Plated articles are articles for which a layer of precious metal is fixed or plated to a substrate of another material.
The minimum requirements for precious metal layers are set out in Annex 1 hereto. The Federal Council shall specify the error tolerance and may adjust the provisions in the Annex in line with international developments.
Imitations are:
articles made of precious metals that are below the minimum legal standard of fineness or do not satisfy the other material conditions for precious metal articles;
articles that qualify as multi-metal articles or plated articles but which are not marked as such or do not satisfy the material conditions for these categories of articles.