[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 231 (Thursday, December 1, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30905]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
19 CFR Part 12
[CBP Dec. 11-25]
RIN 1515-AD84
Import Restrictions Imposed on Certain Archaeological and
Ethnological Material From Greece
AGENCIES: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security; Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on
certain archaeological and ethnological material from the Hellenic
Republic (Greece). These restrictions are being imposed pursuant to an
agreement between the United States and Greece that has been entered
into under the authority of the Convention on Cultural Property
Implementation Act in accordance 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 amends CBP
regulations by adding Greece to the list of countries for which a
bilateral agreement has been entered into for imposing cultural
property import restrictions. The final rule also contains the
designated list that describes the types of archaeological and
ethnological articles to which the restrictions apply.
DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal aspects, George Frederick
McCray, Esq., Chief, Cargo Security, Carriers & Immigration Branch,
Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, (202) 325-0082.
For operational aspects: Michael Craig, Chief, Interagency Requirements
Branch, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of International Trade, (202)
863-6558.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The value of cultural property, whether archaeological or
ethnological in nature, is immeasurable. Such items often constitute
the very essence of a society and convey important information
concerning a people's origin, history, and traditional setting.
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The importance and popularity of such items regrettably makes them
targets of theft, encourages clandestine looting of archaeological
sites, and results in their illegal export and import.
The United States shares in the international concern for the need
to protect endangered cultural property. The appearance in the United
States of stolen or illegally exported artifacts from other countries
where there has been pillage has, on occasion, strained our foreign and
cultural relations. This situation, combined with the concerns of
museum, archaeological, and scholarly communities, was recognized by
the President and Congress. It became apparent that it was in the
national interest for the United States to join with other countries to
control illegal trafficking of such articles in international commerce.
The United States joined international efforts and actively
participated in deliberations resulting in 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 (823 U.N.T.S. 231
(1972)). U.S. acceptance of the 1970 UNESCO Convention was codified
into U.S. law as the ``Convention on Cultural Property Implementation
Act'' (Pub. L. 97-446, 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (the Act). This was done
to promote U.S. leadership in achieving greater international
cooperation towards preserving cultural treasures that are of
importance to the nations from where they originate and contribute to
greater international understanding of our common heritage.
Since the Act entered into force, import restrictions have been
imposed on the archaeological and ethnological materials of a number of
signatory nations. These restrictions have been imposed as a result of
requests for protection received from those nations. More information
on import restrictions can be found on the International Cultural
Property Protection Web site (http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/culprop.html).
This document announces that import restrictions are now being
imposed on certain archaeological and ethnological materials from
Greece.
Determinations
Under 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1), the United States must make certain
determinations before entering into an agreement to impose import
restrictions under 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(2). On July 12, 2011, the
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of
State, made the determinations required under the statute with respect
to certain archaeological materials originating in Greece that are
described in the designated list set forth below in this document.
These determinations include the following: (1) That the cultural
patrimony of Greece is in jeopardy from the pillage of archaeological
materials representing Greece's cultural heritage from the Upper
Paleolithic (beginning approximately 20,000 B.C.) through the 15th
century A.D. and ecclesiastical ethnological material representing
Greece's Byzantine culture (approximately the 4th century through the
15th century A.D.) (19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1)(A)); (2) that the Greek
government has taken measures consistent with the Convention to protect
its cultural patrimony (19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1)(B)); (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. 2602(a)(1)(C)); and (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. 2602(a)(1)(D)). The
Assistant Secretary also found that the materials described in the
determinations meet the statutory definition of ``archaeological or
ethnological material of the state party'' (19 U.S.C. 2601(2)).
The Agreement
On July 17, 2011, the United States and Greece entered into a
bilateral agreement pursuant to the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(2).
Following completion of all internal legal requirements by the
governments of Greece and the United States, the agreement entered into
force on November 21, 2011, with the exchange of diplomatic notes. The
agreement enables the promulgation of import restrictions on certain
archaeological materials representing Greece's cultural heritage from
the Upper Paleolithic (beginning approximately 20,000 B.C.) through the
15th century A.D. and ecclesiastical ethnological material representing
Greece's Byzantine culture (approximately the 4th century through the
15th century A.D.) In this document, CBP announces that import
restrictions are now being imposed on certain archaeological and
ethnological materials from Greece for a period of 5 years from the
date the bilateral agreement between the United States and Greece
entered into force. Accordingly, CBP is amending 19 CFR 12.104g(a) to
reflect this imposition of import restrictions.
A list of the categories of archaeological and ethnological
materials subject to the import restrictions (the Designated List) is
set forth later in this document.
Restrictions and Amendment to the Regulations
In accordance with the Agreement, importation of materials
designated below are subject to the restrictions of 19 U.S.C. 2606 and
Sec. 12.104g(a) of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations
(19 CFR 12.104g(a)) and will be restricted from entry into the United
States unless the conditions set forth in 19 U.S.C. 2606 and Sec.
12.104c of the regulations (19 CFR 12.104c) are met. CBP is amending
Sec. 12.104g(a) of the CBP regulations (19 CFR 12.104g(a)) to indicate
that these import restrictions have been imposed.
Designated List of Material Encompassed in Import Restrictions
The bilateral agreement between the United States and Greece
includes, but is not limited to, the categories of objects described in
the designated list set forth below. These categories of objects are
subject to the import restrictions set forth above, in accordance with
the above explained applicable law and the regulation amended in this
document (19 CFR 12.104(g)(a)). The import restrictions cover complete
objects and fragments thereof.
I. Archaeological Material
The archaeological materials represent the following periods,
styles, and cultures: Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic, Minoan, Cycladic,
Helladic, Mycenaean, Submycenaean, Geometric, Orientalizing, Archaic,
Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine.
A. Stone
1. Sculpture
a. Architectural Elements--In marble, limestone, gypsum, and other
kinds of stone. Types include acroterion, antefix, architrave, base,
capital, caryatid, coffer, column, crowning, fountain, frieze,
pediment, pilaster, mask, metope, mosaic and inlay, jamb, tile,
triglyph, tympanum, basin, wellhead. Approximate date: 3rd millennium
B.C. to 15th century A.D.
b. Monuments--In marble, limestone, and other kinds of stone. Types
include menhir, ``horns of consecration,'' votive statues, funerary and
votive stelae, and bases and base revetments. These may
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be painted, carved with relief sculpture, and/or carry dedicatory or
funerary inscriptions. Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 15th
century A.D.
c. Sarcophagi--In marble, limestone, and other kinds of stone. Some
have figural scenes painted on them, others have figural scenes carved
in relief, and some just have decorative moldings. Approximate date:
3rd millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
d. Large Statuary--Primarily in marble, also in limestone and
sandstone, including fragments of statues. Subject matter includes
human and animal figures and groups of figures in the round. Common
types are large-scale, free-standing statuary from approximately 1 m to
2.5 m in height and life-size busts (head and shoulders of an
individual). The style may be naturalistic, as in the Classical Period,
highly stylized, as in the Bronze Age culture of the Cyclades, or
somewhere in between. Approximate date: 4th millennium B.C. to 15th
century A.D.
e. Small Statuary and Figurines--In marble and other stone. Subject
matter includes human and animal figures and groups of figures in the
round. These range from approximately 10 cm to 1 m in height. The style
may be naturalistic, as in the Classical Period, highly stylized, as in
the Bronze Age culture of the Cyclades, or somewhere in between.
Approximate date: 20,000 B.C. to 15th century A.D.
f. Reliefs--In marble and other stone. Types include carved slabs
with figural, vegetative, floral, or decorative motifs, sometimes
inscribed, and carved relief vases. Used for architectural decoration,
funerary, votive, or commemorative monuments. Approximate date: 3rd
millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
g. Furniture--In marble and other stone. Types include tables,
thrones, and beds. Approximate date: 12th century B.C. to 15th century
A.D.
2. Vessels--In marble, steatite, rock crystal, and other stone.
These may belong to conventional shapes such as bowls, cups, jars,
jugs, and lamps, or may occur in the shape of an animal or part of an
animal. Approximate date: 7th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
3. Tools and Weapons--In flint/chert, obsidian, and other hard
stones. Chipped stone types include blades, small blades, borers,
scrapers, sickles, cores, and arrow heads. Ground stone types include
grinders (e.g., mortars, pestles, millstones, whetstones), choppers,
axes, hammers, and mace heads. Approximate date: 20,000 B.C. to 15th
century B.C.
4. Seals and beads--In marble, limestone, and various semiprecious
stones including rock crystal, amethyst, jasper, agate, steatite, and
carnelian. Approximate date: 6th millennium B.C. to 12th century B.C.
B. Metal
1. Sculpture
a. Large Statuary--Primarily in bronze, including fragments of
statues. Subject matter includes human and animal figures and groups of
figures in the round. Common types are large-scale, free-standing
statuary from approximately 1 m to 2.5 m in height and life-size busts
(head and shoulders of an individual). Approximate date: 2nd millennium
to 324 A.D.
b. Small Statuary and Figurines--Subject matter includes human and
animal figures, groups of figures in the round, masks, and plaques.
These range from approximately 10 cm to 1 m in height. Approximate
date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 324 A.D.
c. Inscribed or Decorated Sheet Metal--In bronze or lead. Engraved
inscriptions, ``curse tablets,'' and thin metal sheets with engraved or
impressed designs often used as attachments to furniture. Approximate
date: 4th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
2. Vessels--In bronze, gold, and silver. These may belong to
conventional shapes such as bowls, cups, jars, jugs, strainers,
cauldrons, and lamps, or may occur in the shape of an animal or part of
an animal. Approximate date: 5th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
3. Personal Ornaments--In bronze, gold, and silver. Types include
rings, beads, pendants, belts, belt buckles, earrings, diadems,
spangles, straight and safety pins, necklace, mirror, wreath, cuff.
Approximate date: 7th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
4. Tools--In copper, bronze and iron. Types include hooks, weights,
axes, scrapers, (strigils), trowels, keys and the tools of
craftspersons such as carpenters, masons and metal smiths. Approximate
date: 4th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
5. Weapons and Armor--In copper, bronze and iron. Types include
both launching weapons (spears and javelins) and weapons for hand-to-
hand combat (swords, daggers, etc.). Armor includes body armor, such as
helmets, cuirasses, shin guards, and shields, and horse armor often
decorated with elaborate engraved, embossed, or perforated designs.
Approximate date: 6th millennium B.C. to 30 B.C.
6. Seals--In lead, tin, copper, bronze, silver, and gold. Types
include rings, amulets, and seals with shank. Approximate date:
Approximate date: 4th millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D.
7. Coins--Many of the mints of the listed coins can be found in
B.V. Head, Historia Numorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics (London,
1911) and C.M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (London, 1976).
Many of the Roman provincial mints in Greece are listed in A. Burnett
et al., Roman Provincial Coinage I: From the Death of Caesar to the
Death of Vitellius (44 BC-AD 69) (London, 1992) and id., Roman
Provincial Coinage II: From Vespasian to Domitian (AD 69-96) (London,
1999).
a. Greek Bronze Coins--Struck by city-states, leagues, and kingdoms
that operated in territory of the modern Greek state (including the
ancient territories of the Peloponnese, Central Greece, Thessaly,
Epirus, Crete and those parts of the territories of ancient Macedonia,
Thrace and the Aegean islands that lay within the boundaries of the
modern Greek state). Approximate date: 5th century B.C. to late 1st
century B.C.
b. Greek Silver Coins--This category includes the small
denomination coins of the city-states of Aegina, Athens, and Corinth,
and the Kingdom of Macedonia under Philip II and Alexander the Great.
Such coins weigh less than approximately 10 grams and are known as
obols, diobols, triobols, hemidrachms, and drachms. Also included are
all denominations of coins struck by the other city-states, leagues,
and kingdoms that operated in the territory of the modern Greek state
(including the ancient territories of the Peloponnese, Central Greece,
Thessaly, Epirus, Crete, and those parts of the territories of ancient
Macedonia, Thrace and the Aegean islands that lie within the boundaries
of the modern Greek state). Approximate date: 6th century B.C. to late
1st century B.C.
c. Roman Coins Struck in Greece--In silver and bronze, struck at
Roman and Roman provincial mints that operated in the territory of the
modern Greek state (including the ancient territories of the
Peloponnese, Central Greece, Thessaly, Epirus, Crete, and those parts
of the territories of ancient Macedonia, Thrace and the Aegean islands
that lie within the boundaries of the modern Greek state). Approximate
date: late 2nd century B.C. to 3rd century A.D.
C. Ceramic
1. Sculpture
a. Architectural Elements--Baked clay (terracotta) elements used to
decorate buildings. Elements include acroteria, antefixes, painted and
relief plaques,
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metopes, cornices, roof tiles, and revetments. Approximate date: 3rd
millennium B.C. to 30 B.C.
b. Large Statuary--Subject matter includes human and animal figures
and groups of figures in the round. Common types are large-scale, free-
standing statuary from approximately 1 m to 2.5 m in height and life-
size busts (head and shoulders of an individual). Approximate date: 3rd
millennium B.C. to 30 B.C.
c. Small Statuary--Subject matter is varied and includes human and
animal figures, human body parts, groups of figures in the round,
shrines, houses, and chariots. Includes Mycenaean and later Tanagra
figurines. These range from approximately 10 cm to 1 m in height.
Approximate date: 7th millennium B.C. to 324 A.D.
d. Sarcophagi--Block- or tub-shaped chests, often painted, known as
larnax (plural, larnakes). Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 30
B.C.
2. Vessels
a. Neolithic Pottery--Handmade, often decorated with a lustrous
burnish, decorated with appliqu[eacute] and/or incision, sometimes with
added paint. These come in a variety of shapes from simple bowls and
vases with three or for legs to handled scoops and large storage jars.
Approximate date: 7th millennium B.C. to 3rd millennium B.C.
b. Minoan, Cycladic, and Mycenaean Pottery--Handmade and wheelmade
pottery in shapes for tableware, serving, storing, and processing, with
lustrous burnished, matte, appliqu[eacute], incised, and painted
decoration; includes local styles such as Kamares ware, Pictorial
Style, and extraordinary shapes such as ``frying pans'' and ``kernoi.''
Approximate dates: 4th millennium B.C. to 12th century B.C.
c. ``Submycenean'' and Pottery of the Geometric Period (including
``sub-Geometric'').--Handmade and wheelmade pottery that succeeds the
styles of the Late Bronze Age and is produced in decorated and
undecorated styles, often reflecting that of the Late Bronze Age but
predominately using compasses for circles and linear ``geometric''
decoration, as well as schematic representations of humans, animals and
birds. Approximate dates: 12th century B.C. to 7th century B.C.
d. Attic Black Figure, Red Figure and White Ground Pottery--These
are made in a specific set of shapes (e.g. amphorae, kraters, hydriae,
oinochoi, kylikes) decorated with black painted figures on a clear clay
ground (Black Figure), decorative elements in reserve with background
fired black (Red Figure), and multi-colored figures painted on a white
ground (White Ground). Approximate date: 6th century B.C. to 4th
century B.C.
e. Corinthian Pottery--Painted pottery made in Corinth in a
specific range of shapes for perfume and unguents and for drinking or
pouring liquids. The very characteristic painted and incised designs
depict human and animal figural scenes, rows of animals, and floral
decoration. Approximate date: 8th century B.C. to 6th century B.C.
f. West Slope Ware--This ware is named after a type of pottery from
the west slope of the Athenian Acropolis. It has a black-glaze with
relief and polychrome decoration and was produced first in Athens in
the fourth century B.C., but the style is also manufactured elsewhere,
such as at Corinth, Macedonia and Crete down to the first century.
Approximate date: 4th century--1st century B.C.
g. Byzantine Pottery--Includes undecorated plain wares,
utilitarian, tableware, serving and storage jars, special shapes such
as pilgrim flasks. and can be matte painted or glazed, including
incised ``sgraffitto'' and stamped with elaborate polychrome
decorations using floral, geometric, human, and animal motifs; it is
generally locally manufactured, though places like Corinth were major
producers. Approximate date: 324 A.D. to 15th century.
3. Inscriptions--These are typically unbaked and should be handled
with extreme care, even when hard-fired through accidental burning.
They typically take the form of tablets shaped like leaves or
rectangular or square and they are often lined, with incised, and
sometimes stamped, characters known as ``Linear A'' and ``Linear B.''
Approximate date: 2nd millennium B.C. to 12th century B.C.
D. Bone, Ivory, and Other Organics
1. Small Statuary and Figurines--Subject matter includes human and
animal figures and groups of figures in the round. These range from
approximately 10 cm to 1 m in height. Approximate date: 7th millennium
B.C. to 15th century A.D.
2. Personal Ornaments--In bone, ivory, and spondylus shell. Types
include amulets, combs, pins, spoons, small containers, bracelets,
buckles, and beads. Approximate date: 7th millennium B.C. to 15th
century A.D.
3. Seals and Stamps--Small devices with at least one side engraved
with a design for stamping or sealing; they can be discoid, cuboid,
conoid, or in the shape and animals or fantastic creatures (e.g. a
scarab). Approximate date: 7th millennium B.C. to 2nd millennium B.C.
4. Musical Instruments--In bone, ivory and tortoise shell. Types
include pipe and flute. Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 15th
century A.D.
5. Vessels made of ostrich egg shell. Approximate date: 3rd
millennium B.C. to 2nd millennium B.C.
E. Glass and Faience
1. Vessels--Shapes include small jars, bowls, animal shaped,
goblet, spherical, candle holders, perfume jars (unguentaria).
Approximate date: 2nd millennium to 15th century A.D.
2. Beads--Globular and relief beads. Approximate date: 2nd
millennium B.C.
F. Textile
Clothing or fragments of clothing or carpets or cloth for hanging.
Approximate date: 1100 B.C. to 15th century A.D.
G. Papyrus Documents
Documents made from papyrus and written upon in ink; these are
often rolled, fragmentary, and should be handled with extreme care.
Approximately 7th century B.C. to 324 A.D.
H. Paintings
1. Domestic and Public Wall Painting--These are painted on
mudplaster, lime plaster (wet--buon fresco--and dry--secco fresco);
types include simple applied color, bands and borders, landscapes,
scenes of people and/or animals in natural or built settings.
Approximate date: 3rd millennium B.C. to 324 A.D.
2. Tomb Paintings--Paintings on plaster or stone, sometimes
geometric or floral but usually depicting gods, goddesses, or funerary
scenes. Approximate date: 2nd millennium B.C. to 500 A.D.
3. Panel Paintings on wood depicting gods, goddesses, or funerary
scenes. Approximate date: 1st millennium B.C. to 324 A.D.
I. Mosaics
Floor mosaics including landscapes, scenes of humans or gods, and
activities such as hunting and fishing. There may also be vegetative,
floral, or decorative motifs. Approximate date: 5th century B.C. to 500
A.D.
II. Byzantine Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material
The ecclesiastical ethnological materials represent the Early
Christian and Byzantine periods and include objects made from 324 A.D.
through the 15th century A.D.
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A. Stone
1. Architectural elements--In marble and other stone, including
upright ``closure'' slabs, circular marking slabs omphalion, which may
be decorated with crosses, human, or animal figures.
2. Monuments--In marble and other stone; types such as funerary
inscriptions.
3. Vessels - Containers for holy water.
4. Reliefs--Carved as icons in which religious figures predominate
in the figural decoration.
B. Metal
1. Reliefs--Cast as icons in which religious figures predominate in
the figural decoration.
2. Boxes--Containers of gold and silver, used as reliquaries for
sacred human remains.
3. Vessels--Containers of lead, which carried aromatic oils and are
called ``pilgrim flasks.''
4. Ceremonial paraphernalia--In bronze, silver, and gold including
censers (incense burners), book covers, liturgical crosses,
archbishop's crowns, buckles, and chests. These are often decorated
with molded or incised geometric motifs or scenes from the Bible, and
encrusted with semi-precious or precious stones. The gems themselves
may be engraved with religious figures or inscriptions. Ecclesiastical
treasure may include all of the above, as well as rings, earrings, and
necklaces (some decorated with ecclesiastical themes) and other
implements (e.g., spoons).
C. Ceramic
Vessels which carried aromatic oils and are called ``pilgrim
flasks.''
D. Bone and Ivory Objects
Ceremonial paraphernalia including boxes, reliquaries (and their
contents), plaques, pendants, candelabra, stamp rings, crosses. Carved
and engraved decoration includes religious figures, scenes from the
Bible, and floral and geometric designs.
E. Wood
Wooden objects include architectural elements such as painted wood
screens (iconstasis), carved doors, crosses, painted wooden beams from
churches or monasteries, furniture such as thrones, chests and other
objects, including musical instruments. Religious figures predominate
in the painted and carved figural decoration. Ecclesiastical furniture
and architectural elements may also be decorated with geometric or
floral designs.
F. Glass
Vessels of glass include lamps and candle sticks.
G. Textile
Robes, vestments and altar clothes are often of a fine fabric and
richly embroidered in silver and gold. Embroidered designs include
religious motifs and floral and geometric designs.
H. Parchment
Documents such as illuminated manuscripts occur in single leaves or
bound as a book or ``codex.'' and are written or painted on animal
skins (cattle, sheep/goat, camel) known as parchment.
I. Painting
1. Wall paintings--On various kinds of plaster and which generally
portray religious images and scenes of Biblical events. Surrounding
paintings may contain animal, floral, or geometric designs, including
borders and bands.
2. Panel Paintings (Icons)--Smaller versions of the scenes on wall
paintings, and may be partially covered with gold or silver, sometimes
encrusted with semi-precious or precious stones and are usually painted
on a wooden panel, often for inclusion in a wooden screen
(iconastasis).
J. Mosaics
Wall mosaics generally portray religious images and scenes of
Biblical events. Surrounding panels may contain animal, floral, or
geometric designs. They are made from stone and glass cut into small
bits (tesserae) and laid into a plaster matrix.
Inapplicability of Notice and Delayed Effective Date
This amendment involves a foreign affairs function of the United
States and is, therefore, being made without notice or public procedure
(5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). For the same reason, a delayed effective date is
not required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required, the
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do
not apply.
Executive Order 12866
Because this rule involves a foreign affairs function of the United
States, it is not subject to Executive Order 12866.
Signing Authority
This regulation is being issued in accordance with 19 CFR
0.1(a)(1).
List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 12
Cultural property, Customs duties and inspection, Imports,
Prohibited merchandise, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Amendment to CBP Regulations
For the reasons set forth above, part 12 of Title 19 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (19 CFR part 12), is amended as set forth below:
PART 12--SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE
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1. The general authority citation for part 12 and the specific
authority citation for Sec. 12.104g continue to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i),
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)), 1624;
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Sections 12.104 through 12.104i also issued under 19 U.S.C. 2612;
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2. In Sec. 12.104g, paragraph (a), the table is amended by adding
Greece (Hellenic Republic) to the list in appropriate alphabetical
order as follows:
Sec. 12.104g Specific items or categories designated by agreements or
emergency actions.
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State party Cultural property Decision No.
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Greece (Hellenic Republic)........... Archaeological materials representing Greece's CBP Dec. 11-25
cultural heritage from the Upper Paleolithic
(beginning approximately 20,000 B.C.) through
the 15th century A.D. and ecclesiastical
ethnological material representing Greece's
Byzantine culture (approximately the 4th
century through the 15th century A.D.).
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Alan D. Bersin,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Approved: November 28, 2011.
Timothy E. Skud,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
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