EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Customs

European Parliament ready to negotiate on regime for import of cultural goods into EU

Brussels, 26/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

The European Parliament adopted the draft ‘Mosca/Dalton’ report introducing a European framework for the import of cultural goods into the European Union (see EUROPE 12105) without amendment on Thursday 25 October. 

Any cultural property (e.g., archaeological works, fragments of monuments, manuscripts, photographs, etc.) over 100 years old imported into the EU must be accompanied by an import licence from the exporting country or an importer's declaration, with an online system to...