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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 222 / Monday, November 22, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade, 202 3250084, ototrrculturalproperty@cbp.dhs.gov. For operational aspects, Julie L. Stoeber, Chief, 1USG Branch, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, 202 945
7064, 1USGBranch@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
19 CFR Part 12
CBP Dec. 2116
RIN 1515AE68

Extension and Amendment of Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Greece U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

This final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Regulations to reflect an extension and amendment of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material of the Hellenic Republic Greece. The restrictions, which were originally imposed by CBP Dec. 1125 and last extended in CBP Dec. 1621, are due to expire on November 21, 2021. The Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State, has made the requisite determinations for extending the import restrictions that previously existed, and the Government of the United States and the Government of Greece entered into a new agreement to reflect the extension of these import restrictions. The new agreement, which enters into force on November 21, 2021, supersedes the existing Memorandum of Understanding MOU that became effective on November 21, 2016, and enabled the promulgation of the existing import restrictions. Accordingly, the import restrictions will remain in effect for an additional five years, and the CBP
regulations are being amended to reflect this extension until November 21, 2026.
To fulfill the terms of the new MOU, the Designated List of cultural property, which was described in CBP Dec. 11
25, is amended in this document to correct certain typographical errors, to add certain coins from the Byzantine and Medieval periods, to clarify pottery styles, and to include post-Byzantine ethnological material dating up to A.D.
1830.
DATES: Effective November 21, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal aspects, W. Richmond Beevers, Chief, Cargo Security, Carriers and Restricted Merchandise Branch,
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Background Pursuant to the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, Public Law 97446, 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. hereinafter, the Cultural Property Implementation Act, which 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, the United States entered into a bilateral agreement with Greece on November 21, 2011. The Memorandum of Understanding MOU
enabled the promulgation of import restrictions on archaeological material representing Greeces cultural heritage from the Upper Paleolithic beginning approximately 20,000 B.C. through the 15th century A.D., and ecclesiastical ethnological material representing Greeces Byzantine cultural heritage approximately the 4th century through the 15th century A.D..
On December 1, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP published CBP Dec. 1125, in the Federal Register 76 FR 74691, which amended 19 CFR
12.104ga to indicate the imposition of these restrictions and included a list designating the types of archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material covered by the restrictions. The restrictions were subsequently extended in 2016. CBP published a final rule CBP
Dec. 1621 in the Federal Register 81
FR 84458, following the exchange of diplomatic notes, extending the import restrictions for a period of five years until November 21, 2021.
Import restrictions listed at 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 initial agreement still pertain and no cause for suspension of the agreement exists. Since the initial notice was published on December 1, 2011, the import restrictions have been extended once. Following the exchange of diplomatic notes, CBP published a final rule CBP Dec. 1621 in the Federal Register 81 FR 84458, to
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extend the import restrictions for a period of five years to November 21, 2021.
On August 20, 2020, the United States Department of State proposed in the Federal Register 85 FR 51544, to extend the MOU between the United States and Greece concerning the import restrictions on certain categories of archeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material of Greece. On March 21, 2021, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State, after consultation with and recommendations by the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, determined that the cultural heritage of Greece continues to be in jeopardy from pillage of certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material, and that the import restrictions should be extended for an additional five years.
Subsequently, on September 22, 2021, the Governments of the United States and Greece entered into a new agreement, titled Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Hellenic Republic Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Certain Archaeological and Ethnological Materials of the Hellenic Republic, which is effective on November 21, 2021. The new MOU supersedes the existing MOU that first entered into force on November 21, 2011. Pursuant to the new MOU, the import restrictions will remain in effect for an additional five years.
Accordingly, CBP is amending 19 CFR
12.104ga to reflect the extension of the import restrictions. The restrictions are to continue in effect until November 21, 2026. Importation of such material of Greece, as described in the Designated List below, shall be restricted through that date unless the conditions set forth in 19 U.S.C. 2606 and 19 CFR 12.104c are met.
The Designated List and additional information may also be found at the following website address: https
eca.state.gov/cultural-heritage-center/
cultural-property-advisory-committee/
current-import-restrictions by selecting the material for Greece.
Designated List of Archaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material of Greece The Designated List contained in CBP
Dec. 1125, which describes the types of articles to which the import restrictions apply, is amended to reflect the addition of certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material to the Designated List. To fulfill the terms
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