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Reviews how government has implemented EU legislation since June 2011, showing very little evidence of 'gold-plating' EU law in this period.
Permitted descriptions for gold plated silver articles at point of sale in the UK.
The Joint Committee of Assay Offices’ notice on plating precious metal articles with base metal.
The Joint Committee of Assay Offices’ notice on silver and gold plate.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
Check the tariff classification for plates made of fine bone china.
The Joint Committee of Assay Offices’ notice on the use of gold parts in articles otherwise made of platinum.
Guidance for Trading Standards officers on how to enforce the hallmarking law.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
Apply to get replacement heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer plating certificates or ministry plates if the originals have been lost or damaged.
Get a private number plate for your vehicle - buy a number plate, transfer a number plate
Product Safety Report for Metal Earrings and Necklaces presenting a serious chemical risk.
Tertiary legislation about gold imports and exports (originally published in VAT Notice 701/21).
This guidance is to help you know how to recognise a hallmark and who to contact about your consumer rights.
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