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Kimberley Process Certification Scheme

DefinedTerm · Legislation

UN-mandated international scheme implemented as domestic law in 82 countries. All rough diamond trade requires a valid KP certificate. Non-certified diamonds are classified as conflict goods and banned from import.

TERM CODE
kpcs
LEGISLATION IDENTIFIER
KPCS
LEGISLATION JURISDICTION
Global / Multilateral
LEGISLATION LEGAL FORCE
https://schema.org/InForce
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/55/56
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      "hc": "https://holochain.org/",
      "mcp": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/",
      "p2pShipyard": "https://github.com/darksoil-studio/p2p-shipyard#",
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    }
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  ],
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  "legislationJurisdiction": "Global / Multilateral",
  "legislationLegalForce": "https://schema.org/InForce",
  "sameAs": "https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/55/56",
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      "name": "status",
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    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "propertyID": "https://economy3.org/regulation/reason",
      "name": "reason",
      "value": "Rough diamond trade without a Kimberley Process certificate is prohibited by law in all participating countries. Mine3 GPS provenance records and chain of custody are the foundational evidence for KP documentation."
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "propertyID": "https://economy3.org/regulation/appliesSectors",
      "name": "appliesSectors",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "propertyID": "https://economy3.org/regulation/appliesTriggers",
      "name": "appliesTriggers",
      "value": "conflict-minerals"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "propertyID": "https://economy3.org/regulation/appliesMaterials",
      "name": "appliesMaterials",
      "value": "gemstones"
    },
    {
      "@type": "PropertyValue",
      "propertyID": "https://economy3.org/regulation/jurisdictionRank",
      "name": "jurisdictionRank",
      "value": "0"
    }
  ]
}