Article 33. Jewelry and other Products Made of Precious Metals and Precious Stones Subject to Hallmarking

Jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones intended for sale on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall be subject to assaying, analysis and hallmarking with the state hallmark of the Republic of Uzbekistan or a mark of a fineness of the established sample.

Jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones that have an imprint of the hallmark of the assay offices in the form of a star with a sickle and a hammer inside, as well as numbers indicating the fineness of the product shall be subject to mandatory assaying and hallmarking with the state hallmark of the Republic of Uzbekistan when sold through the retail system.

The sale by business entities of jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones in violation of the procedure for assaying and hallmarking shall entail:

imposition of a fine in the amount of fifty percent of the cost of jewelry or other products made of precious metals and precious stones, without its confiscation - when committing an offense for the first time;

confiscation of jewelry or other items made of precious metals and precious stones or imposition of a fine in the amount of one hundred percent of its value - in case of repeated commission of this offense within one year.

The procedure for applying a financial sanction for violating the procedure for assaying and hallmarking and confiscation of jewelry or other items made of precious metals and precious stones shall be determined by legislation.

Confiscated jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones shall be subject to mandatory assaying and hallmarking with the state hallmark of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Business entities that have committed a violation of the procedure for assaying and hallmarking or selling jewelry and other products made of precious metals and precious stones that do not correspond to the declared fineness shall be subject to entry into the register of unscrupulous business entities of the jewelry industry with the application of enforcement measures against them in the manner prescribed by legislation.