Contrastaria - Requesting approval of a sponsor mark

This service is for citizens or companies wishing to operate in the jewellery industry. The following economic operators are required to apply for sponsor mark approval:

  • jewellery manufacturers
  • jewellery designers
  • assayers-melters
  • jewellery wholesalers, when they mark imported precious metal articles that are not legalised for the purpose of being placed on the market
  • jewellery retailers – with or without an establishment – when they mark imported precious metal articles that are not legalised for the purpose of being placed on the market.

 A sponsor mark is used to identify the economic operator responsible for placing a precious metal article on the market. The approval process begins with the applicant submitting an exclusive design for their mark. 

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Who can Contrastaria - Requesting approval of a sponsor mark?

What are the documents and requirements to Contrastaria - Requesting approval of a sponsor mark?

  • To apply for approval of the sponsor mark, you need to submit the following documents:

    • access code to your permanent certificate of business registration or declaration of commencement of activity;
    • criminal record certificate of the applicant or, in the case of a legal person, of its administrators, directors or managers;
    • criminal record certificate of the assayer-melter technical manager if you are submitting an assayer-melter sponsor mark design for approval.

    The Contrastaria has 15 days to approve the design and 10 days to confirm that the medium for applying the mark faithfully reproduces the approved design. 

    If additional information or a new design is required, this 15-day period will be suspended. The process will be resumed for the remaining period of time once the new elements have been submitted. 
     

What is the Price to Contrastaria - Requesting approval of a sponsor mark?

EUR 70.42

How can you Contrastaria - Requesting approval of a sponsor mark?

Go to the online service web page then proceed as follows:

  • log in
  • complete the form
  • select the activity title for which the sponsor mark is intended
  • attach the documents requested.

Once you have been notified that the mark has been registered, you need to apply to get a punch of your sponsor mark made or registered or to get your sponsor mark set up for laser engraving. If you do not get the medium for applying your sponsor mark (by punching and/or laser marking) made by the Assay Office, you must submit it to the Assay Office for approval and registration. 

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Motivos de recusa

Meios de impugnação/Queixa ao Provedor de Justiça

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