31 CFR § 592.304 - Exporting authority.

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title: "31 CFR § 592.304 - Exporting authority."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "592.304"
section_name: "Exporting authority."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "592"
part_name: "ROUGH DIAMONDS CONTROL REGULATIONS"
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authority: "3 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 3901-3913; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); E.O. 13312, 68 FR 45151, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 246."
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# 592.304 Exporting authority.

(a) The term *exporting authority* means one or more entities designated by a Participant from whose territory a shipment of rough diamonds is being exported as having the authority to validate the Kimberley Process Certificate.

(b) The exporting authority for the United States is the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

The Secretary of State will periodically publish in the *Federal Register* an up-to-date listing of the exporting authorities of all Participants.