The main activities of the Standing Committee are closely related to the implementation of legal and technical requirements under the Convention.
The Standing Committee is notably in charge of verifying that new Contracting States as well as current Contracting States continue to comply with the Convention’s requirements. For more details...
The Standing Committee also ensures that Assay Offices, authorised by Contracting States to apply the Common Control Mark under Article 5 of the Convention, are technically competent and fully independent in the exercise of their duties. For further information...
The Standing Committee is also responsible for maintaining up-to-date, harmonised technical standards for the assay and marking of precious metal articles. For the harmonisation of technical standards...
For other activities of the Standing Committee, in particular relations with Non-Members, networking, visits, etc.),