19 C.F.R. § 12.104g

Current through September 30, 2024

Section 12.104g - Specific items or categories designated by agreements or emergency actions

(a) The following is a list of agreements imposing import restrictions on the described articles of cultural property of State Parties. The listed Treasury Decision contains the Designated Listing with a complete description of specific items or categories of archaeological or ethnological material designated by the agreement as coming under the protection of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. Import restrictions listed below shall be 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. Any such extension is indicated in the listing.

State party	Cultural Property	Decision No.
Albania	Archaeological material of Albania ranging in date from approximately 300,000 B.C. to A.D. 1750, and ethnological material of Albania ranging in date from approximately A.D. 400 to 1913	CBP Dec. 22-06
Algeria	Archaeological material representing Algeria's cultural heritage that is at least 250 years old, dating from the Paleolithic (approximately 2.4 million years ago), Neolithic, Classical, Byzantine, and Islamic periods and into the Ottoman period to A.D. 1750	CBP Dec. 19-09, extended by CBP Dec. 24-13.
Belize	Archaeological material, representing Belize's cultural heritage that is at least 250 years old, dating from the Pre-Ceramic (from approximately 9000 B.C.), Pre-Classic, Classic, and Post-Classic Periods of the Pre-Columbian era through the Early and Late Colonial Periods	CBP Dec. 13-05 extended by CBP Dec. 23-02
Bolivia	Archaeological and Ethnological Material from Bolivia	T.D. 01-86 extended by CBP Dec. 21-18
Bulgaria	Archaeological material from Bulgaria ranging from approximately 1.6 million years ago through approximately A.D. 1750, and ecclesiastical ethnological material of Bulgaria ranging in date from the beginning of the 4th century A.D. through approximately A.D. 1900	CBP Dec. 24-02.
Cambodia	Archaeological material of Cambodia ranging from approximately 2,500 B.C. to A.D. 1750, and ethnological material of Cambodia ranging from approximately A.D. 1400 to 1891	CBP Dec. 23-11.
Canada	Archaeological artifacts and ethnological material culture of Canadian origin	T.D. 97-31
Chile	Archaeological material representing Chile's cultural heritage from the Paleoindian period (c. 31,000 B.C.) to the Huri Moai phase in Chile (A.D. 1680-1868)	CBP Dec. 20-16
Colombia	Pre-Columbian archaeological material ranging approximately from 1500 B.C. to 1530 A.D. and ecclesiastical ethnological material of the Colonial period ranging approximately from A.D. 1530 to 1830	CBP Dec. 06-09 extended by CBP Dec. 21-05
Costa Rica	Archaeological material representing Costa Rica's cultural heritage from approximately 12,000 B.C. to A.D. 1550	CBP Dec. 21-06
Cyprus	Archaeological material ranging approximately from the 11th millennium B.C. to A.D. 1770 and ethnological material ranging from approximately the 4th century A.D. to A.D. 1878	CBP Dec. 22-15
Ecuador	Archaeological and ethnological material representing Ecuador's cultural heritage that is at least 250 years old, dating from the Pre-ceramic (approximately 12,000 B.C.), Formative, Regional development, Integration, Inka periods and into the Colonial period to A.D. 1769	CBP Dec. 20-03, corrected by CBP Dec. 24-10.
Egypt	Archaeological material representing Egypt's cultural heritage ranging approximately from 300,000 B.C. to A.D. 1750, and ethnological material ranging from A.D. 1517 to 1914	CBP Dec. 21-17
El Salvador	Archaeological material representing El Salvador's Pre-Hispanic cultures ranging in date from approximately 8000 B.C. through A.D. 1550 and ecclesiastical ethnological material from the Colonial period through the first half of the twentieth century ranging in date from approximately A.D. 1525 to 1950	CBP Dec. 20-04
Greece (Hellenic Republic)	Archeological materials representing Greece's cultural heritage ranging in date from approximately 3rd millennium B.C. to 15th century A.D., and ecclesiastical ethnological material from Greece from the early Christian, Byzantine, and post-Byzantine periods, including objects made from A.D. 324 through 1830	CBP Dec. 21-16
Guatemala	Archaeological material, c. 12,000 B.C. to A.D. 1524, and Hispanic period ecclesiastical ethnological material, c. A.D. 1524 to 1821	CBP Dec. 12-17 extended by CBP Dec. 22-24
Honduras	Archaeological material of Pre-Columbian cultures ranging approximately from 1200 B.C. to 1500 A.D, and ecclesiastical ethnological materials dating from the Colonial Period, c. A.D. 1502 to 1821	CBP Dec. 14-03 extended by CBP Dec. 24-06.
Italy	Archaeological Material of pre-Classical, Classical, and Imperial Roman periods ranging approximately from the 9th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D	T.D. 01-06 extended by CBP Dec. 21-01
Jordan	Archaeological material representing Jordan's cultural heritage from the Paleolithic period (c. 1.5 million B.C.) to the middle of the Ottoman period in Jordan (A.D. 1750)	CBP Dec. 20-02
Libya	Archaeological material and ethnological material from Libya.	CBP Dec. 23-03
Mali	Archaeological material from Mali from the Paleolithic Era (Stone Age) to approximately the mid-eighteenth century, and ethnological materials dating between the twelfth and twentieth centuries	CBP Dec. 22-23
Morocco	Archaeological material from Morocco ranging in date from approximately 1 million B.C. to A.D. 1750, and ethnological material from Morocco ranging in date from approximately A.D. 1549 to 1912	CBP Dec. 21-02
Nicaragua	Archaeological material of pre-Columbian cultures ranging approximately from 8000 B.C. to 1500 A.D	T.D. 00-75 extended by CBP Dec. 15-13
Nigeria	Archaeological material of Nigeria ranging from approximately B.C. 1500 to A.D. 1770, and ethnological material of Nigeria ranging from approximately A.D. 200 to the early 20th century A.D	CBP Dec. 22-05
Pakistan	Archaeological material of Pakistan ranging from the Lower Paleolithic Period (approximately 2,000,000 Years Before Present) through A.D. 1750, and ethnological material of Pakistan ranging in date from approximately A.D. 800 through 1849	CBP Dec. 24-09.
People's Republic of China	Archaeological materials representing China's cultural heritage from the Paleolithic Period (c. 75,000 B.C.) through the end of the Tang Period (A.D. 907) and monumental sculpture and wall art at least 250 years old as of January 14, 2009	CBP Dec. 19-02, extended by CBP Dec. 24-01.
Peru	Archaeological material of Peru ranging from approximately 12000 B.C. to A.D. 1532, and ethnological material of Peru ranging from approximately A.D. 1532 to 1821	CBP Dec. 23-10
Tunisia	Archaeological material of Tunisia ranging in date from approximately 200,000 B.C. to A.D. 1750, and ethnological material of Tunisia ranging in date from approximately A.D. 1574 to 1881	CBP Dec. 24-12.
Turkey	Archaeological material representing Turkey's cultural heritage ranging from approximately 1,200,000 B.C. to A.D. 1770, and ethnological material ranging from the 1st century A.D. to A.D. 1923	CBP Dec. 21-09
Yemen	Archaeological material of Yemen ranging in date from approximately 200,000 B.C. to A.D. 1773, and ethnological material of Yemen ranging in date from approximately A.D. 1517 through 1918	CBP Dec. 24-15.

(b) The following is a list of emergency actions imposing import restrictions on the described articles of cultural property of State Parties. The listed decision contains a complete description of specific items or categories of archaeological or ethnological material designated by the emergency actions as coming under the protection of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. Import restrictions listed below shall be effective for no more than five years from the date on which the State Party requested those restrictions. This period may be extended for three more years if it is determined that the emergency condition continues to apply with respect to the archaeological or ethnological material. Any such extension is indicated in the listing.

State party	Cultural property	Decision No.
Afghanistan	Archaeological and ethnological material from Afghanistan	CBP Dec. 22-04
Ukraine	Archaeological material of Ukraine ranging in date from approximately the Paleolithic period (c. 1.4 million years ago) through 1774 C.E., and ethnological material of Ukraine ranging in date from approximately 200 C.E. to 1917 C.E	CBP Dec. 24-16.

19 C.F.R. §12.104g

T.D. 86-52, 51 FR 6907, Feb. 27, 1986

81 FR 13722, 3/15/2016; 81 FR 84459, 11/23/2016; 81 FR 87809, 12/6/2016; 82 FR 26348, 6/7/2017; 82 FR 32453, 7/16/2017; 82 FR 43695, 9/19/2017; 82 FR 45179, 9/28/2017; 82 FR 57350, 12/5/2017; 83 FR 8355, 2/27/2018; 83 FR 31658, 7/9/2018; 83 FR 47284, 9/19/2018; 84 FR 41912, 8/16/2019; 85 FR 7208, 2/7/2020; 85 FR 8394, 2/14/2020; 85 FR 15374, 3/18/2020; 85 FR 64025, 10/9/2020; 86 FR 2256, 1/12/2021; 86 FR 6565, 1/22/2021; 86 FR 13993, 3/12/2021; 86 FR 17058, 4/1/2021; 86 FR 31916, 6/16/2021; 86 FR 66164, 11/22/2021; 86 FR 68554, 12/3/2021; 87 FR 9445, 2/22/2022; 87 FR 15084, 15090, 3/17/2022; 87 FR 34776, 6/8/2022; 87 FR 42642, 7/18/2022; 87 FR 57145, 9/19/2022; 87 FR 58729, 9/28/2022; 88 FR 11387, 11392, 2/23/2023; 88 FR 62705, 9/13/2023; 88 FR 64378, 9/19/2023; 89 FR 1809, 1/14/2024; 89 FR 2487, 1/14/2024; 89 FR 17728, 3/12/2024; 89 FR 25138, 4/10/2024; 89 FR 44922, 5/22/2024; 89 FR 58983, 7/22/2024; 89 FR 65540, 8/15/2024; 89 FR 73280, 73288, 9/10/2024

For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting § 12.104g, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.