363/2003 Coll.



The DECREE



of 15 July. October 2003,



that is done by the law



The Ministry of industry and trade shall determine in accordance with section 54, paragraph. 1, as well as

under section 54, paragraph. 2 for the implementation of § 15 paragraph. 3, § 16. 2 and 3, section 19 and section

27. 1 (a). and (b) and section 3). d) of Act No. 539/1992 Coll., on the

puncovnictví and testing of precious metals (by law), as amended by law

No. 127/2003 Coll. (hereinafter the "Act"):



Assay marks



§ 1



Assay marks on gold items of legal purity



(1) the Assay mark on the gold fineness 999/1000 item (the purity of no. 0) is

consists of the image of the head of the Eagle to the left looking in the outline of the circle; the number of the

purity is indicated by an Arabic numeral 0, located in the left bottom part of the

the brand.



(2) the Assay mark of the purity of gold item 986/1000 (purity No. 1)

consists of the image of the head of the Eagle to the left looking in the outline of a semicircle with the

odseknutými corners; the number of purity is indicated by an Arabic numeral 1

located in the left bottom part of the brand.



(3) the Assay mark on gold items 900/1000 fineness (purity No. 2)

consists of the image of the head of the Eagle to the left looking in the outline of the rectangle whose

the sides are vyklenuty; the number of purity is marked in Arabic

the numeral 2, located in the left bottom part of the brand.



(4) the Assay mark of the purity of gold item 750/1000 (the purity of no 3)

consists of the image of the head of the cock looking to the left in the outline

nestejnostranného pětiúhelníka; the number of purity is marked in Arabic

the numeral 3, located in the upper right of the brand.



(5) the Assay mark of the purity of gold item 585/1000 (the purity of no 4)

consists of the image of the head of a Swan gazing to the left in the outline of an elongated

an irregular Hexagon; the number of purity is marked in Arabic

the numeral 4, located in the upper left of the brand.



§ 2



Assay marks on silver items of legal purity



(1) the Assay mark on the silver fineness 999/1000 item (the purity of no. 0) is

consists of the image of the head looking slightly to the left of chamois in the outline of the circle;

the number of purity is indicated by an Arabic numeral 0, located in the top left

part of the brand.



(2) the Assay mark of the purity of silver goods/1000 959 (purity No. 1)

consists of the image of the head looking slightly to the left of chamois in the circular outline with

the bulge at the bottom; the number of purity is indicated by an Arabic numeral 1, located

in the lower tip of the outline of the brand.



(3) the Assay mark of 925 sterling silver goods/1000 (purity No. 2)

consists of the image of the head looking slightly to the left of chamois in the outline

nestejnostranného symmetric Hexagon from the vertical axis, the

the top horizontal edge is vyklenuta, supplemented by the bulge at the bottom; the number of the

purity is indicated by an Arabic numeral 2, located in the lower tip of the

the outline of the brand.



(4) the Assay mark on the silver item 900/1000 fineness (purity No. 3)

consists of the image of the head of a pig looking to the left in an irregular outline

the hexagon; the number of purity is indicated by an Arabic numeral 3, located

in the bottom right of the brand.



(5) the Assay mark of the purity of silver goods 835/1000 (purity No. 4)

consists of the image of the head of a pig looking to the left in the outline of a trapezoid,

the bottom horizontal line is vyklenuta; fineness number is indicated

Arabic numeral 4, located in the bottom right of the brand.



(6) the Assay mark of the purity of silver goods, 800/1000 (the purity of no 5)

consists of the image of the head of a pig looking to the left in the outline of the rectangle whose

the sides are vyklenuty; the number of purity is marked in Arabic

the numeral 5, located at the bottom right of the brand.



§ 3



Assay marks on a Platinum items



Assay marks on a Platinum goods all legal purity to

the common depictions of stylized Crown, in whose middle part

at the bottom of the space is omitted to indicate the numbers of the purity of Arabic numeral 0

up to 4. This representation is located



and the fineness of 999)/1000 (purity No. 0) in the outline of the circle,



(b)) for the 950/1000 (purity No. 1) in the outline of the rectangle whose top

the party is vyklenuta,



(c)) for 900/1000 fineness (purity of no 2) in the outline of the rectangle whose side

the parties are vyklenuty,



(d)) for 850/1000 fineness (purity No. 3) in the outline of the symmetric

the Hexagon,



(e)) for 800/1000 fineness (purity No. 4) in the outline of the resulting partial

the intersection of two circles of the same diameter.



§ 4



Assay marks on the old item is lower than the lowest legal purity



(1) the Assay mark on old gold items is less than the lowest legal

purity is formed on the shaded background diagonally located with the letter "Z",

the middle part is partially obscured by a sign for alchymistickým

Gold (stylized brand of Sun). This representation is placed in

an oval outline, with two rectangular slices on the narrow ends.



(2) the Assay mark on old silver goods is lower than the lowest legal

purity is formed on the shaded diagonal background alchymistickým sign

for Silver (stylized brand of the month), supplemented with the letter "S" in

the form of the stylized facial hair; This representation is placed in the outline

an isosceles triangle with a short upper base and jaded corners.



§ 5



The Sign Of "METAL"



The sign of "METAL" are referred to by the size of the part formed by the inscription

"METAL" or "MET" or "M", written in capital letters, located in

rectangular or square outline.



§ 6



The representation of the puncovních of marks (section 1 to 4), and signs of "METAL" is shown in the

the annex to this Decree.



section 7 of the



Resolution of puncovních tags



(1) For the resolution of workplace Assay Office, assay mark

out, use the miniature letters large alphabet, located in

the tag usually near the digits indicating the number of purity.



(2) Individual workplaces in the Czech Republic Assay Office are

allocated to the following letters:

B-Brno-Ostrava A

K-Červený Kostelec-From Plzeň

H-P, Hradec Kralove-Prague

J-Jablonec nad Nisou-R Camp

L-Olomouc T-Turnov



Purity of solders and composition of alloys



§ 8



(1) the purity of solder to the soldering of the Golden goods must be not less than the greater

solder the goods.



(2) the purity of solder to the soldering silver goods must be of at least 600/1000

Silver.



(3) the purity of solder to the soldering of Platinum, the goods must be at least 585/1000

Gold.



(4) for the soldering machine-made gold and silver řetízkoviny is possible

use a soldering iron to a lower purity than stated in paragraphs 1 and 2,

where appropriate, the soldering iron completely, of base metal, provided that the total purity

This made řetízkoviny falls below the legal purity (§

5 of the Act).



§ 9



(1) an alloy of gold Jewellery can, in addition, contain silver, gold

copper, zinc, manganese, iron, nickel or palladium.



(2) Jewellery alloys of silver may contain, in addition to the silver, copper.



(3) Jewellery of platinum alloy can, in addition to the Platinum, include

Palladium, gold, copper, tungsten, nickel, or cobalt.



Details of assay controls



§ 10



Presentation of goods



The manufacturer or the dealer announces to the assay control type, number of pieces,

the weight and purity of the goods on forms issued by the assay Office.

If the submitter is the other person, the form fills in the assay Office.



§ 11



(1) the designation by the mark on the goods shall be carried out by a mechanical

the imprint of the dies, or agrees with the submitter, laser

burning it.



(2) if the goods are made of more precious metals safe mark

various puncovními marks, the corresponding symbol on the

the relevant part of the goods; If this is not possible, partly through tags

myself, and the first sign of the metal, which is less.



(3) breach of seals (article 20, paragraph 4, of the Act) loses the official description of the goods

Permanent force.



(4) the certificate (article 20, paragraph 4, of the Act) contains a description of the goods,

the weight, the purity of the metal and found the imprint of the official stamp. Certificate

applies only to the item to which it was issued.



§ 12



Weight limit



For goods of very low weight, which is not subject to the compulsory assay

Check [§ 27, paragraph 1, point (b) and paragraph 3 of the Act)], shall be considered as goods

where the weight of the precious metal in one a separate piece which does not exceed 0.5

Gram gold for goods and goods of Platinum and 3 grams silver for goods.



section 13



The old goods



The old goods, which are not subject to mandatory inspection by the [section 27 (1)

(a). (d)) of the Act], are



and) medals and plaques embossed in 1939, if the goods are not included in the

hard links (for example, by soldering or riveting)



b) medals and plaques embossed into the 1992 State Mint in Kremnica and

marked Sterling brand, which consists of a large letter "K"

vyšrafovaném, located in the Octagon.



§ 14



Labelling of ingots.



Precious metal ingots weighing up to 50 grams, marks the only assay Office

official character, ingots weighing from 50 to 1500 grams and the number slitku and

ingots weighing over 1500 grams also indication of purity and weight.



§ 15



Cancellation provisions



Shall be repealed:



1. The Decree of the Federal Ministry of economy no. 540/1992 Coll.,

implementing the law on puncovnictví and testing of precious metals

(by law).



2. Decree No. 324/2000 Coll., amending Decree of the Federal

the Ministry of economy no. 540/1992 Coll., implementing Act
puncovnictví and testing of precious metals (by the law).



section 16 of the



This Decree shall take effect on 1 January 2005. January 1, 2004.



Minister:



Ing. Urban v r.



Annex.



CZECH ASSAY MARKS



for gold, silver and Platinum items