Country profile
Last updated on 21-07-2019
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 |
958 |
| 950 |
916 |
500 |
925 |
| 900 |
750 |
- |
800 |
| 850 |
585 |
- |
- |
| - |
375 |
- |
- |
| Weight exemptions** |
| Platinum |
Gold |
Palladium |
Silver |
| 0.5 g |
1 g |
1 g |
7.78 g |
| Recognition of marks |
| CCM |
Yes |
| Other marks |
Other EU Member State Hallmarks applied by State Authorised Assay Offices, providing those marks are judged to be intelligible to UK consumers and providing they are judged to offer an equivalent level of protection to those applied by UK Assay Offices. |
* Standards may differ from those recognised under the Convention
**There are no weight exemptions under the Convention’s rules.
Control marks
