[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 112-116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00064]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

19 CFR Part 12

RIN 1515-AE41


Extension of Import Restrictions Imposed on Certain 
Archaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material From Bulgaria

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security; Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) regulations to reflect an extension of import restrictions on 
certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material from 
Bulgaria. The restrictions, which were originally imposed by CBP Dec. 
14-01, are due to expire on January 14, 2019. The Assistant Secretary 
for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of 
State, has made the requisite determination for extending the import 
restrictions that previously existed and entering into a new Memorandum 
of Understanding (MOU) with Bulgaria to reflect the extension of these 
import restrictions. The new MOU supersedes and replaces the existing 
agreement that became effective on January 14, 2014. This new MOU also 
corrects an inconsistency existing between the previous MOU and the 
Designated List that describes the types of archaeological and 
ecclesiastical ethnological material to which the restrictions apply.

DATES: Effective January 14, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For regulatory aspects, Lisa L. 
Burley, Branch Chief, Cargo Security, Carriers and Restricted 
Merchandise Branch, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade, (202) 
325-0215, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ce3f8a1e3f8fefeeff9e0f8f9feede0fcfee3fce9fef8f5ccefeefca2e8e4ffa2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae5fea7e5fef8f8e9ffe6fefff8ebe6faf8e5faeff8fef3cae9e8faa4eee2f9a4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>. For operational aspects, 
Christopher N. Robertson, Branch Chief, Commercial Targeting & Analysis 
Center, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, (202) 325-6586, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84c7d0c5c7c4e7e6f4aae0ecf7aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aae9feebe9eac9c8da84cec2d984cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Pursuant to the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, 
Public Law 97-446, 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. (hereinafter, ``the Cultural 
Property Implementation Act'' or ``the Act''), which implements 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 
(hereinafter, ``1970 UNESCO Convention'' or ``the Convention'' (823 
U.N.T.S. 231 (1972))), the United States entered into a bilateral 
agreement with the Republic of Bulgaria (Bulgaria) on January 14, 2014, 
to impose import restrictions on: (1) Archaeological material from 
Bulgaria ranging in date from 7500 B.C through approximately 1750 A.D.; 
and (2) ecclesiastical ethnological material from Bulgaria ranging in 
date from the beginning of the 4th century A.D. through approximately 
1750 A.D. On January 16, 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
published a final rule (CBP Dec. 14-01) in the Federal Register (79 FR 
2781), which amended Sec.  12.104g(a) of title 19 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (19 CFR 12.104g(a)) to reflect the imposition of 
these restrictions, and included a list covering certain archaeological 
and ecclesiastical ethnological material from Bulgaria.
    Import restrictions listed at 19 CFR 12.104g(a) are 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 that justified the initial agreement still 
pertain and no cause for suspension of the agreement exists.
    On June 13, 2018, the United States Department of State proposed in 
the Federal Register (83 FR 27649) to extend the Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Bulgaria concerning 
the imposition of import restrictions on certain archaeological and 
ecclesiastical ethnological material from Bulgaria for an additional 
five years.
    The Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
United States Department of State, after consultation with and 
recommendations by the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, determined 
that the cultural heritage of Bulgaria continues to be in jeopardy from 
pillage of certain archaeological material and ecclesiastical 
ethnological material and that the import restrictions should be 
extended for an additional five years. Subsequently, the United States 
and Bulgaria entered into and concluded a new MOU, superseding and 
replacing the existing MOU (dated January 14, 2014), to reflect the 
extension of those import restrictions for an additional five

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years. This new MOU is titled: ``Memorandum of Understanding Between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
the Republic of Bulgaria Concerning the Imposition of Import 
Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological and Ecclesiastical 
Ethnological Material of the Republic of Bulgaria.'' This new MOU also 
corrects an inconsistency existing between the previous MOU and the 
Designated List that describes the types of archaeological and 
ecclesiastical ethnological material from Bulgaria to which the 
restrictions apply. The inconsistency involved the 2014 MOU incorrectly 
listing the ecclesiastical ethnological material ranging in date from 
the beginning of 681 A.D. rather than as listed in the Designated List 
as from the beginning of the 4th century A.D.
    Because of the new MOU, CBP is republishing the Designated List of 
cultural property described in CBP Dec. 14-01 in this document. 
Accordingly, CBP is amending 19 CFR 12.104g(a) to reflect the extension 
of these import restrictions and to reflect the appropriate dates for 
ecclesiastical ethnological material.
    The restrictions on the importation of archaeological and 
ecclesiastical ethnological material from Bulgaria are to continue in 
effect through January 14, 2024. Importation of such material from 
Bulgaria continues to be restricted through that date unless the 
conditions set forth in 19 U.S.C. 2606 and 19 CFR 12.104c are met.
    The Designated List and additional information may be found at the 
following website address: https://eca.state.gov/cultural-heritage-center/cultural-property-advisory-committee/current-import-restrictions 
by clicking on ``Bulgaria.''

Designated List of Archaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological 
Material of Bulgaria

    The bilateral agreement between the United States and Bulgaria 
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 include complete examples of objects and 
fragments thereof.
    The archaeological materials represent the following periods and 
cultures: Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Thracian, 
Hellenistic, Roman, Middle Ages, First Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine, 
Second Bulgarian Empire, and Ottoman. The ecclesiastical ethnological 
materials represent the following periods and cultures: Middle Ages, 
First Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine, Second Bulgarian Empire, and 
Ottoman. Ancient place-names associated with the region of Bulgaria 
include Odrysian Kingdom, Thrace, Thracia, Moesia Inferior, Moesia 
Superior, Coastal Dacia, Inner Dacia, Rhodope, Haemimontus, Europa, 
Bulgaria, and Eyalet of Rumeli.

I. Archaeological Material

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, and wellhead. Approximate date: First 
millennium B.C. to 1750 A.D.
    b. Monuments--In marble, limestone, granite, sandstone, and other 
kinds of stone. Types include, but are not limited to, votive statues, 
funerary, documentary, votive stelae, military columns, herms, stone 
blocks, bases, and base revetments. These may be painted, carved with 
borders, carry relief sculpture, and/or carry dedicatory, documentary, 
official, or funerary inscriptions, written in various languages 
including Thracian, Proto-Bulgarian, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Turkish, and 
Bulgarian. Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    c. Sarcophagi and ossuaries--In marble, limestone, and other kinds 
of stone. Some have figural scenes painted on them, others have figural 
scenes carved in relief, and some are plain or just have decorative 
moldings. Approximate date: Third millennium through 1750 A.D.
    d. Large Statuary--Primarily in marble, also in limestone and 
sandstone. 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: Third 
millennium B.C. through 1750 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. 
Approximate date: Neolithic through 1750 A.D.
    f. Reliefs--In marble and other stone. Types include carved relief 
vases and slabs carved with subject matter such as a horseman, 
vegetative, floral, or decorative motifs, sometimes inscribed. Used for 
architectural decoration, funerary, votive, or commemorative monuments. 
Approximate date: Third millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    g. Furniture--In marble and other stone. Types include tables, 
thrones, and beds. Approximate date: Third millennium B.C. through 1750 
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 a human or animal, or 
part of human or animal. Approximate date: Neolithic through 1750 A.D.
    3. Tools, Instruments, and Weapons--In flint, quartz, obsidian, and 
other hard stones. Types of stone tools include large and small blades, 
borers, scrapers, sickles, awls, harpoons, cores, loom weights, and 
arrow heads. Ground stone types include grinders (e.g., mortars, 
pestles, millstones, whetstones), choppers, axes, hammers, moulds, and 
mace heads. Approximate date: Neolithic through 1750 A.D.
    4. Seals and beads--In marble, limestone, and various semiprecious 
stones including rock crystal, amethyst, jasper, agate, steatite, and 
carnelian. May be incised or cut as gems or cameos. Approximate date: 
Neolithic through 1750 A.D.

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: Fifth 
millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    b. Small Statuary and Figurines--Subject matter includes human and 
animal figures, groups of figures in the round, masks, plaques, and 
bronze hands of Sabazios. These range from approximately 10 cm to 1 m 
in height. Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through Roman.
    c. Reliefs--In gold, bronze, or lead. Types include burial masks, 
leaves, and appliqu[eacute] with images of gods, mythical creatures, 
etc. First millennium B.C. through Roman.

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    d. Inscribed or Decorated Sheet Metal--In bronze or lead. Engraved 
inscriptions, ``military diplomas,'' and thin metal sheets with 
engraved or impressed designs often used as attachments to furniture. 
Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    2. Vessels--In bronze, gold, and silver. Bronze may be gilded or 
silver-plated. These may belong to conventional shapes such as bowls, 
cups, jars, jugs, strainers, cauldrons, candelabras, and lamps, or may 
occur in the shape of a human or animal or part of a human or animal. 
Approximate date: Fifth millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    3. Personal Ornaments--In copper, bronze, gold, and silver. Bronze 
may be gilded or silver-plated. Types include torques, rings, beads, 
pendants, belts, belt buckles, belt ends/appliqu[eacute]s, earrings, 
ear caps, diadems, spangles, straight and safety pins, necklaces, 
mirrors, wreaths, cuffs, pectoral crosses, and beads. Approximate date: 
Fifth millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    4. Tools--In copper, bronze and iron. Types include knives, hooks, 
weights, axes, scrapers (strigils), trowels, keys, dies for making 
coins, and the tools of physicians and artisans such as carpenters, 
masons and metal smiths. Approximate date: Fifth millennium B.C. 
through 1750 A.D.
    5. Weapons and Armor--In copper, bronze and iron. Types include 
both launching weapons (harpoons, spears and javelins) and weapons for 
hand-to-hand combat (swords, daggers, battle axes, rapiers, maces 
etc.). Armor includes body armor, such as helmets, cuirasses, shin 
guards, and shields, and horse armor/chariot decorations often 
decorated with elaborate engraved, embossed, or perforated designs. 
Approximate date: Fifth millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    6. Seals--In lead, tin, copper, bronze, silver, and gold. Types 
include rings, amulets, stamps, and seals with shank. They pertain to 
individuals, kings, emperors, patriarchs, and other spiritual leaders. 
Approximate date: Bronze Age through 1750 A.D.
    7. Coins--In copper, bronze, silver and gold. Many of the listed 
coins with inscriptions in Greek can be found in B. 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 modern Bulgaria are covered in I. Varbanov, Greek 
Imperial Coins I: Dacia, Moesia Superior, Moesia Inferior (Bourgas, 
2005), id., Greek Imperial Coins II: Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia) 
(Bourgas, 2005), id., Greek Imperial Coins III: Thrace (from Perinthus 
to Trajanopolis), Chersonesos Thraciae, Insula Thraciae, Macedonia 
(Bourgas 2007). A non-exclusive list of pre-Roman and Roman mints 
include Mesembria (modern Nesembar), Dionysopolis (Balchik), 
Marcianopolis (Devnya), Nicopolis ad Istrum (near Veliko Tarnovo), 
Odessus (Varna), Anchialus (Pomorie), Apollonia Pontica (Sozopol), 
Cabyle (Kabile), Deultum (Debelt), Nicopolis ad Nestum (Garmen), 
Pautalia (Kyustendil), Philippopolis (Plovdiv), Serdica (Sofia), and 
Augusta Traiana (Stara Zagora). Later coins may be found in A. Radushev 
and G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX-XV c. (Sofia 
1999) and J. Youroukova and V. Penchev, Bulgarian Medieval Coins and 
Seals (Sofia 1990).
    a. Pre-monetary media of exchange including ``arrow money,'' bells, 
and bracelets. Approximate date: 13th century B.C. through 6th century 
B.C.
    b. Thracian and Hellenistic coins struck in gold, silver, and 
bronze by city-states and kingdoms that operated in the territory of 
the modern Bulgarian state. This designation includes official coinages 
of Greek-using city-states and kingdoms, Sycthian and Celtic coinage, 
and local imitations of official issues. Also included are Greek coins 
from nearby regions that are found in Bulgaria. Approximate date: 6th 
century B.C. through the 1st century B.C.
    c. Roman provincial coins--Locally produced coins usually struck in 
bronze or copper at mints in the territory of the modern state of 
Bulgaria. May also be silver, silver plate, or gold. Approximate date: 
1st century B.C. through the 4th century A.D.
    d. Coinage of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires and Byzantine 
Empire--Struck in gold, silver, and bronze by Bulgarian and Byzantine 
emperors at mints within the modern state of Bulgaria. Approximate 
date: 4th century A.D. through A.D. 1396.
    e. Ottoman coins--Struck at mints within the modern state of 
Bulgaria. Approximate date: A.D. 1396 through A.D. 1750.

C. Ceramic

1. Sculpture
    a. Architectural Elements--Baked clay (terracotta) elements used to 
decorate buildings. Elements include tiles, acroteria, antefixes, 
painted and relief plaques, metopes, cornices, roof tiles, pipes, and 
revetments. May be painted as icons. Also included are wall and floor 
plaster decorations. Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 
1750 A.D.
    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: 
Neolithic through 6th century A.D.
    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. These range from approximately 10 cm to 
1 m in height. Approximate date: Neolithic through 6th century A.D.
2. Vessels
    a. Neolithic and Chalcolithic Pottery--Handmade, decorated with 
appliqu[eacute] and/or incision, sometimes decorated with a lustrous 
burnish or added paint. These come in a variety of shapes from simple 
bowls and vases with three or four legs, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic 
vessels, to handled scoops and large storage jars.
    b. Bronze Age through Thracian Pottery--Handmade and wheel-made 
pottery in shapes for tableware, serving, storing, and processing, with 
lustrous burnished, matte, appliqu[eacute], incised, and painted 
decoration.
    c. Black Figure and Red Figure 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: First millennium B.C.
    d. Terra sigillata--Is a high quality table ware made of red to 
reddish brown clay, and covered with a glossy slip. Approximate date: 
Roman.
    e. Seals--On the handles and necks of bottles (amphorae). First 
millennium B.C. through Middle Ages.
    f. Middle Ages--Includes undecorated plain wares, utilitarian 
wares, tableware, serving and storage jars, and special containers such 
as pilgrim flasks. These can be matte painted or glazed, including 
incised as ``sgraffitto,'' stamped, and with elaborate polychrome 
decorations using floral, geometric, human, and animal motifs.

D. Bone, Ivory, Horn, 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

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approximately 10 cm to 1 m in height. Approximate date: Neolithic 
through Middle Ages.
    2. Personal Ornaments--In bone, ivory, and spondylus shell. Types 
include amulets, combs, pins, spoons, small containers, bracelets, 
buckles, and beads. Approximate date: Neolithic through Middle Ages.
    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: Neolithic through Middle Ages.
    4. Tools and Weapons--In bone and horn. Needles, awls, chisels, 
axes, hoes, picks, and harpoons. Approximate date: Neolithic through 
Middle Ages.

E. Glass and Faience

    1. Vessels--Shapes include small jars, bowls, animal shaped, 
goblet, spherical, candle holders, and perfume jars (unguentaria). 
Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    2. Beads--Globular and relief beads. Approximate date: Bronze Age 
through Middle Ages.

F. 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: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
    2. Tomb Paintings--Paintings on plaster or stone, sometimes 
geometric or floral but usually depicting gods, goddesses, or funerary 
scenes. Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 6th century 
A.D.
    G. 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: First 
millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.

II. Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material

    The categories of Bulgarian ecclesiastical ethnological objects on 
which import restrictions are imposed were made from the beginning of 
the 4th century A.D. through approximately 1750 A.D.

A. Stone

    1. Architectural elements--In marble and other stone, including 
thrones, upright ``closure'' slabs, circular marking slabs omphalion, 
altar partitions, and altar tables which may be decorated with crosses, 
human, or animal figures.
    2. Monuments--In marble and other stone; types such as ritual 
crosses, funerary inscriptions.
    3. Vessels--Containers for holy water.
    4. Reliefs--In steatite or other stones, 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, processional crosses, 
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, baptism vessels, chalices).
    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 (iconostases), 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 ritual 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). May also be painted on ceramic.
    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 
under 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 Orders 12866 and 13771

    CBP has determined that this document is not a regulation or rule 
subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12866 or Executive Order 
13771 because it pertains to a foreign affairs function of the United 
States, as described above, and therefore is specifically exempted by 
section 3(d)(2) of Executive Order 12866 and section 4(a) of Executive 
Order 13771.

Signing Authority

    This regulation is being issued in accordance with 19 CFR 
0.1(a)(1), pertaining to the Secretary of the Treasury's authority (or 
that of his or her delegate) to approve regulations related to customs 
revenue functions.

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List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 12

    Cultural property, Customs duties and inspection, Imports, 
Prohibited merchandise.

Amendment to CBP Regulations

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, part 12 of title 19 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR part 12) is amended as follows:

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, in the table in paragraph (a), the entry for 
Bulgaria is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  12.104g   Specific items or categories designated by agreements 
or emergency actions.

    (a) * * *

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              State party                           Cultural property                       Decision No.
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Bulgaria..............................  Archaeological material from Bulgaria     CBP Dec. 19-01.
                                         ranging in date from 7500 B.C. through
                                         approximately 1750 A.D. and
                                         ecclesiastical ethnological material
                                         from Bulgaria ranging in date from the
                                         beginning of the 4th century A.D.
                                         through approximately 1750 A.D.
 
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Kevin K. McAleenan,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
    Approved: January 8, 2019.
David J. Kautter,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2019-00064 Filed 1-11-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 9111-14-P


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