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Amendments aimed at improving public administration in exports and imports of cultural property and archives

December 29, 2017

The President signed the Federal Law On Amending Individual Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with Improvements in Public Administration in the Sphere of Exports and Imports of Cultural Property and Archives.

The Federal Law is aimed at improving legal relations on moving cultural property from the Russian Federation to foreign states.

The Federal Law establishes the terms and procedure for exporting, temporary exporting, importing and temporary importing of cultural property, including the procedure for issuing a report (permit) or obtaining a licence for exporting cultural property, and the terms and procedure for conducting examinations of cultural property.

The law identifies the categories of cultural property that are not subject to export without prior obligation to bring them back.

Also, the Federal Law specifies the procedure for establishing non-state museums in the Russian Federation.

December 29, 2017