Article 27. Retail Trade in Jewelry and other Items Made of Precious Metals and Precious Stones

Retail trade in jewelry and other items made of precious metals and precious stones may be carried out by legal entities on the basis of a notification procedure established by legislation.

Unless otherwise provided by legislation, retail trade in jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones shall be carried out in specialized jewelry stores, departments, sections of shopping centers and (or) complexes.

In specialized jewelry stores, departments, sections of shopping centers and (or) complexes, information on finesses of precious metals established in the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be posted, as well as extracts from regulatory documents establishing the procedure for assaying, analyzing and hallmarking jewelry and other products from precious metals, images of imprints of state assay hallmarks of the Republic of Uzbekistan, imprints of finesses marks of the established sample and other information necessary for the buyer.

The sale of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones produced on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be carried out only if they have an imprint of the manufacturerʼs personal brand and a fineness mark of the established sample or an imprint of the manufacturerʼs personal brand and an imprint of the state hallmark of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Responsibility for the authenticity of the fineness indicated on jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones shall lie with the manufacturer of these products.

Jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones offered for retail sale must have sealed labels indicating the name of the product, type of precious metal, fineness, type and characteristics of inserts, including the processing method that has changed the quality, color and cost characteristics of the precious stone, and the retail price of the product. In this respect, in the case of wholesale sales of jewelry and other products made of precious metals, the presence of separate sealed labels on each product shall not be required.

Certain types of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones, which, in accordance with the current legislation, are not subject to hallmarking, must have a quality certificate.

Retail trade in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan of jewelry and other articles made of precious metals and precious stones manufactured abroad shall be carried out in the manner prescribed by acts of legislation.