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Article 3p is amended as follows: paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. It shall be prohibited, as of 1 September 2024, to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, products listed in Parts A and B of Annex XXXVIIIA, when processed in a third country, consisting of diamonds originating in Russia or exported from Russia with a weight equal to or above 0,5 carats or 0,1 grams per diamond. With regard to products listed in Part C of Annex XXXVIIIA, when processed in a third country, incorporating diamonds originating in Russia or exported from Russia with a weight equal to or above 0,5 carats or 0,1 grams per diamond, the prohibition in this paragraph shall apply as from the date decided by the Council pursuant to a proposal submitted on the basis of Article 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union’ ; paragraph 8 is replaced by the following: ‘8. For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 4, goods falling under CN codes 7102 31 00 and 7102 10 00 that are imported into the Union shall be submitted for verification without delay, together with documentation certifying their origin, to the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB. The Member State where those goods are brought into the customs territory of the Union shall ensure their submission to the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB. Customs transit may be granted to that effect. If such customs transit is granted, the verification provided for in this paragraph shall be suspended until the arrival of those goods at the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB. The importer shall be responsible for the proper movement of those goods and the costs of such movement. A submission to that authority shall not be necessary provided that the goods had previously undergone the verification procedure provided for in this paragraph and provided that that is proven by traceability-based evidence, including a corresponding certificate certifying that the diamonds are not mined, processed or produced in Russia, as provided for in paragraph 10.’ ; paragraph 10 is replaced by the following: ‘10. For the purposes of paragraphs 3 and 4, at the moment of importation, importers shall provide evidence of the country of origin of the diamonds or products incorporating diamonds used as inputs for the processing of the product in a third country. As of 1 March 2025, the traceability-based evidence for products listed in Part A of Annex XXXVIIIA shall include a corresponding certificate certifying that the diamonds are not mined, processed or produced in Russia.’ ; the following paragraphs are added: ‘11. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall not apply to products listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex XXXVIIIA if those products were physically located in the Union before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition and thereafter exported to a third country other than Russia. At the moment of importation into the Union, importers shall provide evidence that the products were physically located in the Union or a certificate, based on a submitted stock declaration, from the authority specified in Annex XXXVIIIB prior to the export from the Union. 12. The prohibitions in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall not apply to products listed in Parts A, B and C of Annex XXXVIIIA if those products were physically located, polished or manufactured in a third country other than Russia before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition. Importers shall, at the moment of importation into the Union, provide evidence that the products had initially been imported into the third country before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition for products falling under CN codes 7102 10 00, 7102 31 00 and 7104 21 00. For products falling under CN codes 7102 39 00 and 7104 91 00, as well as for products listed in Part C of Annex XXXVIIIA, importers shall, at the moment of importation, provide evidence that the products had been finally processed or manufactured in the third country, or had been physically located in a processed or manufactured state in the third country before the date of applicability of the respective prohibition. 13. The prohibitions in paragraphs 4 and 5 shall not apply to products listed in Part C of Annex XXXVIIIA manufactured before 1 September 2024, and related services if those products were temporarily imported into the Union from any third country or territory other than Russia, or imported after a temporary exportation to any third country or territory other than Russia, provided that those products were placed under the temporary admission, inward processing, outward processing or temporary export customs procedures when entering or exiting the Union.’ ;

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-17 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.