Legal bases of the Precious Metal Control
All precious metal articles (incl. mixed articles), multimetal articles, plated articles and imitations, of foreign or local manufacture, placed on the market in Switzerland, must conform to the legal, material and formal requirements, of the provisions governing the precious metals control.
The legal bases of the provisions governing the precious metals control are:
Precious Metals Control Act, PMCA; SR 941.31
Precious Metals Control Ordinance, PMCO; SR 941.311
Ordinance on the Collection of Fees and Supervisory Levies for Precious Metals Control; SR 941.319
R-243 Instructions about the application of the precious metals legislation (PMCI)
Further info
Precious metals control