CBP Imposes Archaeology Import Restrictions for Greece
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule, effective December 1, 2011, to amend CBP regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological material from Greece. These restrictions are being imposed in accordance…
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with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The final rule adds Greece to the list of countries for which a bilateral agreement has been entered into for imposing cultural property import restrictions. It also contains the designated list that describes the types of archaeological and ethnological articles to which the restrictions apply.