Article 56. Control Check of Jewelry and Other Products Made of Precious Metals and Precious Stones That Have Undergone Restoration (Repair)
On precious metals and precious stones (LRU-710-son) · Date: 23.08.2021 · In force
Jewelry and other items made of precious metals and precious stones that have undergone restoration (repair) and are intended for sale may be presented to the Assay Chamber for a control check for their correspondence with the declared fineness, regardless of the presence and quality of the prints of assay hallmarks previously applied to them.
If a fineness of a jewelry or other item made of precious metals and precious stones that has undergone restoration (repair) corresponds to the existing hallmark imprint, then an imprint of the state assay mark shall be applied.
If a fineness of a jewelry or other item made of precious metals and precious stones that has undergone restoration (repair) does not correspond to the existing hallmark imprint, then with the written consent of the person who presented the product to the Assay Chamber, the imprint of the hallmark shall be clogged and the product shall be subject to hallmarking with the state assay mark of the next lower fineness than the established. In the absence of the consent of the applicant, the products shall be returned not hallmarked.
If a fineness of a jewelry or other item made of precious metals and precious stones that has undergone restoration (repair) does not correspond to the existing hallmark imprint, then with the written consent of the person who presented the product to the Assay Chamber, the imprint of the hallmark shall be clogged and the product shall be subject to hallmarking with the state assay mark of the next lower fineness than the established. In the absence of the consent of the applicant, the products shall be returned not hallmarked.
