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Obtain a prospector's licence online in the Ontario Mining Lands Administration System (MLAS): 18 or older, after completing the Mining Act awareness program within the prior 60 days; valid five years

من

Prospector / mining-claim or exclusive-exploration-right holder

يُصدر

Ontario prospector's licence

• Ontario Mining Act, ss.18, 19

Register a cell mining claim online in MLAS (no ground staking)

من

Prospector / mining-claim or exclusive-exploration-right holder

يتطلب

Ontario prospector's licence

يُصدر

Registered mining claim (MLAS)

• Ontario Mining Act, s.38(2)

Acquire a Quebec exclusive exploration right by filing a notice of map designation and having it registered (3-year first term, 2-year renewals subject to work)

من

Prospector / mining-claim or exclusive-exploration-right holder

يُصدر

Registered exclusive exploration right (Quebec)

• Quebec Mining Act, ss.47, 61

Ontario: obtain a mining lease (entitled on compliance and first year's rent, after the fifth unit of assessment work; 21 years) and, before mine production, file the Notice of Project Status, give public notice, complete Aboriginal consultation, submit a closure plan with financial assurance (O. Reg. 35/24) and receive the Minister's written confirmation of filing

من

Industrial mine operator (mining-lease holder)

يتطلب

Registered mining claim (MLAS)

يُصدر

Mining lease; Filed closure plan with financial assurance

• Ontario Mining Act; O. Reg. 35/24, Mining Act s.81(1)-(3), s.141(1)

Quebec: obtain a mining lease before mining (rehabilitation plan approved, financial guarantee, certified feasibility study, environmental authorization, market/processing study where required, rental paid); 20-year term renewable for 10-year periods

من

Industrial mine operator (mining-lease holder)

يتطلب

Registered exclusive exploration right (Quebec)

يُصدر

Mining lease

• Quebec Mining Act, ss.100, 101, 104

Mine lode ore on the leased land

من

Industrial mine operator (mining-lease holder)

يتطلب

Mining lease; Filed closure plan with financial assurance

Mill and leach the ore on site and smelt the recovered gold into doré bars

من

Industrial mine operator (mining-lease holder)

الشكل

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

Process route is industry practice; Customs Tariff separately identifies doré (7108.12.00.22).

Number, weigh and sample each doré bar; record mine assay and seal for shipment

من

Industrial mine operator (mining-lease holder)

يُصدر

Doré bar number and mine weight/assay record

الشكل

Doré bar - unstamped → Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed

Ship doré under a refining agreement by secure carrier to a Canadian refiner (Royal Canadian Mint or a private GD refiner); for ore or minerals from Ontario mining lands, refining abroad breaches the s.91 condition unless the Lieutenant Governor in Council has exempted the lands

من

Industrial mine operator (mining-lease holder)

يتطلب

Doré bar number and mine weight/assay record

يُصدر

Refining (toll) agreement, mine - Canadian refiner

[inferred] Refining route and carriers are industry practice; the Ontario limitation is s.91(1) and (3); Quebec has no equivalent condition in the sections read (s.101(5) only requires a study on processing in Quebec for regulated substances).

Onboard the supplier: KYC, OECD five-step risk assessment, sanctions/PEP/adverse-media screening, confirm gold is not imported, purchased or acquired from Russia or a person in Russia

من

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

يتطلب

Refining (toll) agreement, mine - Canadian refiner; Origin country's export authorisation for the gold (permit, licence or clearance issued by the mining or trade authority)

يُصدر

Supplier KYC pack and acknowledgement of the refiner's procurement policy; Onboarding and daily screening record; non-Russian origin confirmation

[inferred] SEMA element is law; KYC and OECD process are LBMA/refiner practice, not a Canadian statute for refiners.

• SEMA (Russia) Regulations s.3.11; LBMA RGG; OECD DDG, s.3.11

Receive, weigh, melt and sample the lot; assay in the refinery lab and issue the outturn

من

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

يتطلب

Supplier KYC pack and acknowledgement of the refiner's procurement policy; Onboarding and daily screening record; non-Russian origin confirmation

يُصدر

Refiner outturn assay and settlement statement

Refine to 999.9 (or 999.99) and cast LBMA Good Delivery 400 oz bars, 100 oz or 1 kg bars bearing the refiner's mark

من

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

يُصدر

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

الشكل

Doré bar - stamped/exporter-sealed → LBMA Good Delivery 400oz bar

Settle outturn with the supplier: credit fine metal to its metal account or buy the metal, with final invoice

من

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

يتطلب

Refiner outturn assay and settlement statement

يُصدر

Refiner's final invoice / metal-account credit against outturn

First supply of the refined bars by the refiner (or the owner on whose behalf they were refined) is zero-rated for GST/HST; refining fees charged to the metal owner are generally taxable

من

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

يُصدر

Invoice for sale of refined bars (zero-rated first supply by the refiner / exempt resale)

Refining-fee taxability is CRA guidance (17-1 para 35), not a specific statutory provision.

• Excise Tax Act, s.123(1) 'precious metal'; Sched VI Part IX s.3

For any purchase or sale of $10,000 or more as a dealer in precious metals: verify identity, keep records, report cash of $10,000+ (LCTR), virtual currency (LVCTR) and suspicious transactions

من

Private LBMA Good Delivery refiner in Canada

يُصدر

Record of $10,000+ purchase or sale and client identification; Large cash transaction report; Suspicious transaction report; Large virtual currency transaction report

s.65(2) excludes purchases/sales in connection with extracting precious metals from a mine or manufacturing a product; its application to refiners buying doré is not settled in the texts read.

• PCMLTF Regulations, ss.65, 66, 126, 148

Confirm no export permit is needed: gold is not on the Export Control List (EIPA s.13 requires a permit only for listed goods or Area Control List countries) and there is no gold export licence, state buyer or export duty; unwrought and semi-manufactured gold (710812, 710813) may not be exported to Russia or a person in Russia (SEMA (Russia) s.3.08, Schedule 6 Part 1 items 176-177); check buyer sanctions

من

Exporter of record (mine, refiner or bullion trader)

[not-read] Area Control List and sanctions regimes other than Russia not read.

• Export and Import Permits Act; Export Control List; SEMA (Russia) Regulations, EIPA s.13; SEMA (Russia) s.3.08

Invoice the non-resident buyer. Refined bars ('precious metal'): zero-rated when the exporter is the refiner or the person for whom they were refined (ETA Sched VI Part IX s.3); otherwise an exempt financial service (Sched V Part VII s.1), zero-rated under Part IX s.1 only when supplied by a financial institution to a non-resident. Doré and other gold that is not 'precious metal': taxable, zero-rated as an export when the Sched VI Part V s.1 conditions are met

من

Exporter of record (mine, refiner or bullion trader)

يُصدر

Commercial invoice to the foreign buyer

CRA 17-1 paras 34 and 37 match this reading of Part IX ss.1 and 3. [inferred] Application of Sched VI Part V s.1 (export of tangible personal property) to doré is our reading of the provision.

• Excise Tax Act, s.123(1); Sched V Part VII s.1; Sched VI Part IX ss.1, 3; Sched VI Part V s.1

Report the export to CBSA through the CERS portal or G7 EDI (goods of CAD 2,000+ to any country other than the US), not less than 2 hours before loading on an aircraft; obtain the proof of report number

من

Exporter of record (mine, refiner or bullion trader)

يتطلب

Commercial invoice to the foreign buyer

يُصدر

CERS export declaration and proof of report number

• Customs Act Part V; Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations, Customs Act s.95(1); REGR ss.3(1), 6(b)

For exports to the United States: no Canadian export declaration is required for non-restricted goods such as gold

من

Exporter of record (mine, refiner or bullion trader)

REGR s.7 exempts exports covered by a written arrangement under which the other country collects the data as imports and shares it; D20-1-1 para 25 applies it to non-restricted goods to the US and para 76 names the Memorandum of Agreement on the Exchange of Import Data between Canada and the United States. Consequence for routes: a Canada-to-US shipment carries no Canadian export declaration to fulfil ref.dk-export-declaration.

• Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations, s.7

Carrier obtains the proof of report number from the exporter and flies the bars or doré under air waybill with bar list

من

Secure precious-metals carrier / airline

يتطلب

CERS export declaration and proof of report number; Bar list of refined bars (GD 400 oz, 100 oz, kilobars)

يُصدر

Air waybill

Screen the supplier and the gold: KYC, OFAC sanctions lists, and confirm the gold is not of Russian Federation origin (unless it was outside Russia before 28 June 2022); apply CAHRA red flags from the 2023 Africa Gold Advisory

من

Importer of record (bullion bank, trader, refiner or dealer)

يتطلب

Commercial invoice; Bar list (serials, weights, fineness)

يُصدر

Importer's supplier KYC and OFAC / Russian-origin screening file

• E.O. 14068; OFAC Determination (effective 28 Jun 2022, amended 22 Dec 2023), E.O. 14068 s.1(a)(i); determination under s.1(a)(i)(A), 1(b) and 5; delegation 31 CFR 587.802

File entry (CBP Form 3461 or electronic equivalent) with evidence of the right to make entry, commercial invoice and packing list, and the entry summary (CBP Form 7501) classifying the gold under HTSUS 7108 with country of origin; deposit any duty (heading 7108 free except 4.1% on 7108.12.50 and 7108.13.70 for non-preference origins) and the 0.3464% merchandise processing fee; shipments of $2,500 or less may use informal entry

من

Licensed customs broker

يتطلب

Importer's supplier KYC and OFAC / Russian-origin screening file; Commercial invoice; Packing list; Air waybill

يُصدر

CBP Form 3461 entry / immediate delivery (or ACE electronic equivalent); CBP Form 7501 entry summary (HTSUS classification, origin, duties and fees)

• 19 CFR 142.3; 19 CFR 143.21; 19 CFR 24.23; HTSUS 7108

Review, examine if selected, and release the goods; CBP enforces the Russian-origin gold ban and any withhold release order on gold made with forced labour

من

US Customs and Border Protection

يتطلب

CBP Form 3461 entry / immediate delivery (or ACE electronic equivalent)

يُصدر

CBP release of entered goods (ACE cargo release)

• 19 CFR 142.3; E.O. 14068 gold determination; 19 U.S.C. 1307 and 19 CFR 12.42

Deliver released gold directly to the refinery or to a COMEX-approved depository (for COMEX, bars must come directly from an approved producer or assayer with certificates, or from another depository)

من

Secure logistics carrier (armoured / valuables; COMEX-approved carrier where relevant)

يتطلب

CBP release of entered goods (ACE cargo release)

يُصدر

Delivery record airport to refinery or depository

Deliver bars into a COMEX-approved depository directly from the approved producer with refiner certificates, from an approved assayer with assay certificates, or from another approved depository

من

Secure logistics carrier (armoured / valuables; COMEX-approved carrier where relevant)

يتطلب

Refiner certificate for bars produced (brand, serial, weight, fineness)

يُصدر

Chain-of-integrity receipt at depository

Inspect and weigh the bars and record them as eligible stock

من

COMEX-approved depository / bullion vault

يتطلب

Chain-of-integrity receipt at depository; Bar list (serials, weights, fineness)

يُصدر

Depository inspection, weight record and eligible-stock entry

Issue an electronic warrant in the name of the clearing member, referencing bar serials and the approved producer; the metal becomes registered (deliverable) stock

من

COMEX-approved depository / bullion vault

يتطلب

Depository inspection, weight record and eligible-stock entry

يُصدر

COMEX gold warrant (electronic UCC Article 7 document of title)

• COMEX Rulebook; UCC Article 7, Rule 705.A; 113108

Report eligible, pledged and registered stocks to the exchange registrar daily by 2:00 p.m.

من

COMEX-approved depository / bullion vault

Optionally pledge the warrant to CME as collateral (title to CME, first-priority security interest, 15% haircut)

من

Futures clearing member / bullion bank

يتطلب

COMEX gold warrant (electronic UCC Article 7 document of title)

Release the bars from the depository (load-out after warrant cancellation if on COMEX warrant) to the carrier

من

COMEX-approved depository / bullion vault

يتطلب

Depository inspection, weight record and eligible-stock entry

File EEI in AES for the foreign-origin gold and give the ITN to the carrier (same rules as export; BIS licence for Russia/Belarus)

من

US principal party in interest (USPPI) / exporter

يُصدر

EEI/ITN for re-export of foreign-origin gold

• Foreign Trade Regulations, 15 CFR 30.2, 30.4

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.

Buy refined bars from the refiner (zero-rated first supply) or from another holder (exempt resale); non-qualifying forms (granules, below 99.5%) are taxable

من

Bullion dealer (dealer in precious metals and precious stones)

يُصدر

Invoice for sale of refined bars (zero-rated first supply by the refiner / exempt resale)

• Excise Tax Act, s.123(1); Sched VI Part IX s.3

Identify the counterparty and keep the $10,000+ record; report cash of $10,000+ (LCTR), virtual currency (LVCTR), suspicious or sanctions-evasion activity

من

Bullion dealer (dealer in precious metals and precious stones)

يُصدر

Record of $10,000+ purchase or sale and client identification; Large cash transaction report; Large virtual currency transaction report; Suspicious transaction report

• PCMLTF Regulations, ss.65, 66, 126, 148

Settle by bank wire or by transfer between metal accounts (e.g. at the Royal Canadian Mint); no foreign-exchange surrender or repatriation step

من

Canadian bank (bullion desk / payments)

يُصدر

Settlement confirmation / metal-account transfer

Absence of exchange control is background knowledge; no official statement was read.