamonds is to be accompanied by a Kimberley Process Certificate (KP Certificate) and usual trade and import documents, generally required in such trade transactions. The importer shall also give necessary instructions to the suppliers that the original of the KP Certificate, issued by the appropriate/designated Authority of the exporting country, is placed inside the parcel and the certificate number is replicated on the container. On or before arrival of the consignment/parcel, the....

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....  (c)   The export parcel shall be accompanied by the ‘KP’ Certificate issued by GJEPC.  In view of this, the exporter or his authorised representative shall present the Packing List of rough diamonds to be exported, alongwith the Invoice, to the GJEPC for obtaining the KP Certificate. The designated official of GJEPC, after due scrutiny, will issue KP certificate in triplicate having running serial number imprinted on each such copy under seal and signature (all the copies will have the seal and signature in original).  One copy will be retained by GJEPC & two signed copies will be handed over to the exporter or his representative. The exporter/CHA shall present the Shipping Bill, Invoice, Packing List etc. alo....

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.... procedure shall also apply mutatis mutandis to EOU/SEZ units in the case of physical import and export of rough diamonds The clearance for physical import and export of rough diamonds by the units under EOU/SEZ Schemes may be allowed only when such import and export consignments of rough diamonds are accompanied by “KP” Certificates.  . 6.      In case a rough diamond consignment is not accompanied by a KP Certificate, but otherwise in order, the importer in India may be given seven working days to arrange for the original KP Certificate for clearance of the said import consignment. If the importer is not able to submit the Original KP Certificate within the said period of seven working days, the goods ....