The organization is a state-authorized institution supervising the assaying of precious metals and gemstones, which inspects the activities of economic entities selected according to established criteria and related to precious metals and gemstones. By assaying submitted precious metals, their products, semi-finished products, waste and scrap, the organization determines the identity of the precious metal, the fineness, the standard fineness, the mass of the precious metals, their products, semi-finished products, waste and scrap, and the identity of the gemstone and its characteristics.