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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Comp., p. 786; Notice of September 18, 2020, 85 FR 59641 September 22, 2020; Notice of November 12, 2020, 85 FR 72897 November 13, 2020.

Supplement No. 4 to Part 744
Amended 2. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is amended:
a. Under FRANCE by removing the entry for Satori Corporation; and b. Under the UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES by removing the entry for Satori Corporation.

Background The Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, Public Law 97
446, 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. hereinafter, the Cultural Property Implementation Act implements the 1970 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 hereinafter, the Convention 823 U.N.T.S. 231 1972. Pursuant to the Cultural Property Implementation Act, the United States entered into a bilateral agreement with the Republic of Turkey Turkey to impose import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological material from Turkey.
This rule announces that the United States is now imposing import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological material from Turkey.

Matthew S. Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
19 CFR Part 12
CBP Dec. 2109
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Import Restrictions Imposed on Categories of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Turkey U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

This final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on certain categories of archaeological and ethnological material from the Republic of Turkey Turkey. These restrictions are being imposed pursuant to an agreement between the United States and Turkey that has been entered into under the authority of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. This final rule amends the CBP
regulations by adding Turkey to the list of countries which have a bilateral agreement with the United States that imposes cultural property import restrictions. This final rule also contains the Designated List that describes the types of archaeological and ethnological material to which the restrictions apply.
DATES: Effective on June 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal aspects, Lisa L. Burley, Chief, Cargo Security, Carriers and Restricted Merchandise Branch, Regulations and
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cbp.dhs.gov. For operational aspects, Pinky Khan, Branch Chief, Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, 202 3253839, CTAC@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Determinations Under 19 U.S.C. 2602a1, the United States must make certain determinations before entering into an agreement to impose import restrictions under 19 U.S.C. 2602a2. On March 27, 2020, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State, after consultation with and recommendation by the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, made the determinations required under the statute with respect to certain archaeological and ethnological material originating in Turkey that is described in the Designated List set forth below in this document.
These determinations include the following: 1 That the cultural patrimony of Turkey is in jeopardy from the pillage of archaeological material representing Turkeys cultural heritage dating from approximately 1.2 million years ago to A.D. 1770, and ethnological material dating from approximately the 1st century A.D. to A.D. 1923; 2 that the Turkish government has taken measures consistent with the Convention to protect its cultural patrimony 19 U.S.C. 2602a1B; 3
that import restrictions imposed by the United States would be of substantial benefit in deterring a serious situation of pillage and remedies less drastic are not available 19 U.S.C. 2602a1C; and
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4 that the application of import restrictions as set forth in this final rule is consistent with the general interests of the international community in the interchange of cultural property among nations for scientific, cultural, and educational purposes 19 U.S.C.
2602a1D. The Assistant Secretary also found that the material described in the determinations meets the statutory definition of archaeological or ethnological material of the State Party 19 U.S.C. 26012.
The Agreement On January 19, 2021, the United States and Turkey signed a bilateral agreement, Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Turkey Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Turkey the Agreement, pursuant to the provisions of 19 U.S.C.
2602a2. The Agreement entered into force on March 24, 2021, upon the exchange of diplomatic notes, and enables the promulgation of import restrictions on categories of archaeological material, ranging in date from approximately 1.2 million years ago to A.D. 1770, and ethnological material, ranging in date from the 1st century A.D. to A.D. 1923, representing Turkeys cultural heritage. A list of the categories of archaeological and ethnological material subject to the import restrictions is set forth later in this document.
Restriction and Amendment to the Regulations In accordance with the Agreement, importation of material designated below is subject to the restrictions of 19
U.S.C. 2606 and 12.104ga of title 19
of the Code of Federal Regulations 19
CFR 12.104ga and will be restricted from entry into the United States unless the conditions set forth in 19 U.S.C.
2606 and 12.104c of the CBP
Regulations 19 CFR 12.104c are met.
CBP is amending 12.104ga of the CBP
Regulations 19 CFR 12.104ga to indicate that these import restrictions have been imposed.
Import restrictions listed as 19 CFR
12.104ga are effective for no more than five years beginning on the date on which the Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States. This period may be extended for additional periods of not more than five years if it is determined that the factors which justified the Agreement still pertain and no cause for suspension of the Agreement exists. The import
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