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Article 534 of the French General Tax Code

All persons who separate and refine gold, silver or platinum for the trade, as well as auctioneers, ministerial officers or any other bodies (auction rooms, municipal credit institutions, etc.) carrying out, even occasionally, sales or auctions of worked or unworked gold, silver or platinum materials, intermediaries, room workers, setters, polishers, etc., and, in general, all persons who hold materials of this type for the exercise of their profession, are required to declare this to the guarantee office to which they belong, and, in general, all persons who hold materials of this type for the exercise of their profession, are required to make a declaration to the office of guarantee to which they belong; a register of the said declarations shall be kept and copies issued if necessary.

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Article 534

Toutes personnes qui départissent et affinent l’or, l’argent, ou le platine pour le commerce, ainsi que les commissaires-priseurs judiciaires, officiers ministériels ou organismes quelconques (salles de ventes, établissements de crédit municipal, etc.) effectuant, même occasionnellement, des ventes ou adjudications de matières d’or, d’argent ou de platine ouvrées ou non ouvrées, les intermédiaires, ouvriers en chambre, sertisseurs, polisseurs, etc., et, d’une manière générale, toutes personnes qui détiennent des matières de l’espèce pour l’exercice de leur profession, sont tenus d’en faire la déclaration au bureau de garantie dont ils dépendent ; il est tenu registre desdites déclarations et délivré copie au besoin.

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