SERVICE TABLE
Change in Fineness Guarantee Marks⁴
Equivalent to the testing and marking service, intended exclusively for articles already legalised and modified, submitted by the same customer and on submission of a reasoned declaration.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Batch analysis¹
Test in batches of articles for separation into sublots of different precious metals/legal fineness and/or common metal, by X-Ray Dispersive Energy Fluorescence Spectrometry.
Non-destructive test (requires scraping the tested surface). There may be a need for further chemical testing (destructive testing).
Document issue
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Storage of articles with precious metal
Storage of articles of precious metal at the request of the economic operator.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Warehousing of seized items⁶
Deposit of pieces seized by official entities, awaiting judicial decision.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing of temporarily imported articles
Testing of finished articles, or parts intended to be incorporated into articles, temporarily imported and re-exported, after being finished or processed by the domestic industry.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Assaying and marking¹
Assaying of articles with precious metal, according to the test methods and by setting the Portuguese assay marks, as determined in the Legal Regime for Goldsmiths and Assay Offices (RJOC).
Document issue
Test report for bars;
Customs Bulletin for Imports
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Assaying and marking at domicile⁴
Equivalent to the Assay and Marking service, being executed outside the Assay Office. A reasoned request must be submitted in order to obtain an authorisation.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
PA (Prior Authorisation) Assaying and marking⁷
Equivalent to the Assaying and Marking Service, applying exclusively to articles legally marketed in another Member State in accordance with the Mutual Recognition Regulation”
Document issue
Notifications and Assay Report where applicable
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Assaying and marking under the Convention¹
Assaying of articles and watches and clocks of precious metal in accordance with the used methods for assaying and setting the Common Control Mark in accordance with the rules adopted by the Standing Committee of the Convention on the Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metals².
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Assaying and marking of antique articles²
Service equivalent to the Assaying and Marking service, applying exclusively to Jewellery Articles with Special Interest.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Assaying and marking of used articles³
Service equivalent to the Assaying and Marking service, applying exclusively to articles of precious metal marketed in second hand.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Assying of gold alloys by cupellation
Assaying of precious metal alloys for determination of the content in gold by the cupellation method (fire assay), according to the ISO 11426 standard or by the micro-cupellation method (fire assay), based on the ISO 11426 standard.
The customer provides the sample or defines the sample collection place, where applicable.
Destructive test.
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing of palladium alloys by ICP
Testing of precious metal alloys for determination of palladium content by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP), with yttrium as internal standard, based on ISO 11495.
The customer provides the sample and defines the sampling location, where applicable
Destructive test.
Document issue
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing platinum alloys by ICP
Testing of precious metal alloys for determination of platinum content by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP), with yttrium as internal standard, based on ISO 11494.
The customer provides the sample and defines the sampling location, where applicable.
Destructive test
Document issue
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing of silver alloys by Potentiometry
Testing of precious metal alloys for determination of silver content by Volumetry (potentiometry) using potassium bromide, according to ISO 11427 standard or by Volumetry (potentiometry), reduced take, based on ISO 11427.
The customer provides the sample and defines the sampling location, where applicable.
Destructive test.
Document issue
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing of metals by ICP
Testing of metal alloys for determination of metal content by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP), with yttrium as internal standard.
The customer provides the sample and defines the sampling location, where applicable.
Destructive test.
Document issue
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing of metals by FRXDE
Testing of metal alloys for determination of their composition and content, by using the Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry method.
The client defines the location where the test will be carried out.
Non-destructive test (requires scraping the tested surface).
Document issue
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing of parts and/or components
Testing of articles with precious metal, covered by the weight exemption scheme (Article 9(4) of the RJOC), of parts and/or components with precious metal or common metal and of articles with precious metal covered by the optional testing and marking procedure provided for by D.L. No 44/2016 of 17 August.
Document issue
Customs Bulletin, if applicable.
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Testing of imported products
Testing of imported articles for checking metal and fineness.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Examination of articles⁶
Determination of the type and fineness of metals, inspection to determine the origin and authenticity of marks applied to articles.
Document issue
Expert Examination
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Examination for hallmark verification
Identification or information of assay marks to the consumer, for articles presented with the respective invoice (free service – art. 14 (3) of Ordinance No. 403-B/2015)
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
10 working days.
Information and identification of marks¹
Identification and information of existing marks on articles with precious metals. The metal is not specified.
Document issue
Information on Marks
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Inspection of 100% articles¹
Testing of an article with precious and/or ordinary metal, to determine the lowest precious metal content of the various components that compose it, by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.
Non-destructive test (requires scraping the tested surface).
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Document issue
Test report
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Disposal of parts
Disposal of precious metal and/or ordinary metal parts
Document issue
Disposal records
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Other Laser markings
Equivalent to the service of other markings by punching, applying to laser engravings on various materials.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Other markings by punching¹
Applying the responsibility mark or other marks.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Deadline to be agreed with the client.
Article expertise at domicile⁵
Verification of marks on articles with precious metal, executed outside the assay office.
A reasoned application must be submitted so as to obtain an authorisation.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
Verification of control marks¹
Verification of the origin and authenticity of official assay marks, Convention marks and Assay Office marks recognised as equivalent by the Portuguese Quality Institute.
Document issue
No
Delivery Period
Express – 1 business day
Very Urgent – 2 working days
Urgent – 3 working days
Normal – Up to 10 working days
¹ For holders of a responsibility punch, as well as possessors and/or legitimate owners of articles with precious metal under the relevant law
² Approved for ratification by Decree No. 56/82 of 29 April and amended by Decrees No. 42/92 of 13 October, 39/99 of 19 October and 2/2006 of 3 January.
³ Exclusive for retailers buying and selling used items and also in the purchase and sale of used items by lenders, in accordance with the relevant law.
⁴ Exclusive for holders of a responsibility punch in accordance with the relevant law.
⁵ For economic operators licensed in accordance with the relevant law.
⁶ Exclusive for official bodies.
⁷ Exclusive for holders of a responsibility punch, in accordance with the relevant law, who present articles of precious metal with provenance from the Community market.
For services with a deadline agreed with the customer, the deadline may never exceed the 20 days established in the Code of Administrative Procedures
