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The Minister of Culture and Communication,
In view of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 of 9 December 1992 on the export of cultural goods, as amended by the Regulation (EC) 2469/96 of the Council of 16 December 1996, by Council Regulation (EC) No 974-2001 of 14 May 2001 and by Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003;
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 752/93 of 30 March 1993 on the Implementing provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 of 9 December 1992, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1526/98 of 16 July 1998, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 656/2004 rectified by the Commission of 7 April 2004 ;
Given the heritage code, in particular Articles L. 111-1 to L. 111-7;
In view of Decree No. 93-124 of 29 January 1993 on cultural property subject to certain traffic restrictions;
In view of Decree No. 97-1200 of 19 December 1997 amended to apply to the Ministry responsible for Culture and Communication of 1 ° of Article 2 of Decree No. 97-34 of 15 January 1997 concerning the deconcentration of individual administrative decisions;
Given Decree No. 2004-709 of 16 July 2004 amending Decree No. 93-124 of 29 January 1993 on cultural property subject to certain restrictions of movement, in particular Article 10;
Having regard to the amended Order of 9 February 1994 fixing the list and the Customs office and indirect authority skills,
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An application for an authorisation to export cultural goods may contain several goods only if they belong to the same category of cultural property set out in Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92, if they have The same destination and whether the nature of the export, whether final or temporary, is the same.
The direction of the museums of France, the direction of the book and the reading, the direction of the archives of France and the direction of architecture and heritage are competent to receive the applications and Issuing the authorisations referred to in Article 1, according to the categories provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3911/92 and their fields of competence for the issue of export certificates and temporary exit authorisations for Cultural property, pursuant to the aforementioned decree of 29 January 1993.
The three copies of the export authorization form are used as follows:
The copy bearing the application number 1 is retained by the department of the Ministry of Culture and The competent communication referred to in Article 3 which issues the export authorisation;
The two other copies shall be submitted by the issuing authority to the applicant who becomes the holder of the authorisation:
-one, bearing the Number 2, is retained by the holder, after visa of the export office;
-the other, bearing the number 3, is intended to be presented by the holder or his authorised representative in support of the customs declaration of export, at the time of The completion of the customs formalities for export to the customs office competent for the acceptance of that declaration provided for in the decree of 9 February 1994, as amended, in accordance with Article 12-2 of the Decree of 29 January 1993
At the time of leaving the goods outside the customs territory of the European Community, the customs office requested shall return that copy number 3 to the issuing service of the Ministry of Culture and Communication.
The export authorization form is issued:
-for cultural objects that do not have the national treasure character, upon presentation of the export certificate or exit authorization Article L. 111-2 of the Heritage Code;
-for national treasures, on presentation of the temporary exit authorisation referred to in Article L. 111-7 of the Heritage
. The culture and communication may, with a view to the granting of the export authorisation, require the physical presentation of the cultural property (s) to be exported.
The costs of applying the formalities laid down in this Order is the responsibility of the export authorization applicant.
The director of the archives of France, the director of the museums of France, the director of architecture and heritage and the director of the book and reading are responsible, each as far as it is concerned, of The execution of this Order, which shall be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
Done at Paris, December 30, 2004.
Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres
