Presentation Law of Diamonds in Canada

The exporting and importing law of Canadian Diamonds

I. presentation of Canada

Canada is a country in North America who has 10 provinces and 3 territories. Canada is the second largest country in the world by total area, its capital city is Ottawa. it has 9 ,98 million square kilometers, the country is officially bilinggual at the federal level, english and french. It has almost 35 millions population estimate. Its monthly GDP growth is 0,3%. The currency Canada is the Canadian Dollar.

Canada is a constituional monarchy, The parliment of Canada, is the federal legislative branch of Canada, formed by the Canadian monarch, the senate and the house of Commons. Canada’s Queen is Elisabeth II of the UK. She acts as a symbolic or ceremonial executive. Actually, the Prime Minister is Stephen Harper.

The constitution of Canada is the supreme law of the contry, it consists of written text and unwritten conventions. Canada use the Common law prevails everywhere except in Quebec. where use the Civil law.

I.I Canadian diamonds

Diamonds are symbols of permanence. Canada has become the third-largest diamond mining nation, the contry producing about 15 % of the world’s diamonds by value. Canadian diamonds are popular and known for their ‘confilict-free’ origins.

As known the famous current mines, canadian diamonds has diavik mine, ekati mine, snap lake mine, victor mine, jericho mine,

Canada has many famous campanies of diamonds, for exemple, EKATI, DDC, and so on.

II. Law of Canadian Diamonds

Now, let’s talk about the law of diamonds in Canada. First, we will see BILL C-14 : the export and import of rough diamonds ACT. It was passed by the Canada gouvernment in the Decembre 2002.

BILL C-14, it’s an Act providing for controls on the export, import or transit across Canada of rough diamonds and for a certification scheme for the export of rough diamonds in order to meet Canada’s obligations under the Kimberley Process. This explication can show...