These Regulations prescribe the fee to be paid to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in connection with the issue of certificates by the Department in pursuance of the European Union obligations of the United Kingdom under Council Regulation (EC) No. 2368/2002 (“the Principal Regulation”) implementing the Kimberley Process certification scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds. The fee is in connection with the issue of Community Certificates under Article 12 of the Principal Regulation.