Precious Metal Assay and Money Laundering Supervision

Head of Department: Árpád Szűcs

Bláthy Ottó street 3-5. H-1089 Budapest, Hungary

Main responsibilities of department:

• Perform the precious metal articles - and others - marking of care in accordance with legal requirements;

• Arrange for safekeeping of hallmarking punches and tools and the precious metal articles tested; 

• Give permit about hallmarking or / and responsibility marking from an approval or dismissal;

• Perform the hallmarking applications for private individuals based on professional criteria assessment;

• Operates of the precious metal run administration - and work processes;

• Operates the precious objects logistics management procedures;

• Initiate a calibration and test equipment required by their purchase or exchange;

• Initiate a hallmarking materials and equipment related to the operation area;

• Preparing of electronic data of laser responsibility mark file;

• Co-operate with the competent agencies of the National Tax and Customs Administration in relation of the marking of the precious metal articles;

• Classifies the precious metal objects and products after examination,

• Prepare and expend the material test report,

• Perform the homogeneity assaying and sampling according to specifications,

• Classifies the touchstone needles with suitable components for required hallmarked precious metal objects,

• Determine the precious metal content of: mining materials, industrial products, catalyzers, precious metal blocks, semiproducts and wastes,

• Analyse the pure precious metals impurity content,

• Determine the other metal contents of precious metals,

• Organise, manage and control the logistic system of precious metal blocks certification,

• Provide the safe storage and saving of authentication device,

• Responsable for acquiring and maintaining of laboratory accreditation given by National Accreditation Body,

• Organize the participation in international circuit analyses in material testing area,

• Represent the Office in international professional events,

• Prepare once a year the summary of precious metal content residual samples,

• Supply the tasks in connection with quality and FEUVE prosegers of department activity.