LEGISLATION
The legislation regulating the activity of Assay Offices and the precious metal artefacts market is as follows:
Decree no. 26/2023 of 11 October – Approves the Amendments to Annexes I and II of the Convention on the Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals, adopted in Stockholm on 20 April 2018.
Decree-Law no. 9/2021 of 29 January – Approves the Legal Framework for Economic Offences.
Decree-Law no. 6/2021, of January 12 – Ensures the implementation in the national legal order of Regulation (EU) no. 2019/515 on the mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State.
Notice no. 21026/2020 of 29 December – Marks applicable by assay offices, under the terms of the Legal Framework for Goldsmiths and Assay Offices, approved in annex to Law no. 98/2015 of 18 August, as amended by Decree-Law no. 120/2017 of 15 September.
Ordinance no. 173/2020 of 17 July – Amends Ordinance no. 403-B/2015 of 13 November, namely with regard to the fees due for the acts provided for in the legal framework for goldsmiths and assay offices.
Ministerial Order no. 285/2019 of 3 September – Proceeds with the first amendment to Ministerial Order no. 374-A/2017 of 31 October.
Regulation (EU) 2019/515 of 19 March of the European Parliament and of the Council – On the mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State.
Notice no. 19408/2018 of 31 December – Regulation for the Supervision of Activities Regulated by the Legal Framework for Goldsmiths and Assay Offices.
Ordinance no. 333-B/2017 of 3 November – Regulates the New Legal Framework for Goldsmiths and Assay Offices, approved by Decree-Law no. 120/2017 of 15 September.
Ordinance no. 374-A/2017 of 31 October – Establishes the marks applicable by assay offices, the provisions applicable to testing and marking and the technical requirements for articles with precious metals, under the terms of the legal framework for goldsmiths and assay offices (RJOC).
Decree-Law 120/2017 of 15 September – Amends the legal framework for goldsmiths and assay offices, approved by Law 98/2015 of 18 August.
Ordinance no. 403-B/2015, of 13 November – Establishes the amount of fees due for the services provided by assay offices referred to in article 107 of the legal framework for goldsmiths and assay offices (RJOC), approved by Law no. 98/2015, of 18 August, and repeals Ordinance no. 418-A/2012, of 19 December.
Law no. 98/2015, of 18 August – Approves the legal framework for goldsmiths and assay offices and repeals Decree-Laws no. 391/79, of 20 September, 57/98, of 16 March, and 171/99, of 19 May.
Ministerial Order no. 109/2015 of 21 April – Regulates and sets the fees for the application of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds.
Law no. 5/2015, of 15 January – Ensures the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) no. 2368/2002, of 20 December, on the application of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for the international trade in rough diamonds.
Decree no. 2/2006, of 3 January, approves the amendments to the Convention on the Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals, signed in Vienna on 15 November 1972 and approved for ratification by Decree-Law no. 56/82, of 29 April, adopted by the Standing Committee at its 48th meeting, held in Morges on 13 and 14 December 1999, and amended at its 50th meeting, held in Geneva on 15 December 1999. The amendments to Annexes I and II of the Convention adopted by the Standing Committee at its 45th meeting, held in Helsinki on 25 and 26 May 1998, and the amendments to Annex II adopted by the Standing Committee at its 43rd meeting, held in Vienna on 15 October 2002.
Decree no. 56/82 of 29 April – approves for ratification the Convention on the Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals.
