Exempt from the guarantee hallmark are:
a) Articles made before 1838 and those made after that date already bearing former French guarantee hallmarks;
b) Articles containing gold, silver or platinum and weighing less than thresholds set by decree;
c) Articles that cannot withstand the imprint of the hallmarks without deterioration;
d) Works brought into national territory from another Member State of the European Community or imported from another State party to the Agreement establishing the European Economic Area or from Turkey, already bearing the imprint, on the one hand, of a maker’s hallmark or a responsibility hallmark and, on the other hand, of a title hallmark registered in that State. The title hallmark must be affixed by an independent body or by the competent administration of the State concerned in accordance with standards identical or equivalent to those required in France for the control and certification of the title.