Decree No. 540 / 1992 Coll.
Decree of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs implementing the Puncture Act and Expensive Metal Testing (Puncture Act)
Valid
Effective from 31.12.1992
540
DECLARATION
Federal Ministry of Economy
of 16 November 1992
implementing the Law on Punching and Testing of Precious Metals (Puncture Act)
The Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs pursuant to § 54 of Act No. 539 / 1992 Coll., on Puncture and Testing of Precious Metals (Puncture Act) ("the Act ') provides:
Tape marks
Tape marks on gold goods of legal purity
(1) The hallmark on gold goods of purity 986 / 1000 (purity No 1) consists of an image of an eagle's head looking to the left in the contour of a semicircle with the corners cut off; the purity number is marked with an Arabic digit of 1, located in the lower left part of the mark.
(2) The patch mark on the gold goods of 900 / 1000 (purity No 2) consists of an image of an eagle's head looking to the left in the contour of a rectangle whose sides are rounded off; the purity number is indicated by Arabic digit 2, located in the lower left part of the mark.
(3) The patch mark on gold goods of purity 750 / 1000 (purity No 3) consists of a picture of the head of a cock looking to the left in the outline of a non-uniform pentagon; the purity number is marked with an Arabic number 3, located at the top right of the mark.
(4) The patch mark on gold goods of purity 585 / 1000 (purity No 4) consists of a picture of a swan's head looking left in the outline of an elongated irregular hexagon; the purity number is indicated by Arabic numerator 4, located at the top left of the mark.
Stockings for silver goods of legal purity
(1) The patch mark on silver goods of purity 959 / 1000 (purity No 1) is composed of a picture of the head of a camper looking slightly to the left in a circular outline with a point at the bottom; the purity number is marked with the Arabic digit 1, located in the lower edge of the contour of the mark.
(2) The hallmark on silver goods of purity 925 / 1000 (purity No 2) consists of a picture of a head of a storefront looking slightly to the left in the contour of a non-uniform hexagon symmetrical according to the vertical axis, the upper horizontal side of which is obliterated, supplemented by a base; the purity number is marked with Arabic numeral 2, located in the lower edge of the contour of the mark.
(3) The hallmark on silver goods of purity 900 / 1000 (purity No 3) consists of a picture of the head of a hare looking left in the outline of an irregular hexagon; the purity number is marked with an Arabic number 3, located at the bottom right of the mark.
(4) The patch mark on silver goods of purity 835 / 1000 (purity No 4) consists of a picture of the head of a hare looking to the left in the trapezoid's contour, the lower horizontal side of which is drawn out; the purity number is marked with the Arabic digit 4, located at the bottom right of the mark.
(5) The hallmark on silver goods of purity 800 / 1000 (purity No 5) consists of a picture of the head of a hare looking to the left in the contour of a rectangle whose sides are rounded off; the purity number is marked with an Arabic number 5, located at the bottom right of the mark.
Tape marks on platinum goods
The patch marks on the platinum goods of all legal purity have a common representation of the stylized royal crown, in which the middle part of the bottom is omitted the space to mark the purity number by Arabic numerals 1 to 4. This image is located
(a) for the purity 950 / 1000 (purity No 1) in the contour of a rectangle the upper side of which is drawn;
(b) for the purity 900 / 1000 (purity No 2) in the contour of a rectangle whose sides are eviscerated,
(c) for the purity 850 / 1000 (purity No 3) in the contour of a symmetrical hexagon,
(d) for purity 800 / 1000 (purity No 4) in the contour resulting from the partial penetration of two circles of the same diameter.
Puncture marks on old goods below legal purity
(1) The patch mark on the old gold goods below the legal purity is composed of an oblique shaven background placed with the letter "Z," the middle part of which is partly covered by an alchemist sign for gold (stylized mark of the sun). This representation is located in an oval outline with two rectangular sections at the narrower ends.
(2) The patch mark on the old silver goods below the legal purity is composed of an alchemist sign for silver (stylized mark of the month) with the letter "S" in the form of stylized beards on an oblique shaded background; This representation is located in the contour of an isosceles triangle with a short top base and numb corners.
Resolution of punk marks
(1) In order to distinguish the workstation of the punk office, which was issued by the punch mark, the miniature letters of the large alphabet placed in the mark near the number indicating the purity number are used.
(2) The following letters are assigned to the individual workplaces of the punk office in the Czech Republic:
B - Brno
K - Red Bones
P - Prague
H - Hradec Kralove
L - Olomouc
R - Camp
Z - Pilsen
J - Jablonec nad Nisou
O - Ostrava
T-Turnov.
"METAL 'signs
The characters "METAL 'consist of the inscription" METAL' or "MET 'or" M', written in block letters, placed in a rectangular or square outline.
The depiction of punk marks and "METAL 'marks is given in the annex to this decree.
The purity of solders and the composition of jewellery alloys
(1) The purity of soldering solders shall not be less than that of soldering.
(2) The solder's purity for soldering silver goods must be at least 600 / 1000 silver.
(3) The solder's purity for soldering platinum goods must be at least 585 / 1000 gold.
(4) For soldering machine-made gold and silver chain, a solder of less purity than those referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, or a solder entirely of base metal, may be used, provided that the total purity of such manufactured chain-making does not fall below the applicable legal purity (Section 5 of the Act).
(1) Jewelry alloy of gold may contain:
(a) silver and copper;
(b) zinc in a content not exceeding 50 / 1000;
(c) if white gold alloy, paladium in a content not exceeding 200 / 1000 or nickel in a content not exceeding 150 / 1000.
(2) Jewelry alloy silver may contain only copper.
(3) Only palladium, gold, copper, iridium, tungsten or cobalt may be included in the platinum alloy; only palladium can be used in combination, but only with one of the remaining metals.
Details of punk control
Submission of goods
The manufacturer or trader shall notify the type, number, weight and purity of the goods on the forms issued to him by the punk office; for other persons, complete the form of the punk office.
Remedium
The values of remedia (§ 18 (2) of the Act) are
| a) | pro zlaté zboží | ||
| 1. | tuzemské a | 10/1000, | |
| 2. | 15/1000, | ||
| 3. | 20/1000, | ||
| b) | pro stříbrné zboží | ||
| 1. | tuzemské a | 10/1000, | |
| 2. | | 20/1000, | |
| 3. | | 30/1000, | |
| c) | pro platinové zboží | ||
| 1. | tuzemské a | 10/1000, | |
| 2. | | 10/1000. | |
Official labelling of goods
(1) The removal of the punch mark on the goods is carried out by mechanical imprinting of the retractor, or by laser firing, if the promoter agrees.
(2) Where goods made of multiple precious metals are to be marked with different hallmarks, the corresponding mark shall be affixed to the relevant part of the goods; If this is not possible, the marks shall be partially crossed, and first the mark of a metal which is less.
(3) By breach of the seal (Paragraph 20 (4) of the Act), the official designation of goods is no longer valid.
(4) The certificate (§ 20 (4) of the Act) or expert opinion (§ 21 (3) of the Act) contains a description of the goods, their weight, the purity and metal established and the imprint of the official stamp. The certificate and the expert opinion shall apply only to the goods for which they were issued.
Goods of very low weight which are not subject to mandatory punk control [Paragraph 27 (1) (a) (3) of the Act] shall be considered to be goods for which the weight of the precious metal in one separate piece does not exceed 0,5 gram for gold goods and 3 grams for silver goods.
Antique goods not subject to punk control [Paragraph 27 (1) (d) of the Act] are:
(a) medals and plaques stamped up to 1939 if they are not part of the goods in a fixed connection (e.g. soldering or riveting);
(b) medals and plaques embossed before the validity of this Order by the State Mint in Kremnice and marked with a coin tag consisting of a large letter "K" placed in a degraded octagonal.
Mica labelling
Alloys of precious metals up to 50 grams shall be marked by the hallmark office only by an official mark, an alloy of 50 to 1500 grams, and an alloy number of over 1500 grams, and an indication of purity and weight.
This Decree shall take effect on 31 December 1992.
Minister:
Cubečka v. r.
Annex to Decree No 540 / 1992 Coll.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs No 540 / 1992 Coll., implementing the Law on Punching and Testing of Precious Metals (Puncture Act) |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 07.12.1992 |
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| Effective from | 31.12.1992 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
The regulation text is for informational purposes only.
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