Guidance

List of EEA hallmarks recognised in the UK

Published 16 February 2015

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Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, the UK is required to accept other national hallmarks.

National hallmarks

Under the guidelines of the British Hallmarking Council, those national hallmarks deemed equivalent to UK hallmarks are listed in the table below:

Country Convention (CCM) National Hallmark
Austria Yes N/A[footnote 1]
Croatia Yes No
Cyprus Yes Yes
Czech Republic Yes No
Denmark Yes Yes
Estonia No Yes
Finland Yes Yes
France No No[footnote 2]
Hungary Yes No
Ireland Yes Yes
Israel Yes No[footnote 3]
Latvia Yes Yes
Lithuania Yes Yes
Netherlands Yes Yes
Norway Yes No
Malta No No
Poland Yes No
Portugal Yes Yes
Serbia Yes No[footnote 3]
Slovakia Yes No
Slovenia Yes No
Spain Yes Yes (A1, M1, V1, C1, C2)[footnote 4]
Sweden Yes No
Switzerland Yes Yes
United Kingdom Yes Yes

  1. Austria no longer applies national hallmarks and only the CCM is used. ↩

  2. Note that changes to the French laws in 2004 mean that French hallmarks are no longer accepted in the UK. ↩

  3. EEA mutual recognition doesn’t apply. ↩ ↩2

  4. Andalucía, Valencia, Madrid and Catalonia. ↩

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