Traduction de «Rough diamond » (Anglais → Français) :

35. Notes with concern that in October 2006 a report of a UN group of experts concluded that conflict diamonds from Côte d'Ivoire were infiltrating the legitimate diamond trade through Ghana, a Kimberley Process participant; calls on the Commission to use its position, as Chair of the Kimberley Process throughout 2007, to strengthen the mechanisms designed to stem the flow of conflict diamonds; recommends that the Commission work towards building a consensus requiring all sectors of the diamond trade to implement systems which track diamonds from the mines to the retailer, to have responsible and transparent policies in place with warranties verified by an independent auditor and to improve the accuracy of the ...[+++]rough diamond trade statistics so that effective analyses may be produced quickly enough to detect any trade in conflict diamonds;

35. Notes with concern that in October 2006 a report of a UN group of experts concluded that conflict diamonds from Côte d'Ivoire were infiltrating the legitimate diamond trade through Ghana, a Kimberley Process participant; calls on the Commission to use its position, as Chair of the Kimberley Process throughout 2007, to strengthen the mechanisms designed to stem the flow of conflict diamonds; recommends that the Commission work towards building a consensus requiring all sectors of the diamond trade to implement systems which track diamonds from the mines to the retailer, to have responsible and transparent policies in place with warranties verified by an independent auditor and to improve the accuracy of the ...[+++]rough diamond trade statistics so that effective analyses may be produced quickly enough to detect any trade in conflict diamonds;

Kimberley process trade certificate statistics, derived from information on the Kimberley process certificates, measure the flow or movement of all rough diamonds entering or leaving the country (1320) For example, exploration samples, technical evaluations or rough diamonds that are shipped for events such as trade shows are not included in the Statistics Canada trade data because the rough diamonds have not been sold to anyone, that is, no financial transaction has taken place.

In order for Canada to follow through on this commitment and implement the Kimberley process certification scheme on a solid legal foundation, the Government of Canada established the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act. The act came into force on January 1, 2003, under the authority of the Minister of Natural Resources (1315) Canada's Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act provides the authority to verify that natural rough diamonds exported from Canada are non-conflict.

Does the Commission stand by its statement of 16 January 2003 provisionally permitting the operation of the new system, where it stated categorically that, ‘. given remaining concerns that the SoC system could be used to artificially reduce supply, namely of high quality diamonds, and considering that the implementation of SoC has not yet taken place, the Commission will keep a close watch on the market .to ensure that the system does not lead to a restriction in the supply of adequate quantities of rough diamonds to traders’, .and that it ‘reserves the right to reopen the case should changes in the factual or legal situation as regards ...[+++]any essential aspect of the agreements modify its present view.’.

It is recalled that at the initiative of African diamond producing countries in particular, producer and trading countries, the diamond industry and representatives of civil society have met in the "Kimberley Process" to design a certification scheme and effective control system for the international trade in rough diamonds, in order to prevent "conflict" diamonds from fuelling armed conflicts and discrediting the legitimate market for rough diamonds.