./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/431/Corr.1∗
21 November 2002
(02-6468)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  English
KIMBERLEY PROCESS  CERTIFICATION SCHEME FOR ROUGH DIAMONDS –
REQUEST FOR A WTO WAIVER
Communication from Canada, Japan and Sierra Leone
Corrigendum
The following communication, dated 20 November 2002, was received from the Permanent
Mission of Canada.
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Further to the submission by Canada, Japan and Sierra Leone of G/C/W/432 relating to the
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Canada, Japan and Sierra Leone request, on behalf of the
Philippines, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, that the attached corrigendum be circulated to
WTO Members.
The following changes (underlined) should be made to WTO document G/C/W/431:
• The title should read:
“Communication from Canada, Japan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Thailand , and
the United Arab Emirates”
“The following communication, dated 11 November 2002, has been received from
[…] on behalf of Canada, Japan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Thailand , and the
United Arab Emirates.”
• The first introductory paragraph should read:
“In accordance with Article IX:3(b) of the WTO Agreement, Canada, Japan, the
Philippines, Sierra Leone, Thailand , and the United Arab Emirates  […]
• The penultimate sentence of second paragraph of section 1 entitled “Purpose of Request” should
read:
“[…] Canada, Japan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Thailand , and the United Arab
Emirates present this request for a waiver […]
• The following section from the waiver request is reproduced given typographic problems with
quotation marks in the original (changes underlined):
                                                     
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3. Description of the measures for which a waiver is requested
The requested waiver would apply to domestic measures, necessary to give effect to the
import and export restrictions and prohibitions outlined in the Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme, Section III, paragraph c – “Undertakings in respect of the international trade in rough
diamonds”, which Members that are Kimberley Process Certification Scheme Participants intend to
take.  Section III, paragraph c is as follows:
Each Participant should:
(c) ensure that no shipment of rough diam onds is imported from or exported to a non-
Participant; [...]
For the purposes of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, “rough diamonds”  are
defined as: “diamonds that are unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted and fall under the relevant
Harmonized Commodity Description a nd Coding System 7102.10, 7102.21 and 7102.31.”
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