Editing Hallmark (section)

====France====
Hallmarking is Europe's earliest form of [[consumer protection]]. Modern hallmarking in Europe appears  first in France, with the Goldsmiths Statute of 1260<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=NUMM-110190|title=Gallica -|website=visualiseur.bnf.fr|access-date=2008-06-10|archive-date=2018-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522052522/http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/Visualiseur?Destination=Gallica&O=NUMM-110190|url-status=live}}</ref> promulgated under [[Étienne Boileau]], [[Provost of Paris]], for [[Louis IX of France|King Louis IX]]. A standard for silver was thus established. In 1275, King [[Philip III of France|Philip III]] prescribed, by royal decree, the mark for use on silver works, along with specific punches for each community's smiths. In 1313, his successor, [[Philippe IV]] "the Fair" expanded the use of hallmarks to gold works.