Article 12. Rights of Authorized Persons of the Assay Chamber in the Exercise of State Assay Control

When exercising state assay control, authorized persons of the Assay Chamber shall have the right to:

request and receive from legal entities and individual entrepreneurs information and documents, as well as written and oral explanations directly related to the inspection;

freely visit the territories, buildings, structures, premises and other objects used by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the course of activities in the sphere of circulation of precious metals and precious stones, subject to the presentation of an official certificate and copies of documents that serve as the basis for the inspection;

conduct examination, detour and view of production units of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, where acceptance, shipment, sampling, chemical analysis and storage of precious metals and precious stones, products (products) from them are carried out, as well as of scrap and waste of precious metals and precious stones;

check the technological process of manufacturing products (items) from precious metals and precious stones;

carry out sampling of precious metals and precious stones, products (items) from them for analysis, diagnostics and technical expertise;

check accounting, technical and other documents containing information on the receipt, expenditure, accounting and storage of precious metals and precious stones, products (items) from them, as well as scrap and waste of precious metals and precious stones;

initiate an inventory of precious metals and precious stones, as well as products (items) from them;

check the completeness of accounting, collection, preliminary processing of all types of scrap and waste of precious metals and their timely delivery;

check compliance with the requirements of the legislation on assaying and hallmarking of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones;

issue binding orders to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs to eliminate identified violations, causes and conditions that contribute to them;

draw up protocols on administrative offenses;

send materials related to violation of the requirements of the legislation on precious metals and precious stones to the relevant authorized bodies for taking measures in accordance with the legislation.