Article 344 › 1

For the purposes of this Directive, and without prejudice to other Community provisions, ‘investment gold’ shall mean: (1) gold, in the form of a bar or a wafer of weights accepted by the bullion markets, of a purity equal to or greater than 995 thousandths, whether or not represented by securities; (2) gold coins of a purity equal to or greater than 900 thousandths and minted after 1800, which are or have been legal tender in the country of origin, and are normally sold at a price which does not exceed the open market value of the gold contained in the coins by more than 80 %.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as consolidated on 2025-04-14; changes after this date are not shown.