CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri announced the registration of The International Gemological Institute at the CIBJO Laboratory Committee meeting on July 25, 2006 in Vancouver, Canada. IGI is now an officially recognized CIBJO Registered Laboratory.
CIBJO is the international jewelry confederation of national trade organizations.
Official CIBJO Registered Labs must be independent of any commercial or private enterprise: should always be managed under competent professional direction; must abide by all CIBJO rules without exception and should work in accordance with the following CIBJO publications: The Diamond Book, The Gemstone Book, The Pearl Book and it may only issue diamond, gemstone and/or pearl reports, which are prepared in accordance with the CIBJO rules, otherwise its recognition may be cancelled by CIBJO.