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1 ट ल फ क स : Please Contact at Telefax mtd@bis.org. in य प च ल म म द DRAFT IN WIDE CIRCULATION बह म य ध त ओ प व षय दम त, ए ट ड 10 र ख र षण द लम /DOCUMENT DESPATCH ADVICE एमट ड 10/ट -1, 73,MTD 10/T-1, 73 date PRECIOUS METALS SECTIONAL COMMITTEE, MTD 10 प) ध प म इ ज तमयच ग व भ ग च ष (ए ट ड द ), प चल खम द य 1) Interested Members of Metallurgical Engineering Division Council, MTDC 1) बह य ध ओ प व षय दम त ए ट ड 10 प द य 2) All Members of Precious Metals Sectional Committee, MTD 10 ग) अ य दभ चल खम तमप य 3) All Others Interested ह य/ ह य, Dear Sir/ Madam, तम मम ख र ख द म ह: Please find enclosed the following draft amendment and draft standard: रल ख स य /Document No. व षय/ Title 1 रल ख: एमट ड 10 (5319) द श धम द य 1 आइएद 15820:2009 ख ए ह पम ग Doc:MTD 10(5319) पम र प दष प द य अ ष ए Amendment No. 1 to IS 15820:2009 General requirements for competence of assaying and hallmarking centres 2 रल ख: एमट ड 10 (5321) णम ए णम म रध ए, आभ षण/मश प श ध ए ह पम Doc:MTD 10(5321) व मश टट (आइएद 1417 प ल थ म षण) Gold and gold alloys Jewellery/Artefacts Fineness and Marking Specification (Fourth Revision of IS 1417) प य र र ख प अ पम प औ अ म द त य यह ब ह ए भ जम, प यद अ यह र ख ट र य मप प द श धम / ट र य मप प म प ह ज ए, इद अ प म म आ प य द य अथ प ब म य प म य आ दप ह: Kindly examine this draft amendment/standard and forward your views stating any difficulty which you are likely to experience in your business or profession, if this is finally adopted as amendment to National Standard/ National standard.

2 द त प अ त चथ/ Last date for comments: द त यद प ह द ए गए र म म ख प, ऊ म ख अध ह ष प भ जम Comments, if any, may please be made in the format given overleaf and mailed to the undersigned at the above address. ध य, Thanking you, भ य, yours faithfully, द म ऊ म ख /Encl: As above (ज.क. ब ख ) (J.K. Bakhroo) ञ तमप एफ र ख (एमट ड.) Scientist F & Head (MTD)

3 Doc: MTD 10 (5319) W BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS AMENDMENT No. 1 TO IS 15820:2009 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETENCE OF ASSAYING AND HALLMARKING CENTRES (Not to be reproduced without permission from BIS Last date for receipt of or used as an Amendment) comments is (Cover Page, Title) Substitute General Requirements for Establishment & Operation of Assaying and Hallmarking Centres for General Requirements for Competence of Assaying and Hallmarking Centres. (Page 1, clause 3.4, line 5) Substitute referenced for reference. (Page 1, clause 3.4) Insert the following new clause after 3.4: 3.5 Jeweller A person engaged in the business to get manufactured precious metal article for sale or to sell precious metal articles Certified Jeweller - A jeweller who has been granted a certificate by the Bureau to get manufactured for sale or to sell any precious metal article after getting the same hallmarked. (Page 1, clause 4.1.1, last line) Delete. (Page 1, clause 4.1.3) Delete. (Page 1, clause 4.1.4) Substitute the following for the existing clause: (Page 2, clause ) Substitute the following for the existing clause: The centre shall appoint a member of organization as Quality Manager having defined authority and responsibility for ensuring implementation and maintenance of Quality Management System in the centre. (Page 2, clause , last line) Insert the following new sentence after last line: (Page 2, clause ) Insert the following new subclause after : ' The deputy of assay incharge shall be graduate in science/diploma in metallurgy with knowledge of assaying or 12 th Standard pass with 2 years experience in Assaying centres to carry out assaying activity.' (Page 3, clause 4.4.1) Substitute the following for the existing clause:

4 '4.4.1 The centre shall ensure that assaying and hallmarking is done for jewellery/artefacts offered by certified jeweller only. Records of such certified jewellers whose jewellery/artefacts are received for assaying and hallmarking shall be maintained.' (Page 3, clause 4.4.2)) Substitute the following for the existing clause: '4.4.2 The centre shall have internet facility to access the BIS website/server and to receive on-line requests from certified jewellers for assaying and hallmarking.' (Page 3, clause 4.4.4) Substitute the following for the existing clause: '4.4.4 The centre shall ensure that the jewellery/artefacts are assayed and hallmarked following the requirements of this Indian Standard and delivered to the client maximum within 48 hours. [Page 3, clause a) and b)] Substitute the following for the existing: a) Request from a certified jeweller; b) Validity and scope of certificate held; [Page 3, clause f) to k)] Substitute the following for the existing: 'f) capability in respect of availability of CRMs; g) capability in respect of meeting delivery time and schedule; h) Delivery mode, hallmarking and delivery charges; j) The centre shall take an undertaking from the certified jeweller declaring identification mark/ unique number of certified jeweller as declared to BIS ;and k) Jewellery/artefacts shall not be marked with KDM.' (Page 6, clause 5.3.2, paragraph 1) Substitute the following for the existing: The centre shall take sufficient care and precaution with respect to the environment condition as required by the relevant specifications, methods and procedures or where they influence the quality of results. Due attention shall be paid, for example, to following: (Page 6, clause 5.3.3, line 1) Insert the following new line before line 1: The area of the furnace room in assay lab shall be minimum 150 sq. ft. in view of adherence to environmental Condition and comfortable working.' (Page 6, clause ) Substitute the following for the existing: All items shall be marked as per IS (Page 7, clause 5.5.1, last line) Insert `for guidance only at the end. (Page 9, Annex A, Sl No. 1, col 4) Substitute 'upto 1150 o C' for ' o C'. (Page 9, Annex A, Sl No. 2, col 4) Substitute' upto 900 o C' for '0-900 o C'. (Page 9, Annex A, Sl No.16, col 4) Substitute C for C'.

5 (Page 9, Annex A, Sl No.18, col 2) Substitute 'Parting tray with/without removable thimbles of Pt or Pt/Ir or Pt/Rh or unglazed silica' for' Parting tray with thimbles of Pt or Pt/Iror Pt/Rh or unglazed silica '. (Page 9, Annex A, Sl No.18, col 4) Insert the following: 'The bottom surface of the base of the parting tray shall not touch the base of the parting container. (Page 9, Annex A, Sl No.19) Delete and renumber. (Page 9, Annex A, col 1) Renumber Sl No. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 as 19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. (Page 9, Annex A-1) Insert the following at the end and renumber: Reference gold samples of 750 and 916 fineness for calibration of XRF machine (Page 10, Annex A-2,Sl No.1) to 6)) Substitute the following for the existing: `See IS 1418 for details of reagents/chemicals/ Consumables (Page 10, Annex B-1) Delete SI No. 12),13),19),21),22),23) and 29) and renumber. (Page 10, Annex B-1) Insert the following at the end and renumber: Reference silver samples of 850 and 925 fineness. (Page 10, Annex B-2, Sl No.1) to 4)) Substitute the following for the existing: See IS 2113 for details of reagents/chemicals/consumables (Page 11, Annex C, C-2,line2) Delete the word 'preferably'. (Page 11, Annex C, Table underc-3, col3, row 2) Substitute '1 year' for'2 years'. (Page 11, Annex C, Table underc-3, row 5) Insert `2 year. (Page 12, Annex D, Title) Substitute 'sampling plan 1' for 'BIS approved sampling plan' (Page 12, Step 5, col2) Substitute `Scrapping/Drilling for `scrapping. [Page 13, Annex E, clause E 2.1 a)] Substitute 'cutting/melting' for 'cutting'. (Page 13, Annex E, clause E 2.2) Insert the following sentence at the end of the clause:

6 'The sampling of hollow items must be done by Cutting/melting/drilling or scrapping both from inside and outside.' (Page 13, Annex E, Table under clause E-3.1, Row 3) Delete. (Page 13, Annex E, Table under clause E-3.1, Row 4) Substitute for (Page 13, Annex E, clause E 3.1, Table, col 4, Title) Substitute 'Sampling by cutting/melting' for 'Sampling by cutting'. (MTD 10)

7 For Comments Only BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS Doc:MTD 10 (5321)W GOLD AND GOLD ALLOYS, JEWELLERY/ARTEFACTS FINENESS AND MARKING SPECIFICATION (Fourth Revision of IS 1417) Not to be reproduced without permission from BIS Last date for receipt of or used as NATIONAL STANDARD comments is FOREWORD (Formal clause will be added later) This standard was first published in 1959 and subsequently revised in 1971, 1981 and In many advanced countries, the gold ornaments/artefacts traded are certified for purity and are marked with various details like purity/fineness of the ornament, manufacturer s mark, the mark of the assaying laboratory responsible for certifying the purity, etc. These ornaments/artefacts are termed as Hallmarked. This standard is primarily meant to classify the various grades of gold according to their gold content and provide guidelines to mark the gold articles. The percentage of alloying elements stipulated for various grades depend upon their specific uses and the detailed compositions of these grades have been covered in IS 2790 : 1999 `Guidelines for manufacture of 23, 22, 21, 18, 14 and 9 carat gold alloys (second revision). On the subject, assistance has been derived from ISO 9202 : 1991 Jewellery Fineness of precious metal alloys specifying the finenesses of alloys of various precious metals like Pt, Pd and Ag alloys apart from gold. In this revision following changes have been made: a) Bullion and coin have been defined. b) Table 1 has been modified. c) Marking clause has been modified. For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised). The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard. 1 SCOPE 1.1 This standard specifies based on gold content: a) Grades of fine gold and standard gold used for manufacture of bullion and coins b) Grades of gold alloy used in manufacture of jewellery/artefacts

8 Doc:MTD 10(5321)W 1.2 This standard also specifies the guidelines for marking of purity and other details on tested bullion, coins and jewellery/artefacts. Note Artefacts cover medallions and utensils. 2 REFERENCES The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standard indicated below: IS No. Title 1418 : 2009 Assaying of gold in gold bullion, gold alloys and gold jewellery/artefacts Cupellation (fire assay) method (second revision) 3095 : 1999 Gold solders for use in manufacture of jewellery Specification (second revision) : 2009 General requirements for component or assaying and hallmarking centre 3 TERMINOLOGY For the purpose of this standard, the following definitions shall apply. 3.1 Assaying The method of accurate determination of the gold content of the sample expressed in parts per thousand ( ). 3.2 Carat The ratio between the mass of gold content and the total mass expressed in parts per twenty four. 3.3 Fineness The ratio between the mass of gold content and the total mass expressed in parts per thousand ( ). 3.4 Fine Gold It is gold having fineness 999 parts per thousand ( ) and above without any negative tolerance. 3.5 Gold The metallic element gold free from any other element. 3.6 Gold Alloy Gold alloyed with one or more other elements. 3.7 Standard Gold Gold having fineness 995 parts per thousand ( ) and above without any negative tolerance

9 3.8 Bullion Doc:MTD 10(5321)W Refined gold bars of various shapes of standard and fine gold manufactured by mints/refineries. 3.9 Coin Gold coin of standard and fine gold manufactured by mints /refineries. 4 GRADES 4.1 Gold and gold alloys shall be classified in accordance with the following grades depending upon their fineness: Table 1 Grade Fine gold Standard gold Fineness In ppt Purity In carat (K) The above grades shall fulfill the following: a) The above classification is applicable for gold jewellery/artefacts also. b) The maximum permissible limits of Cadmium and each of Platinum group metals in gold alloys for manufacturing jewellery/artefacts and gold solders are 0.002% and 0.05% respectively. c) Presence of ruthenium, indium and cadmium in gold and gold alloys shall be detected by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) method. 5 REQUIREMENTS 5.1 Solders used for the manufacture of gold jewellery/artefacts shall be of the same fineness as that of the jewellery/article and shall confirm to the requirement as specified in IS Solder compositions other than specified in IS 3095 may also be used provided their gold content is same as the respective grade as specified for the standard solder and their Cadmium content is within permissible limit as given in clause (b).

10 Doc:MTD 10(5321)W 5.3 Sampling Unless specified otherwise for the jewellery/article of the same design and quality, the sample should be taken from 10 percent of the articles/ornaments selected at random (see IS 15820). In all other cases, the sample should be taken from each article/jewellery. Any other sampling plan may also be followed subject to agreement between the contracting parties or as specified by the inspection agency as the case may be The sampling of bullion and coins shall be done as specified in IS 1418 / inspection agency. 5.4 Assaying The sample taken as prescribed in 5.3 shall be assayed in accordance with IS The actual weight of samples, etc., shall however be as prescribed in respective test method detailed in IS Tolerances No negative tolerance shall be allowed on the gold content of gold article/jewellery sampled and tested as per 5.3 and 5.4 respectively. 5.6 Retesting (Testing of hallmarked jewellery/artefacts) In case of testing of the hallmarked jewellery/ artefact, a negative tolerance of maximum 2ppt is permitted. 5.7 Conformity For ascertaining conformity of a sample to the declared fineness, the mean value of the duplicate determinations as per IS 1418 shall be used 6 MARKING 6.1 Hallmarking shall be done in either of the following manner: a) The gold, gold alloys, jewellery/artefacts shall be hallmarked, by BIS recognized assaying and hallmarking centres only. The hallmarked articles shall carry the following makings: 1) BIS mark; 2) Purity in carat 3) Assay centre s identification mark / number ; and 4) Jeweller s identification mark / number b) Hallmarked gold bullion and gold coins shall have the following markings: 1) BIS Standard Mark; 2) Fineness; 3) Name/Identification of the manufacturer; and 4) Serial Number Note: In case of coins, serial numbers may be marked on the packaging Marking shall be legible and durable Marking shall be done on all parts which can be easily removed or replaced.

11 Doc:MTD 10(5321)W 6.2 Gold jewellery/artefacts on which marking shall not be applied by an Assaying and Hallmarking centre are as follows: a. Gold jewellery/artefacts that have not been assayed or on assaying whose fineness has not been found to be more than the declared fineness. b. Any gold article/ornament which is not solid or which is made with a hollow center and then filled with base metal, cement, lac or other foreign substance thereby giving the article a false or added weight or strength. Unless the weight of gold is declared by the jeweller and marked on the article by the centre. c. Gold article/ornament on which it is physically impossible to stamp the marks. d. Gold jewellery/artefacts of weight less than 2 g.