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Law On Articles Of Precious Metals, Etc. [Noble Metal Act]

Original Language Title: Lov om varer av edelt metall mv. [edelmetalloven]

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Law of goods of noble metal mv. [ The precious metal above ].

Date LO-2010-09-03-52
Ministry of The proximity and the fisheries Department
Last modified
Published In 2010 booklet 11
Istrontrecation 01.01.2011
Changing LOL-1891-06--06-2
Announcement 03.09.2010 10:00 pm 15.20
Card title The Edelmetal Act

Jf. former Guild articles of 7 nov 1685, 6 May 1718 and 15 jan 1723, rescripts 2 oct 1769, grant 30 des 1785, 8 aug 1842 Section 7 letter a, 25 sep 1845, 22 June 1863 and 6 June 1891 # 2.

SECTION 1. Formal

Law's purpose is to ensure confidence in the trade of goods of noble metal and contribute to effective use of society's resources and the protection of protection worthy interests.

SECTION 2. Scope

The law applies to effect, marketing and turnover of goods of noble metal and goods composed of noble metal and other material.

The king can provide regulations on the law of law enforcement on Svalbard, and can determine the shonest rules under consideration of the site's conditions.

SECTION 3. Requirements for goods of gold, silver and platinum mv.

Goods can only be marketable or retranslated as gold, silver or platinum when they in each section contain at least 375 thousands of gold, 800 centides silver or 850 centides platinum. The requirement does not apply to goods that are imported from other EDS state and as legal resets as goods of noble metal there.

The Ministry can provide regulation on

a) designation of goods composed of two or more noble metals and goods composed of noble metal and other material
b) control of the content of noble metal, analysis methods mv.
c) use of solder metal mv.
SECTION 4. Requirement of the fineability mv.

Goods that are marketable or relegated as goods of noble metal shall have finyness stamp that indicates the commodity's fineness by the number of growth is called pure gold, silver or platinum that exists in a thousand weight alloy alloy. The Ministry of Justice can provide regulation on which finetes can be incurred.

Fintial stamp can only be incurred goods that satisfy the requirements of Section 3 first clauses. Final stamp of finance can still be incurred with parts of other material if the part is visible at an exterior beatification and does not have an appearance that can be made to the exchange of noble metal. Goods that cannot be incurred fineability should also not be marked in ways that can be confused with fineability stamp.

The Ministry can provide regulation on :

a) stamping of goods of noble metal
b) stamping mv. of goods composed of two or more noble metals and goods composed of such metal and other material
c) exception from the rules of stamping for some commodity groups.
SECTION 5. Responsibility of the Responsibility

The goods of noble metal that are incurred fineability, shall simultaneously be incurred accountability-mark, unless this is convenient impossible. The Responsibility mark shall identify the person responsible for the commodity's fineness in compliance with the inflicted fineness. Goods that cannot be incurred finystamp should not be marked in any way that is suitable to be confused with the accountability mark.

The response mark shall be registered with the Patent Board.

The requirement in other joints does not apply to goods of noble metal imported from an EDS state and which is marked in accordance with the legislation there, when the Justerry receives message of marking before the goods are markeled and

a) The brand is not suitable to be confused with a Norwegian accountability mark,
b) The manufacturer of the commodity can be identified, and
c) it is documented that the brand is legally inflicted on the commodity.

The Ministry can provide regulation on accountability marks, herduring application processing, registration, transfer, termination, and renewal of registrations. The Ministry can provide regulation on tax and fees for the Patent Board's registration of accountability and renewal of registration.

SECTION 6. Forwriting about the Convention on Control and Marking of Items of noble metals

The Ministry can provide regulation on

a) exception from Section 5 different joints for goods stamped with the joint check mark (CCM) after the WienConvention 15. November 1972 about control and marking of articles of noble metals
b) stamping with the CCM and about terms for such stamping
c) control of goods stamped with CCM.
SECTION 7. Access

The Jubilee leader is supervising that the claims stipulate in or with the home of the law are met. The Justerery can at the request perform finhood control and stamping. The Jubilee can delegate to others with adequate competence and independence to carry out finhood control and stamping.

The Jubilee may require that manufacturers, importers, negotiators, employees with these and others who perform on dissent, put forward information that is of importance to the Board of Health. The Jubilee is supposed to have unhindered access to places and devices when this is necessary to conduct supervision.

SECTION 8. Correction, restatement ban and withdrawal

Satisjustice does not produce the goods of noble metal requirements stipulate in or with home in the law, Justerant can grasp the

a) correction within determined deadline
b) ban on turnover
c) withdrawal from the market of goods that has already been laid out for sale or other type of revenue.

The correction, the restatement ban and the injunction of withdrawal can be passed for single products or for designated commodity batches, production series and similar.

SECTION 9. Compulsive

In order to ensure that the requirements stipulate in the law or with home law in the law are met, the Jubilee can hit the ordinance of foreclosure that the treasury of the treasury.

The pitfall can be determined when violation of the law or ordinance with the home of the law has been detected. Compulting is beginning to run if the responsible oversits the deadline for the correction of the relationship. It can be determined that the foreclosure runs as long as the illegal relationship lasts, or that it is due for each violation. Compulsive is still not running if the lack of afterlack is due to conditions outside of the accountability of the liability. Compulsive can be determined as running mulched or disposable.

Compulting crumbling ilegges the responsible for the violation. Is the violation occurred on behalf of a company or any other convergence, the foreclosure is supposed to be the main rule of illegges this. Is compulsised a company that is part of a corporation, may be incurred compulsions also driven by the mother's company. Are several responsible after the ordinance of foreclosure, they are resolute the solidarity for the payment of the foreclosure.

The Jubilee can in very honest cases reduce or drop-on-run foreclosure.

The Ministry can provide regulation on compultenement, hernily about the foreclosure and duration, determining the foreclosure and fragrant of the incurred foreclosure.

SECTION 10. Overcharge Fee

The Jubilee can impose the one that has violated regulations given in or with the home of the law, paying a monetary amount to the state treasury (violation fee). Physical people can only ilegges the violation fee for the forlassia or unaccentable violations. An enterprise cannot be illegation of the violation fee if the violation is due to conditions outside of the company's control.

At the assessment of whether the violation fee shall be illegate and at the measurement, it shall be among other placed emphasis on how severe the violation is and the degree of guilt.

Attaches of the violation of the violation are coercion for the expat.

The Ministry can provide regulation on the violation of the violation of the violation of the violation of the violation fee, about the size of the violation fee, if interest and additional fees if the violation fee is not paid at maturity and if fragrant of illa-say violation fees.

SECTION 11. Fees

The Ministry can in regulation impose businesses to pay fees to cover costs by supervision and control.

The Ministry can provide regulations on determining, encrowing, and payment of fees.

At delayed payment shall be paid interest in accordance with law 17. December 1976 # 100 on interest at delayed payment m.

SECTION 12. Istrontrecation and transition provision

The law applies from the time the King decides. 1 From the same time repea

- law 6. June 1891 # 2 about Guld-, Silver and Platinavarers Finshed and Stempling m.v.
- law 22. May 1902 # 10 Alminable civil society Strasel Section 375.

Varer as before the Commencement of the Commencement is stamped by previous rules, can still be retranslated.

1 From 1 jan 2011 ifg. res. 3 sep 2010 # 1248.