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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/her 

delegate) to approve regulations related 

to customs revenue functions. 

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 above, part 

12 of title 19 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (19 CFR part 12) is 

amended as set forth below: 

PART 12—SPECIAL CLASSES OF 

MERCHANDISE 

■ 1. The general authority citation for 

part 12 and the specific authority 

citation for § 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; 

* * * * * 

Sections 12.104 through 12.104i also 

issued under 19 U.S.C. 2612; 

* * * * * 

§ 12.104g [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 12.104g, in paragraph (a), the 

table is amended in the entry for 

People’s Republic of China by removing 

the words ‘‘CBP Dec. 09–03 extended by 

CBP Dec. 14–02’’ in the column headed 

‘‘Decision No.’’, and adding in their 

place the words ‘‘CBP Dec. 19–02’’. 

Kevin K. McAleenan, 

Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. 

Approved: January 9, 2019. 

David J. Kautter, 

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 

[FR Doc. 2019–00065 Filed 1–10–19; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

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. 

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, ototrrculturalproperty@cbp.dhs.gov. For 

operational aspects, Christopher N. 

Robertson, Branch Chief, Commercial 

Targeting & Analysis Center, Trade 

Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, 

(202) 325–6586, CTAC@cbp.dhs.gov. 

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 

§ 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, ProtoBulgarian, 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 largescale, 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 

applique ́ with images of gods, mythical 

creatures, etc. First millennium B.C. 

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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 silverplated. 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/applique ́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-tohand 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 preRoman 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 

applique ́ 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, applique ́, 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 multicolored 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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116 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 9 / Monday, January 14, 2019 / Rules and Regulations 

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 

■ 1. The general authority citation for 

part 12 and the specific authority 

citation for § 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; 

* * * * * 

Sections 12.104 through 12.104i also 

issued under 19 U.S.C. 2612; 

* * * * * 

■ 2. In § 12.104g, in the table in 

paragraph (a), the entry for Bulgaria is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 12.104g Specific items or categories 

designated by agreements or emergency 

actions. 

(a) * * * 

State party Cultural property Decision No. 

* * * * * * * 

Bulgaria ................................... Archaeological material from Bulgaria 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.

CBP Dec. 19–01. 

* * * * * * * 

* * * * * 

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 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 170816769–8162–02] 

RIN 0648–XG721 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Trawl 

Catcher Vessels in the Central 

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels 

using trawl gear in the Central 

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA). This action is necessary to 

prevent exceeding the A season 

allowance of the 2019 Pacific cod total 

allowable catch apportioned to trawl 

catcher vessels in the Central Regulatory 

Area of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t.), January 20, 2019, 

through 1200 hours, A.l.t., September 1, 

2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Keaton, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

Regulations governing sideboard 

protections for GOA groundfish 

fisheries appear at subpart B of 50 CFR 

part 680. 

The A season allowance of the 2019 

Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) 

apportioned to trawl catcher vessels in 

the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA 

is 1,203 metric tons (mt), as established 

by the final 2018 and 2019 harvest 

specifications for groundfish of the GOA 

(83 FR 8768, March 1, 2018). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS (Regional Administrator) has 

determined that the A season allowance 

of the 2019 Pacific cod TAC 

apportioned to trawl catcher vessels in 

the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA 

is necessary to account for the 

incidental catch in other anticipated 

fisheries. Therefore, the Regional 

Administrator is establishing a directed 

fishing allowance of 0 mt and is setting 

aside the remaining 1,203 mt as bycatch 

to support other anticipated groundfish 

fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for Pacific cod by 

catcher vessels using trawl gear in the 

Central Regulatory Area of the GOA. 

After the effective date of this closure 

the maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. This closure does not 

apply to fishing by vessels participating 

in the cooperative fishery of the 

Rockfish Program for the Central GOA. 

Classification 

This action responds to the best 

available information recently obtained 

from the fishery. The Assistant 

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA 

(AA), finds good cause to waive the 

requirement to provide prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment 

pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would prevent NMFS from 

responding to the most recent fisheries 

data in a timely fashion and would 

delay the directed fishing closure of 

Pacific cod by catcher vessels using 

trawl gear in the Central Regulatory 

Area of the GOA. NMFS was unable to 

publish a notice providing time for 

public comment because the most 

recent, relevant data only became 

available as of December 18, 2018. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30-day delay in the effective 

date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). This finding is based upon 

the reasons provided above for waiver of 


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