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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8398

12 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/diamonds
Instruments to combat trafficking in "war diamonds" in place

Brussels, 11/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the Council adopted regulation allowing for a system of diamond certification to take effect. Put in place in the framework of the "Kimberley Process", this world certification system is intended to combat the trafficking in diamonds to finance conflicts in Africa. In December, the Council had already adopted a regulation that put the system in place, but had suspended its implementation while awaiting for the certification formulas to be...

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