Legeringer (herunder sintrede blandinger og intermetalliske forbindelser) med indhold af ædelt metal betragtes i dette kapitel som legeringer af ædelt metal, såfremt indholdet af ét ædelt metal udgør 2 % eller derover af legeringens vægt.
For the purposes of this chapter, any alloy (including a sintered mixture and an inter-metallic compound) containing precious metal is to be treated as an alloy of precious metal if any one precious metal constitutes as much as 2 %, by weight, of the alloy.