Hallmarking (International Convention) Order 2002
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2002/506 |
(1) This Order may be cited as the Hallmarking (International Convention) Order 2002, and shall come into force on the 1st April 2002.(2) The Hallmarking (International Convention) Order 1976 In this Order “the Convention” means the Convention on the Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals done at Vienna on 15th November 1972. in the case of gold, 999, 916, 750, 585 or 375;in the case of silver, 999, 925, 830 or 800;in the case of platinum, 999, 950, 900 or 850; andin the case of palladium, 999, 950 and 500.a mark which has been notified in accordance with the Convention as being the mark of an assay office authorised for the purposes of the Convention in the territory of a Contracting State other than the United Kingdom;The Common Control Mark comprising a number specified in sub-paragraph (a) above.(2) The Common Control Mark consists of the representation of a balance together with the number in Arabic numerals showing the standard of fineness of the article in relief on a lined background surrounded by a shield indicating the nature of the precious metal. The shields are illustrated in Part 1 of Schedule 1 hereto; and examples of the Common Control Mark are illustrated in Part II of that Schedule.(3) The marks referred to in paragraph (1) (b) are illustrated in Schedule 2 hereto.as a mark recognised pursuant to the Convention; and as a sponsor’s mark for the purposes of the Act. (1) A person submitting an article for hallmarking to an assay office in the United Kingdom authorised for the purposes of the Convention may request the assay office to strike the article with the marks specified in Article 3(1) (a) and (c) above whether or not the article bears or is to bear other approved hallmarks, and (subject to the provisions of the Act and, in particular, section 4 as having effect in the manner indicated in paragraph (2) of this Article) the assay office shall give effect to any such request; and the following provisions of this Article shall apply:subsection (1) (a) (ii) required the striking on the article of the marks specified in Article 3(1) (a) (subject to the proviso in paragraph (1) of this Article) , and in Article 3(1) (c) , instead of the standard mark;subsection (1) (a) (iii) were omitted;the words in subsection (1) (“and, as respects all such articles” to the end of the subsection and Part IV of Schedule 2 to the Act, did not apply in relation to the Common Control Mark;in subsection (2) the reference to subsection (1) (a) (iii) were omitted;in subsection (3) , in head (c) of the proviso to paragraph b(i) “585” were substituted for “ 500 ” , and in paragraph (b) (iii) , “995” were substituted for “ the standard of fineness of the article ” ;in subparagraph (c) , for the words “struck only with the standard mark for the metal of which those parts are made” there were substituted the words “ stamped or engraved with a specific designation of the metal ” ;the words “and in relation to any article” to the end of paragraph 4 were omitted; andin Part III of Schedule 2 to the Act, for paragraph 6(b) (ii) there were substituted the following—
(1) Articles of precious metals (2) Articles of precious metals exported with standards of fineness other than those recognised by Finnish law
- (ii) these materials are used for filling the handle of a knife, fork or spoon and only in such a quantity as is necessary for joining.
CYPRUS | |
For all standards of fineness recognised by the Convention | |
Gold | Silver |
For all standards of fineness recognised by the Convention |
Gold | |||
1. For the standard of fineness 375 | |||
2. For the standard of fineness 585 | |||
3. For the standard of fineness 750 | |||
4. For the standard of fineness 875 | |||
5. For the standard of fineness 916 | |||
6. For the standard of fineness 999 | |||
Silver | |||
1. For the standard of fineness 800 | |||
2. For the standard of fineness 835 | |||
3. For the standard of fineness 925 | |||
4. For the standard of fineness 999 | |||
For all standards of fineness recognised by the Convention | |||
Gold | Silver | Platimum | Palladium |
A. OFFICIAL LITHUANIAN CONTROL MARKS | |||
1. Articles of precious metals | |||
Gold | Silver | Platinum | Palladium |
B. DISTINCTIVE MARKS OF THE AUTHORISED LITHUANIAN ASSAY OFFICES | |||
The distinctive mark of each office is to be found on all Official Lithuanian Control Marks at the top left upper corner on the illustrations above. | |||
Office | Distinctive Mark | ||
Druskinikai Central Office | D | ||
Klaipéda Branch | L | ||
Kaunas Branch | K | ||
Šiauliai Branch | S | ||
Vilnius Branch | V |
F13For all standards of fineness recognised by the Convention |
Joure Assay Office |
Gouda Assay Office |
A. OFFICIAL POLISH CONTROL MARK | |
B. DISTINCTIVE MARKS OF THE AUTHORISED POLISH ASSAY OFFICES | |
The distinctive mark of each office is to be found on all Official Polish Control Marks at the place marked with a cross in the illustration above. | |
Assay Office placed under the Regional Assay Office, Cracow | Mark |
Chorzów | H |
Częstochowa | Z |
Cracow | K |
Poznań | P |
Wrocław | V |
Assay office placed under the Regional Assay Office, Warsaw | Mark |
Białymstok | A |
Bydgoszcz | B |
Gdańsk | G |
Łódź | Ł |
Warsaw | W |
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