30.4.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 163/73 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 913/2004 of 29 April 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds (!), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 657/2004 () and in par- ticular Article 20 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 provides for the amending of the list of participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme in Annex II. (2)  The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia are listed as participants in the Kimberley Process certifica- tion scheme in Annex IL (3)  In view of their accession to the European Union on 1 May 2004, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia cease to be participants in the Kimberley Process certification scheme in their own right on 30 April 2004 and should therefore be removed from the list of Participants. Annex II should be amended accord- ingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2368/2002 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply with effect from 1 May 2004. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 April 2004. () OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 28. () OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 62. For the Commission Christopher PATTEN Member of the Commission