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Apply to SADPMR on Form PMC for a certificate naming the unwrought gold to be acquired or disposed of and its source (police and tax clearance, business plan, fee R1,000)

من

Precious-metals trader holding an SADPMR certificate

يتطلب

SAPS police clearance certificate; SARS tax compliance status / tax clearance

يُصدر

SADPMR certificate to acquire/dispose of unwrought precious metal

• Precious Metals Act; Precious Metals Regulations, s.4(1)(d); regs 15-17

Buy the gold from the certificate holder after confirming the certificate; take and keep the certificate

من

Authorised dealer in gold

يتطلب

SADPMR certificate to acquire/dispose of unwrought precious metal

يُصدر

Register kept by certificate holder (Form PMR 6) or authorised dealer (s.15(1))

• Precious Metals Act, s.14(1)-(2)

Keep the transaction in the register immediately (date, parties, nature and mass, price)

من

Authorised dealer in gold

يُصدر

Register kept by certificate holder (Form PMR 6) or authorised dealer (s.15(1))

• Precious Metals Act, s.15(1)

  “immediately after the conclusion of each such transaction— (i) the date of the transaction; (ii) the names and addresses of the parties to the transaction; (iii) the nature and mass of the material ...”

Mine ore within the mining-right area after giving the landowner or lawful occupier at least 21 days' written notice (s.5A(c)) and, from 7 December 2014, holding an environmental authorisation (s.5A(a))

من

Mining-right holder (industrial gold mine)

يتطلب

Mining right (MPRDA s.23)

[inferred] 7 December 2014 start of s.5A(a) calculated (see za.law-nemaa-2008).

• MPRDA as amended by Act 49 of 2008, s.5A

Process ore on the mine (milling, leaching, electrowinning) and smelt to dore bars

من

Mining-right holder (industrial gold mine)

الشكل

Ore (in situ / run-of-mine) → Doré bar - unstamped

Process description is general industry practice; Rand Refinery confirms it refines dore and concentrates.

Enter each production and disposal in the PMR1 producer register within 24 hours (date, parties, nature and mass, price)

من

Mining-right holder (industrial gold mine)

يتطلب

SADPMR producer registration (PM REG1)

يُصدر

PMR1 producer register entry / quarterly copy

• Precious Metals Act; Precious Metals Regulations, s.15(1); reg 33

  “immediately after the conclusion of each such transaction— (i) the date of the transaction; (ii) the names and addresses of the parties to the transaction; (iii) the nature and mass of the material ...”

Carry doré from the mine to the refinery with the prescribed waybill (sender, recipient, contact persons, owner, invoice numbers inside and outside the packaging)

من

Secure carrier of precious metal

يُصدر

Waybill, mine to refinery

• Precious Metals Act; Precious Metals Regulations, s.13; reg 26

Receive the dore from the producer after confirming the producer's right to dispose of it; record in the PMR2 register

من

Refining-licence holder (refinery)

يتطلب

SADPMR refining licence; Waybill, mine to refinery

يُصدر

PMR2 refinery register entry / quarterly copy

• Precious Metals Act, s.7(1), s.15(1), s.20(1)

Weigh, sample and fire-assay the dore; issue the outturn to the producer

من

Refining-licence holder (refinery)

يُصدر

Refiner outturn / assay report

Rand Refinery advertises 24-hour assaying; outturn format not seen.

Mine within the permit area (max 5 ha) after environmental authorisation; recover gold by gravity/other processing and smelt to a button or bar

من

Mining-permit holder (small-scale miner)

يتطلب

Mining permit (MPRDA s.27)

الشكل

Ore (in situ / run-of-mine) → Smelted button/bar

• MPRDA as amended, s.5A, s.27

Record production in the PMR1 register

من

Mining-permit holder (small-scale miner)

يتطلب

SADPMR producer registration (PM REG1)

يُصدر

PMR1 producer register entry / quarterly copy

• Precious Metals Act, s.15(1); reg 33

Before buying: check the seller's mining permit (its right to dispose of the gold) and, where the buyer is a high-value goods dealer receiving payment of R100,000 or more, carry out FICA customer due diligence

من

Precious-metals trader holding an SADPMR certificate

يتطلب

SADPMR certificate to acquire/dispose of unwrought precious metal

يُصدر

FICA customer due diligence record on seller

• Precious Metals Act; FICA Schedule 1, PMA s.20(1)(b); FICA Sch.1 item 20, ss.20A-21H

Sell and deliver the gold to the buyer, carried with the reg 26 waybill; buyer records the purchase in its register

من

Mining-permit holder (small-scale miner)

يُصدر

Waybill, mine to refinery; Register kept by certificate holder (Form PMR 6) or authorised dealer (s.15(1)); Seller's sale record naming buyer's licence/permit/certificate

• Precious Metals Act, s.4(1), s.13, s.15(1)

Weigh, melt, sample and assay each lot on receipt; issue outturn (final assay and fine weight) to the depositor

من

Refining-licence holder (refinery)

يتطلب

Refining agreement with depositor

يُصدر

Refiner outturn / assay report

Refine at the licensed premises and cast 400 oz Good Delivery bars, kilobars (995-999.9), minted bars (10/50/100 g, 999.9) or grain

من

Refining-licence holder (refinery)

يُصدر

Refiner bar list for bars produced

الشكل

Doré bar - unstamped → LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar

• Precious Metals Act; Precious Metals Regulations, s.7(1), 7(5); reg 28 (minted bars)

Record receipts and outputs in the PMR2 register within 24 hours

من

Refining-licence holder (refinery)

يُصدر

PMR2 refinery register entry / quarterly copy

• Precious Metals Act, s.15(1); reg 33

Publish annual responsible-gold / LBMA compliance report

من

Refining-licence holder (refinery)

يُصدر

Refiner responsible gold / LBMA compliance report

Apply to SADPMR on Form PEA for export approval (contract extract, monthly production vs sales projections showing contribution to local demand, police clearance, proof of premises, fee)

من

Holder of an SADPMR export approval

يتطلب

SAPS police clearance certificate

يُصدر

SADPMR export approval for gold (PMA s.12)

[conflict] see za.div-pea-form-wording

• Precious Metals Act; Precious Metals Regulations, s.12(1); reg 23

National Treasury approval to export the gold (PMA s.12(1), Exchange Control Reg 3). Manual C(B) sends all applications to export gold in any form to SADPMR; producers exempted by FinSurv from Reg 5 may sell their total output to approved counterparties, with full proceeds received in South Africa (C(F))

من

National Treasury (as approving authority)

يُصدر

National Treasury approval to export gold (Exchange Control Reg 3; PMA s.12(1))

[unconfirmed] Whether Treasury issues a separate approval per consignment, or its approval is given through the SADPMR process and the FinSurv exemption, is not stated in any text read.

• Exchange Control Regulations 1961; Precious Metals Act, Reg 3; PMA s.12(1)

Sign the sale contract and fix the price against the LBMA Gold Price; issue commercial invoice

من

Holder of an SADPMR export approval

يُصدر

LBMA Gold Price reference; Commercial invoice

Rand Refinery says it acts as agent for producers and sells through LBMA members; contract terms not seen.

File the SARS customs export declaration / bill of entry for export

من

Holder of an SADPMR export approval

يتطلب

SADPMR export approval for gold (PMA s.12); National Treasury approval to export gold (Exchange Control Reg 3; PMA s.12(1)); Commercial invoice

يُصدر

SARS customs declaration / bill of entry for export

[not-read] Customs and Excise Act procedure not held.

• Customs and Excise Act 1964; Precious Metals Regulations, reg 24(2) (as substituted by GN R387)

Carry the gold to OR Tambo with the reg 26 waybill; airline accepts as valuable cargo

من

Secure carrier of precious metal

يتطلب

SARS customs declaration / bill of entry for export

يُصدر

Waybill, refinery/exporter to port of export; Air waybill, Johannesburg to destination

• Precious Metals Act, s.13; reg 26

Keep a copy of the bill of entry for export with all supporting documents for each consignment for three years after export

من

Holder of an SADPMR export approval

يتطلب

SARS customs declaration / bill of entry for export

[conflict] Form PEA (2025) reprints reg 24(2) as 'The application must contain a copy of the Bill of Entry'; GN R387 (2008) substituted reg 24(2) with this three-year retention duty (za.div-pea-form-wording).

• Precious Metals Regulations, reg 24(2) as substituted by GN R387

  “The applicant must retain a copy of the Bill of Entry for Export issued in terms of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act 91 of 1964), together with all supporting documents in respect of each consignment of the precious metal exported in terms of the approval granted by the Minister for a period of three years after the date of export”

Hold a Business Number with RM import-export program account, registered in the CARM Client Portal (and optional RPP financial security)

من

Importer of record (doré, scrap or bars for refining)

Present the shipment for release: classify doré as 7108.12.00.22 (bars 7108.12.00.11/.21, scrap 7112.91) - all Free under MFN and every preferential tariff; no import permit; gold goods from Russia or a person in Russia (Schedule 9) and precious-metal scrap from Russia (Schedule 13) are prohibited; goods produced wholly or in part by forced labour are prohibited

من

Licensed customs broker

يتطلب

Export customs declaration accepted by the dispatching country's customs; Commercial invoice; Air waybill

يُصدر

Commercial invoice from the foreign shipper

Forced-labour prohibition: Customs Tariff item 9897.00.00 (ca.src-tariff-ch98). MFN is not available for goods of Belarus, North Korea or Russia (guide-3).

• Customs Tariff; SEMA (Russia) Regulations, Tariff item 7108.12.00; SEMA (Russia) ss.3.11, 3.16

Account for the goods on a Commercial Accounting Declaration (Type C at release, or Type AB within five business days of release under RPP) and pay duties and taxes on the statement of account; imported precious-metal bars are non-taxable for GST, and doré, unwrought gold, scrap and concentrates imported to be refined are non-taxable

من

Importer of record (doré, scrap or bars for refining)

يتطلب

Commercial invoice from the foreign shipper

يُصدر

Commercial Accounting Declaration

• Customs Act; Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations; Excise Tax Act; Non-Taxable Imported Goods (GST/HST) Regulations, Customs Act s.32; SOR/86-1062 s.10; ETA Sched VII s.8; SOR/91-31 s.3(a), (b)

Keep import records for 6 years; self-correct within 90 days; CBSA may verify origin, value and classification for 4 years

من

Importer of record (doré, scrap or bars for refining)

يتطلب

Commercial Accounting Declaration

90-day correction duty read in Customs Act s.32.2(2); six-year retention and four-year verification from CBSA guide-7 and D17-1-21 (the regulation fixing the period was not read).

Optionally hold refined bars in allocated (segregated, identified bars) or unallocated storage at the Royal Canadian Mint vaults in Ottawa or Winnipeg (institutional clients only), with semi-annual counts

من

Royal Canadian Mint (federal Crown corporation: refinery and vault)

يتطلب

Bar list of refined bars (GD 400 oz, 100 oz, kilobars)

يُصدر

Allocated weight list / unallocated account statement

Re-export imported or toll-refined bars: file CERS export declaration (non-US destinations, CAD 2,000+) and hand the proof of report number to the carrier

من

Exporter of record (mine, refiner or bullion trader)

يتطلب

Commercial Accounting Declaration

يُصدر

CERS export declaration and proof of report number

Carry the re-exported bars under air waybill

من

Secure precious-metals carrier / airline

يتطلب

CERS export declaration and proof of report number

يُصدر

Air waybill

Onboard Dubai supplier: KYC pack, chain-of-custody statement, mine-of-origin/scrap declaration, DMCC/UAEGD audit reports

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

يتطلب

Air waybill

يُصدر

Refiner file on the Dubai supplier: identity, commercial-register extract, proof of lawful acquisition (export permit/declaration, mining licence where applicable), SECO embargo check, origin clarification (kept for the period the EMKV sets: zehn Jahren); KYC questionnaire for mined material, naming each ASM supplier in the chain (team/cooperative, aggregators, local exporter); Independent assurance report on the Dubai refiner's responsible sourcing practices, as an Intermediate Refiner (RGG v9 s.2.3 enhanced due diligence for high-risk recycled gold); Site visit at the mine of origin before transacting (or within 6 months) - enhanced due diligence

[inferred] Asking for DMCC/UAEGD audit reports and a chain-of-custody statement is the model's application to a Dubai supplier; the LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance and the BAZG melter due-diligence directive do not name them. The EMKV duties are read in the official fedlex consolidation held on the server. In the EMKV record on the server these articles are parsed into the section labelled Anhang (section id in the refs), not into their own sections; the quotes are from that section.

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 1 (parsed into section sch-2)

  “Der Inhaber einer Schmelzbewilligung darf Schmelzgut nur von Per-”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 1 (lawful acquisition) (parsed into section sch-2)

  “die sich über deren rechtmässigen Erwerb aus- weisen können.”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 2 (identity) (parsed into section sch-2)

  “Es muss die Identität des Kunden anhand eines beweiskräftigen Do- kumentes wie Pass oder Identitätskarte überprüfen.”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168a Abs. 3 (origin clarification) (parsed into section sch-2)

  “Bestehen über die Herkunft der Ware Zweifel oder stammen die An- gebote von Unbekannten, so ist der Inhaber der Schmelzbewilligung verpflichtet, die Herkunft des Schmelzgutes besonders sorgfältig abzu- klären.”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKV (SR 941.311, Stand 1 Jan 2024) Art. 168b Abs. 3 (retention) (parsed into section sch-2)

  “Schmelzprodukten müssen während zehn Jahren aufbewahrt werden.”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKG Art. 31a Abs. 1

  “Wer gewerbsmässig Schmelzgut im Sinne von Artikel 1 Absatz 3”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), EMKG Art. 31a Abs. 6

  “Die Absätze 1-5 gelten nicht für Inhaber einer Schmelzbewilligung nach Artikel 24.”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), BAZG Richtlinie R-247 (1 Jan 2023) annex matrix Teil 1 (KYC)

  “Identifikation des Kunden gemäss Art. 168a Abs. 2 EMKV für natürliche Personen, für juristische Personen mittels Han-”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), BAZG Richtlinie R-247 (1 Jan 2023) Ziff. 3.3.2

  “Bestehen Zweifel über die Herkunft des Materials oder in Bezug auf die Integrität des Kunden sind Bewilligungsinhaber verpflichtet, den Sachverhalt besonders sorgfältig abzuklären”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), RGG v9 Step 2.1 (origin of mined gold)

  “Mined Gold: The location of the mine (LSM and ASM).”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), RGG v9 Step 2.2 (transit red flag)

  “Is claimed to originate from a country through which gold from CAHRAs is known, or reasonably suspected, to transit”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), RGG v9 Step 1.2 (records)

  “Records are required to be maintained for at least five years, or the minimum timeframe stipulated by local regulatory requirements”

• PMCO/EMKV; LBMA Responsible Gold Guidance; BAZG melter due-diligence directive (sections in refs), BAZG Schmelzen und Prüfen (Dec 2023) Ziff. 4.1.6 (restates Art. 168b Abs. 3)

  “Die Dokumente über den Geschäftsverkehr mit Schmelzgut und Schmelzprodukten müssen während zehn Jahren aufbewahrt werden.”

File the Swiss electronic customs import declaration (formal declaration; simplified or oral declarations excluded for melt material imported for sale), tariff heading 7108.1200 (statistical key 911 for mining gold), with actual origin if known; import VAT-exempt for investment gold (cast bars of at least 995 thousandths fineness bearing the fineness and the stamp of a recognised assayer-melter) and for gold in raw form or semi-finished for refining; unmarked doré may only be imported by a trade assayer (BAZG practice)

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

يتطلب

Air waybill

يُصدر

Electronic customs import declaration (commercial import; simplified and oral declarations excluded for melt material)

The Federal Council report (citing the customs administration) says actual origin must be declared if known, but for large imports, e.g. from the United Kingdom or the UAE, the dispatch country is sometimes entered; [inferred] Dubai-refined Nigerian gold can therefore appear as UAE origin. [unconfirmed] That no certificate of origin is required is not stated in the sources read. No written precious-metals control record found for a passed border check. The rule that unmarked doré may only be imported by a trade assayer is BAZG practice (BAZG letter on unmarked melt products; BAZG directive on applying the EMKG); it is not in the EMKG import article. The EMKV (precious metals control ordinance) is not held on the server, so its provisions on recognised fineness marks and banking precious metals are not relied on here. Corrected earlier: the declaration was described as "Passar"; the BAZG melt-material sheet names e-dec web. [time-limited] When the BAZG-VG enters into force (date not set), the EMKG import-check paragraphs are repealed and replaced by a new BAZG control article (BAZG-VG annex amending the EMKG).

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), MWSTG (SR 641.20, Stand 1 Jan 2025) Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12: gold supplies exempt

  “die Umsätze, die mit Gold und Legierungen von Gold der folgenden Form erzielt werden:”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12 Bst. b: investment gold, cast bars

  “Gold zu Anlagezwecken mit einem Mindestfeingehalt von 995 Tausendsteln, in Form von:”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12 Bst. b, first indent

  “gegossenen Barren, versehen mit der Angabe des Feingehalts und dem Stempelzeichen eines anerkannten Prüfer-Schmelzers oder”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 12 Bst. d: raw or semi-finished gold for refining

  “Gold in Rohform oder in Form von Halbzeug, das zur Raffination oder Rückgewinnung bestimmt ist”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), MWSTG Art. 53 Abs. 1 Bst. m: import of gold exempt

  “Gold und Legierungen von Gold nach Artikel 23 Absatz 2 Ziffer 12.”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), AS 2024 438 (amendment of 16 June 2023, in force 1 Jan 2025): inserts Art. 53 Abs. 1 Bst. m

  “Gold und Legierungen von Gold nach Artikel 23 Absatz 2 Ziffer 12.”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), MWSTV Art. 44 (former gold provision) repealed

  “Aufgehoben durch Ziff. I der V vom 21. Aug. 2024, mit Wirkung seit 1. Jan. 2025”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), EMKG (SR 941.31) Art. 20 Abs. 3: import checks

  “Die diesem Gesetz unterstellten Waren können bei der Einfuhr einer umfassenden oder stichprobenweisen Kontrolle unterworfen werden.”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG statistics page: tariff heading 7108.1200

  “Data relating to gold in raw form (e.g. bars) are recorded under customs tariff heading 7108.1200”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG statistics page: statistical key 911 (from 1 Jan 2021)

  “mining gold *(key: 911)*”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Federal Council report 14 Nov 2018, s.3.7

  “dass der tatsächliche Ursprung der Waren gemeldet werden muss, sofern er bekannt ist”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Federal Council report s.3.7

  “Bei umfangreichen Einfuhren, zum Beispiel aus Grossbritannien oder den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten, wird in der Zollerklärung gelegentlich das Versendungsland angegeben.”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG R-247 (1 Jan 2023) s.3.4.2: unmarked melt products only imported by trade assayers

  “Daher sind ausschliesslich Handelsprüfer berechtigt, nicht gekennzeichnete”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), R-247 s.3.4.2 (doré bars as example)

  “(bspw. Doré-Barren aus dem Bergbau)”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG Merkblatt "Annahme von Schmelzgut aus dem Ausland" (Jan 2024): simplified declarations excluded

  “Vereinfachte Zollanmeldeverfahren wie Quickzoll oder gar eine mündliche Zollanmeldung sind daher grundsätzlich ausgeschlossen.”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: e-dec web

  “dies selbst mittels e-dec web vornehmen”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: prior customs procedure

  “Annahme von Schmelzgut aus dem Ausland sichergestellt wird, dass dieses vorgängig”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: fine per case (under the EMKG)

  “mit bis zu CHF 2 000 pro Fall gebüsst werden”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), Merkblatt: licence withdrawal

  “In schweren Fällen kann die entsprechende Bewilligung”

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG letter of 4 Dec 2019 on import of unmarked melt products (only footnotes are sectioned; cited law-only)

• VAT Act (MWSTG) as amended with effect from 1 Jan 2025; Precious Metals Control Act (EMKG) (sections in refs), BAZG-VG of 20 June 2025, Anhang 2 Ziff. 53 (EMKG Art. 20 Abs. 3-5 repealed, new Art. 22a); annex not sectioned, cited law-only

Optionally store under customs control in a free port (e.g. Geneva La Praille / Aéroport, Embrach - Embraport, Zürich-Flughafen - Cargologic): stored goods are not subject to import customs duties or trade-policy measures and may be stored indefinitely

من

Bonded warehouse / freeport operator (Geneva/Embrach)

يُصدر

Electronic customs declaration on entry of sensitive goods into the free port (content: the inventory-record particulars listed in the Customs Ordinance, letters a to f, plus the depositor's name and address); Electronic inventory record of sensitive goods: previous customs document, entry date, owner, origin country, description, value, marks, gross/net mass, origin proof, location, exit date, etc. (17 fields)

The BAZG free-port list held is the old list in the library (its record dates it to the start of the year it was issued; no newer list found); operators may have changed. [time-limited] The BAZG-VG (adopted, not yet in force) treats free ports as a kind of customs warehouse and will replace these articles when in force. [inferred] Suspension of import VAT is read from the BAZG free-port directive ("auf das Erheben der Abgaben ... verzichtet"); the ZG names only import customs duties and trade-policy measures. Supplies of goods stored in a free port are VAT-exempt under the MWSTG (read). The ZG and ZV are now read in their official fedlex consolidations held on the server.

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG (SR 631.0, Stand 1 Sep 2023) Art. 62 Abs. 1

  “Zollfreilager sind Teile des Zollgebiets oder in diesem gelegene Räumlichkeiten:”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 62 Abs. 3

  “Die eingelagerten Waren unterliegen weder den Einfuhrzollabgaben noch handels- politischen Massnahmen.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 64 Abs. 1

  “Wer ein Zollfreilager betreibt, braucht eine Bewilligung des BAZG.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 65 Abs. 1

  “Waren, die in einem Zollfreilager gelagert werden sollen, sind der zuständigen Zoll- stelle zur Einlagerung anzumelden und in das Zollfreilager zu verbringen.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 65 Abs. 2

  “In Zollfreilagern dürfen Waren beliebig lange gelagert werden.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZG Art. 66 Abs. 1

  “Die Lagerhalterin oder der Lagerhalter muss über alle eingelagerten sensiblen Wa- ren Bestandesaufzeichnungen führen.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV (SR 631.01, Stand 1 Oct 2024) Art. 178a Abs. 1

  “Die anmeldepflichtige Person muss sensible Waren bei der Einlagerung ins Zollfrei- lager elektronisch anmelden.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV Art. 182 Abs. 2

  “Sie oder er muss zudem für sensible Waren eine Bestandesaufzeichnung führen.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV Art. 184 Abs. 2

  “Sie muss elektronisch geführt werden.”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), ZV Anhang 2 Ziff. 5 (sensitive goods; the section id carries footnote 193 glued to the label)

  “Perlen, Diamanten, Edelsteine, Schmucksteine, Edelmetalle und Edel- metallplattierungen sowie Waren daraus (ex Zolltarifkapitel 71)”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), BAZG Richtlinie R-10-50 Ziff. 1.1 (levies not raised)

  “Dabei wird auf das Erheben der Abgaben, auf deren Sicherstellung und auf die Anwendung handelspolitischer Massnahmen”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), MWSTG Art. 23 Abs. 2 Ziff. 3bis

  “die Lieferung von Gegenständen, die wegen Einlagerung in einem Zollfreilager (Art. 62-66 ZG) nachweislich im Inland unter Zollüberwachung standen und diesen Zollstatus nicht rückwirkend verloren haben”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), Embrach

  “Zürcher Freilager AG, GVZ Embraport”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), Genève La Praille and Genève Aéroport

  “Ports Francs et Entrepôts de Genève SA”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), BAZG-VG (20 June 2025, not in force) Art. 64

  “Zolllager sind vom BAZG zugelassene Orte im Zollgebiet”

• Swiss Customs Act (ZG); Customs Ordinance (ZV) (articles in refs), BAZG-VG Art. 65 Abs. 2

  “Als Zolllager können bewilligt werden:”

Screen the bars, buyer and destination against Swiss sanctions before release: no purchase, import, transit or related services (including brokerage and financing) for gold of Russian origin exported after 4 Aug 2022 or gold processed from it in third countries

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

[transcription] Art. 14d paras 1-4 read in an unofficial third-party English translation (as at 22 Mar 2024, held in laws/); Annex 26 covers 7108, 7112 91 and ex 7118 90 gold coins; Annex 27 ex 7113 and ex 7114. [unconfirmed] The official consolidation is now Stand 21 Sep 2026 and was not read (the fetch tool truncates before Art. 14d); changes after March 2024 are not ruled out. The ordinance contains no explicit ban on selling gold to Russia; the export-side effect is through the services ban.

• Ordinance of 4 March 2022 on measures in connection with the situation in Ukraine (SR 946.231.176.72), Art. 14d

Release the bars from the refinery vault or free port against the owner's instruction and prepare the weight list (bar list), commercial invoice and packing list for the shipment

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

يُصدر

Outbound weight list / bar list; Commercial invoice to the foreign buyer; Packing list

The weight list is sourced to LBMA Annex C; commercial invoice and packing list are standard export practice, not read in a Swiss source.

• LBMA Good Delivery Rules, Annex C (weight lists); Customs Act Arts. 62-66 (free ports)

Lodge the electronic export declaration in Passar (HS 7108; e-dec Export was usable only to end-2025); the declarant must make it binding and physically export the goods within 120 days of its acceptance in the IT system

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

يُصدر

Passar export declaration (HS 7108)

R-10-10 (valid 1 Jan 2026) cites Art. 25-29 ZG and Art. 79-83 ZV for the declaration duty, says declarations are electronic in principle, and sets the 120-day limit from acceptance in the IT system. R-10-10 held and read in full on 2026-09-28; the Customs Act and Ordinance texts themselves were not read. R-10-10 has no gold-specific rule.

• Customs Act (ZG, SR 631.0); BAZG R-10-10, ZG Arts. 25-29 (as cited in R-10-10)

Receive the export assessment notice (Veranlagungsverfuegung Ausfuhr), the evidence that the goods were properly cleared for export

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

يُصدر

Veranlagungsverfuegung Ausfuhr

R-10-10 cites Art. 38 and 69 ZG and Art. 92 ZV for the export assessment notice and says it is evidence of proper assessment and of export for VAT. R-10-10 held and read in full on 2026-09-28.

• Customs Act (ZG); BAZG R-10-10, ZG Arts. 38 and 69; ZV Art. 92 (as cited in R-10-10)

Treat the sale as a VAT-exempt export (supply of goods directly transported abroad) and keep the export assessment notice as evidence

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

يتطلب

Veranlagungsverfuegung Ausfuhr

Art. 23(2) no. 1 read in the held MWSTG (Stand 1 Jan 2025, German wording current). Art. 23(3): direct export includes export into an open customs warehouse or a free port. Investment gold of at least 995 fineness is separately exempt with credit under Art. 23(2) no. 12 (see ch.tax-import-vat).

• Federal VAT Act (MWSTG, SR 641.20), Art. 23(2) no. 1

Hand the sealed consignment to a secure valuables carrier and fly it out (Zurich or Geneva) under an air waybill

من

Swiss refiner (melter/trade-assayer licence, LBMA Good Delivery-listed)

يُصدر

Air waybill (outbound)

Carrier practice. Cantonal licensing: in the Canton of Zurich "Sicherheitstransporte von Personen, Gütern und Wertsachen" require a licence under the Polizeigesetz, 9. Abschnitt (cantonal page, read by WebFetch 2026-09-28; PolG text not read). Geneva and other cantons not checked. No Swiss source read describes the outbound air leg for gold.

Apply customer due diligence to the foreign seller before buying (identity, beneficial owner, purpose, risk assessment, sanctions/PEP screening)

من

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

يُصدر

Supplier KYC pack received by the UK buyer; MLR customer due diligence file

[unconfirmed] Whether a non-bank wholesale bullion trader paid by wire is within the MLR at all (e.g. as a financial institution under reg 10) - consolidated MLR not held. [not-read] Reg 27 quoted via WebFetch; MLR not held.

• Money Laundering Regulations 2017, reg 27

Establish that the gold is not Russian-origin gold exported from Russia on or after 21 Jul 2022, not relevant processed gold incorporating such gold, and not Russian gold jewellery exported on or after 29 Oct 2022; check where the goods were originally consigned or exported from; if Russian origin is possible, apply to DBT's Import Sanctions Team for a licence or contact it; declare document code 9022 (not subject to / exempt from sanctions) or 9011 (licence) on CDS and keep the evidence to produce on demand

من

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

يتطلب

Export customs declaration accepted by the dispatching country's customs

يُصدر

Importer's Russia-sanctions origin evidence file

[inferred] The guidance and tariff do not list specific evidence documents; the required kinds are this module's inference.

• Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 as amended by SI 2022/850 and SI 2022/1110, regs 46Z11, 46Z16B, 46Z16C

Fly the bars into the UK as valuable cargo (typically Heathrow) under an air waybill

من

Secure valuables carrier

يُصدر

Air waybill, inbound valuables consignment

UK valuables-cargo handling not researched in this pass.

Submit a full import declaration on CDS (procedure code, commodity code 7108 12 00 00 for unwrought gold, DUCR, consignor/consignee, value, licences; EORI); declare sanctions document code 9022 or 9011; claim the investment-gold VAT exemption with additional code VATE where the bars are 995+ of a weight accepted by the bullion markets

من

Customs agent / declarant using CDS software

يتطلب

EORI number of importer/exporter; Importer's Russia-sanctions origin evidence file; Air waybill, inbound valuables consignment; Air waybill; Commercial invoice; Bar list (serials, weights, fineness)

يُصدر

CDS full import declaration

[conflict] gb.div-cpc-chief - VAT Notice 701/21 s.8.1 still gives CHIEF CPC 40 00 073; the tariff (28 Sep 2026) shows the exemption as additional code VATE. [not-read] The CDS procedure code and DE 1/10-1/11 entries for investment gold not read (UK Trade Tariff Vol. 3 listed in gb-fetch.tsv).

Account for import VAT: exempt for investment gold (additional code VATE); 20% standard rate (code 03020) on non-investment gold (dore, grain, scrap, sub-995 bars, non-qualifying coins); customs duty 0.00% (third-country rate on 7108 12, S.I. 2020/1430)

من

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

يتطلب

CDS full import declaration

• VAT Act 1994 Sch 9 Group 15; VAT Notice 701/21, Notice s8.1, s10.7

Clear the goods (CDS message when cleared), or ask for supporting documents for a customs check; for 7108 the Russia/Belarus measures read "Import allowed after control"; HMRC enforces trade sanctions at the border

من

HMRC (customs and VAT authority)

يتطلب

CDS full import declaration

يُصدر

CDS clearance notification (goods released)

Give the custodian written notice of the deposit (amount, Availability Date, and the carrier and packing for physical delivery, or the source account for book-entry); advise the vault manager of the vehicle registration and driver's identity

من

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

يتطلب

CDS clearance notification (goods released)

يُصدر

Deposit notice to London custodian

• LPMCL Allocated Account Agreement; LBMA Good Delivery Rules, Allocated cl. 3.3 (Unallocated cl. 3.2); GD Rules Annex B s.2

Weigh the bars under the London weighing procedures (the receiving party may charge for weighing if not weighed by an Approved Weigher) and produce the machine-readable, dated weight list stating whether an Approved Weigher weighed the metal; a copy travels with the bars

من

LBMA Approved Weigher

يُصدر

Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

• LBMA Good Delivery Rules, Annex B

Receive bars on pallets; before crediting, verify compliance with the Rules and weigh them per LBMA practice against the notified amount; the vault manager may refuse bars not meeting Good Delivery standards and may ask LBMA to appoint independent inspectors

من

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

يتطلب

Deposit notice to London custodian; Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

• LPMCL Allocated/Unallocated Account Agreements; LBMA Good Delivery Rules, Allocated cl. 3.1(b), 3.4, 3.5; Unallocated cl. 3.1(b), 3.3, 3.4; GD Rules 2.4 and Annex B

For bars of the six suspended Russian refiners: accept only bars produced while the refiner was listed and already in the loco London/Swiss markets before 7 Mar 2022; clearing banks attest conformity

من

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

يتطلب

Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

Separately, UK law bans import of Russian gold exported from Russia on or after 21 Jul 2022. [unconfirmed] GD Rules 2026 s.1.4 says bars of a refiner moved to the Former List for sanctions reasons may lose Good Delivery status; LBMA's specific Russian-bars page keeps pre-7 Mar 2022 loco London/Swiss stocks as Good Delivery - the model follows the specific page.

• LBMA Good Delivery List suspension notice (7 Mar 2022)

Credit the client: an allocated account (specific bars, title stays with client, weight list issued) or an unallocated account (a metal debt claim on the custodian); statements at least annually

من

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

يتطلب

Machine-readable LBMA weight list accompanying the delivery (dated, approved-weigher status)

يُصدر

Allocated weight list (bar number, gross weight, fineness, fine weight, brand) or unallocated balance statement

• LPMCL Account Agreements, Allocated cl. 2.3, 7.3 and Schedule (bar numbers, purity, gross and fine weight, brand); Unallocated cl. 1.1, 2.3, 3.3

Central-bank channel: hold Good Delivery bars in an allocated account at the Bank of England (off the Bank's balance sheet)

من

Bank of England (gold custodian)

الشكل

LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar → Monetary gold (central bank reserve)

Monetary state applies when held as reserves by a monetary authority.

Report month-end holdings to LBMA (London vault data) and, from Dec 2026, aggregated vault data into the Gold Bar Integrity database (bar-level reporting planned from 2027)

من

London commercial vault / custodian (typically a clearing or custodian bank)

يُصدر

Custodian holdings return to LBMA (London vault data / GBI)

Onboard the counterparty: MLR customer due diligence and sanctions representations in the account agreement

من

LPMCL clearing member bank

يُصدر

MLR customer due diligence file

[not-read] MLR reg 27 quoted via WebFetch; MLR not held.

• MLR 2017; LPMCL account agreements, MLR reg 27; LPMCL Allocated cl. 10 / Unallocated cl. 8

Agree the OTC trade (spot/forward) under the 1994 International Bullion Master Agreement (IBMA) or an ISDA Master Agreement with the 1997 ISDA Bullion Definitions; LBMA Members must comply with the Global Precious Metals Code

من

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

يتطلب

MLR customer due diligence file

يُصدر

OTC bullion trade confirmation (IBMA 1994 / ISDA Bullion Definitions 1997)

Apply the VAT treatment: investment gold between LBMA members is zero-rated (TMO); gold held in the UK between central banks, or between a central bank and an LBM member, is zero-rated (VATA Sch 8 Group 10); investment gold between an LBMA member and a taxable non-member is standard-rated under the special accounting scheme (the buyer accounts for the VAT); to private individuals it is exempt; other investment gold is exempt unless the supplier has opted to tax; standard-rated gold (fine gold, grain, scrap, opted investment gold) between VAT-registered traders goes under the compulsory special accounting scheme

من

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

يتطلب

OTC bullion trade confirmation (IBMA 1994 / ISDA Bullion Definitions 1997)

[conflict] gb.div-tmo-member-category. [not-read] TMO arts 3-7 and VATA s.55 not held; the member/non-member rule is from VGOLD1600 ("Supplies of investment gold between members and non-members who are taxable persons are now standard-rated") and Notice 701/21 ss. 11.2, 11.5.

• VAT (Terminal Markets) Order 1973; VATA 1994 s.55, Sch 8 Group 10, Sch 9 Group 15

Settle loco London: book transfer between unallocated accounts through LPMCL members (client instructions by 16:00, inter-member by 16:30 London), or transfer of specific allocated bars

من

LPMCL clearing member bank

يتطلب

OTC bullion trade confirmation (IBMA 1994 / ISDA Bullion Definitions 1997); Allocated weight list (bar number, gross weight, fineness, fine weight, brand) or unallocated balance statement

يُصدر

Loco London settlement: transfer between unallocated accounts via LPMCL members, or allocated bar transfer

Cut-offs (client instructions until 4.00pm, LPMCL members until 4.30pm London time) confirmed in the held 2017 OTC Guide; the current web section not held.

Pay the cash leg against metal settlement

من

LPMCL clearing member bank

يتطلب

Loco London settlement: transfer between unallocated accounts via LPMCL members, or allocated bar transfer

يُصدر

Cash-leg payment for the metal

Cash-leg timing and DvP arrangements not documented in the sources read.

For exempt investment gold: issue an invoice with a unique number and the prescribed details for each sale over GBP 5,000 (or smaller sales once a customer passes GBP 10,000 in 12 months); keep the accounting and customer records (identity from one List 1 and one List 2 document) for at least 6 years; notify HMRC in writing within 28 days of the first exempt supply over GBP 5,000 or when supplies to one customer exceed GBP 10,000 in 12 months; failures attract a penalty normally of 17.5% of the transactions' value

من

Bullion dealer / trader (importer of record, usually an LBMA member)

يتطلب

Loco London settlement: transfer between unallocated accounts via LPMCL members, or allocated bar transfer

يُصدر

Investment gold invoice (VAT tertiary legislation s.3 / VAT Regs reg 31A); Investment gold customer records and identity evidence; Notification to HMRC of exempt investment gold dealing (within 28 days)

Tertiary legislation (force of law, held). [unconfirmed] The general 6-year retention and the 17.5% penalty are in Notice 701/21 ss. 7.7 and 9.4, outside the passages marked as having force of law.

• VAT Regulations 1995; VAT tertiary legislation (gold), reg 31A

Keep MLR records 5 years; nominated officer files a suspicious activity report where there is suspicion

من

LPMCL clearing member bank

يتطلب

MLR customer due diligence file

يُصدر

Suspicious activity report to the National Crime Agency

MLR record-keeping regulation not held; 5 years from the end of the relationship or completion of the transaction per HMRC guidance.

Domestic sale: supply bars to a registered bank, the SARB or the SA Mint on a tax invoice, zero-rated only if the gold has not undergone a prior manufacturing process other than refining; otherwise 15% VAT

من

Refining-licence holder (refinery)

يُصدر

Tax invoice to bank/SARB/Mint (zero-rated s.11(1)(f) or standard-rated)

[transcription] s.11(1)(f) wording from Lueven para [1]; VAT Act not held.

• Value-Added Tax Act 1991, s.11(1)(f)

Export sale: the Authorised Dealer reports the export proceeds with the SARS customs declaration details (customs client number, unique consignment reference); FinSurv monitors receipt electronically

من

Authorised dealer in foreign exchange (commercial bank)

• Currency and Exchanges Manual, B.18(D)

Receive the full export proceeds not later than six months from the date of shipment (an Authorised Dealer may allow credit of up to 12 months), in foreign currency or rand from a non-resident account; offer the proceeds for sale to an Authorised Dealer within 30 days or deal with them under the CFC account rules

من

Authorised dealer in foreign exchange (commercial bank)

يُصدر

Inbound payment of export proceeds

• Exchange Control Regulations; Currency and Exchanges Manual, Regs 6, 10, 11; B.18(B); C(F)(ii)