Article 10. Powers of the State Assay Chamber under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Sphere of Circulation of Precious Metals

State Assay Chamber under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the Assay Chamber) shall:

participate in the development and implementation of state policy in the field of circulation of precious metals and precious stones;

participate in the development of draft normative legal acts that determine the procedure for assaying, sampling, analysis of precious metals, determining the characteristics of precious stones, including their classification, hallmarking jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones, and conducting a technical examination of government imprints of hallmarks of the Republic of Uzbekistan and personal hallmarks of jewelry manufacturers;

exercise state control over compliance with the requirements of the legislation on precious metals and precious stones;

ensure the determination of fineness of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones;

conduct a technical examination of imprints of the state hallmarks of the Republic of Uzbekistan, personal hallmarks of jewelry manufacturers (with the exception of those applied by the laser method) and give conclusions on them;

exercise state control over the compliance of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones with the fineness established by Article 36 of this Law, the requirements of other normative legal acts and regulatory documents of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of technical regulation;

apply to the court for the application of financial sanctions to business entities selling jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones in violation of the procedure for assaying and hallmarking;

carry out hallmarking of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones with the state hallmark of the Republic of Uzbekistan if they comply with the fineness established by Article 36 of this Law, the requirements of other normative legal acts and regulatory documents of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of technical regulation;

conduct analysis and technical expertise of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones, as well as determination of the characteristics of precious stones, including their classification;