TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 19-114

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CULTURAL EXCHANGES, PROPERTY 

AND COOPERATION

Import Restrictions

Memorandum of Understanding

 Between the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and BULGARIA

Signed at Sofia January 8, 2019
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent

evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof

or authentication thereof.”
 BULGARIA

 Cultural Exchanges, Property and

 Cooperation: Import Restrictions

 Memorandum of understanding signed at 

 Sofia January 8, 2019;

 Entered into force January 14, 2019.

 

 
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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 MATERIAL AND 

ETHNOLOGICAL MATERIAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA 

The Government ofthe United States ofAmerica and the Government ofthe Republic of 

Bulgaria ("the Parties"), 

Acting pursuant to the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and 

Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer ofOwnership ofCultural Property, to 

which both countries are States party; 

Desiring to reduce the incentive for pillage of irreplaceable archaeological and 

ethnological material representing Bulgaria's rich cultural heritage; and 

Recalling the Memorandum ofUnderstanding Concerning the Imposition ofImport 

Restrictions on Categories ofArchaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material of 

the Republic ofBulgaria, signed at Sofia on January 14, 2014 ('<the prior MOU"); 

Have agreed as follows: 

ARTICLE I 

1. The Government ofthe United States of America, in accordance with its legislation 

entitled the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, shall restrict the 

importation into the United States of(I) archaeological material ranging in date from 

7500 BC to approximately 1750 AD which may include categories ofstone, metal, 

ceramic, bone, ivory, other organics, wood, glass, faience, paintings, and mosaics, 

and (2) ecclesiastical ethnological material ranging in date from the beginning ofthe 

4th century AD to approximately 1750 AD, which may include categories ofstone, 

metal, bone, ivory, textiles, wood, glass, parchment, painting, mosaics, and other 

material identified on a list to be promulgated by the United States Government 

(hereinafter referred to as the "Designated List"), unless the Government ofthe 

Republic ofBulgaria issues a license which certifies that such exportation was not in 

violation ofits laws. 
2. Such import restrictions went into effect under the prior MOU on January 15, 2014, 

the date ofthe publication ofthe Designated List required by the prior MOU in the 

U.S. Federal Register, the official U.S. Government publication providing fair public 

notice. These import restrictions shall continue to be effective under this 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as provided in Article IV herein. 

3. The Government ofthe United States ofAmerica shaU offer for return to the 

Government ofthe Republic ofBulgaria any object or material on the Designated List 

forfeited to the Government ofthe United States ofAmerica. 

ARTICLE II 

I. Both Governments shall publicize this MOU and the reasons for it. 

2. The Government ofthe Republic ofBulgaria shall continue to use its best efforts to 

maintain and share with the Government of the United States ofAmerica information 

about unauthorized excavations, thefts ofcultural property, trafficking ofcultural 

property, and other threats that jeopardize its cultural patrimony. 

3. The Government ofthe Republic ofBulgaria shall continue to use its best efforts to 

take steps consistent with the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of 

Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Export, Import, and Transfer ofOwnership of 

Cultural Property to protect its cultural patrimony. To assist in these efforts, the 

Government ofthe United States of America shall use its best efforts to facilitate 

technical assistance to the Government ofthe Republic ofBulgaria as appropriate 

under available programs in the public and/or private sectors. 

4. The Government ofthe Republic ofBulgaria shall continue to use its best efforts to 

engage other countries having a significant import trade in archaeological and 

ethnological material from the Republic ofBulgaria to deter a serious situation of 

pillage ofcultural property. 

5. Each Government shall use best efforts to encourage further interchange of 

archaeological and ethnological material for cultural, educational, and scientific 

purposes, including long-term loans ofsuch materials to promote widespread public 

appreciation ofand access to Bulgaria's rich cultural heritage. 

6. Each Government shall continue to endeavor to keep the other informed ofthe 

measures taken to implement this MOU. 
ARTICLE III 

The obligations of both Governments and the activities carried out under this MOU shall 

be subject to their respective laws and regulations, including those with respect to the 

. availability ofappropriated funds. 

ARTICLE IV 

I. This MOU shall enter into force on January 14, 2019. Upon entry into force, it shall 

supersede and replace the prior MOU, and shall remain in force for a period offive 

(5) years, unless extended. 

2. This MOU may be extended and amended only by mutual written consent ofthe 

Parties. 

3. The Government ofthe United States ofAmerica and the Government ofthe 

Republic ofBulgaria shall review the effectiveness ofthis MOU before the expiration 

ofthe five (5)-year period in order to determine whether the MOU should be 

extended. 

4. Either Party may notify the other, in writing through diplomatic channels, of its 

intention to terminate this MOU prior to its date ofexpiry. In such a case, the 

termination shall come into effect six (6) months after the date of notification. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their respective 

Governments, have signed the present MOU. 

DONE at Sd~ ,this 'liu)Zf· <;{_ ,:}C/ , in duplicate, in the English 

and Bulgarian languages, both xts being e ually authentic. 

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF 

THE UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA: 

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