Ireland
Competent Ministry
Authorised Assay Office
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The information provided in the table below serves a purely informative purpose and does not have any official or legal status (see disclaimer). To ascertain that the information is still correct and up-to-date, please contact the authorised Assay Office.
| Status | Contracting State |
|---|---|
| Control system | Compulsory |
| Legal precious metals & standards of fineness* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum | Gold | Palladium | Silver |
| 999 | 999 | 999 | 999 |
| - | 990 | - | - |
| 950 | 916 | 950 | 958 |
| 900 | 833 | 500 | 925 |
| 850 | 750 | - | 800 |
| 600 | 585 | - | - |
| - | 417 | - | - |
| - | 375 | - | - |
| Weight exemptions** | |||
| Platinum | Gold | Palladium | Silver |
| - | - | - | - |
| Recognition of marks | |
|---|---|
| CCM | Yes |
| Other marks | Not specified |
* Standards may differ from those recognised under the Convention
**There are no weight exemptions under the Convention’s rules.
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The Hallmarking (Amendment) Act 2019 which was signed by the President of Ireland on 14 February 2019 provides for the inclusions of palladium as a precious metal and updates the standards of fineness provisions for precious metals. The relevant provisions in the Act will become operational when the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation signs the commencement order for the Act later this year. Work on the preparation of the draft Commencement Order is currently under way along with legal scrutiny of 3 draft pieces of secondary legislation which, when signed, will give the relevant provisions in the 2019 Act legal effect.
There are no provisions for weight exemptions in Irish legislation governing the application of Hallmarking controls and standards.
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