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Guarantee : increase of the hallmarking threshold

In order to reach a balance between the commitment to the guarantee and the delay of the products restitution, the guarantee departments have answered favorably to the request of the majority of professionals concerning the increase of the threshold of the guarantee hallmark.

So, since the 22nd of November 2001, the hallmark threshold has gone :
- from 8 gr to 30 gr for the pieces of work in silver
- from 1 gr to 3 gr for the pieces of work in gold

Guarantee : specific tax
The specific tax is due on all the pieces of work made in precious metal, hallmarked or not by the Guarantee.
From January 1st, 2002 the amount of specific tax collected in hectogram will be :

Type of work
Prix en Euros Prix par gramme
In Platinum 81€ 0.81 €/gr
In Gold 42€ 0.42 €/gr
Containing gold 33€ 0.33 €/gr
In Silver 2€ 0.02 €/gr



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