(a) The following is a list of agreements imposing import restrictions on the described articles of cultural property of State Parties. The listed Treasury Decision contains the Designated Listing with a complete description of specific items or categories of archaeological or ethnological material designated by the agreement as coming under the protection of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. Import restrictions listed below shall be 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 which justified the initial agreement still pertain and no cause for suspension of the agreement exists. Any such extension is indicated in the listing.
| State party | Cultural Property |
Decision No. |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Archaeological material representing Algeria's cultural heritage that is at least 250 years old, dating from the Paleolithic (approximately 2.4 million years ago), Neolithic, Classical, Byzantine, and Islamic periods and into the Ottoman period to A.D. 1750 | CBP Dec. 19-09 |
| Belize | Archaeological material representing Belize's cultural heritage that is at least 250 years old, dating from the Pre-Ceramic (from approximately 9000 B.C.), Pre-Classic, Classic, and Post-Classic Periods of the Pre-Columbian era through the Early and Late Colonial Periods | CBP Dec. 13-05 extended by CBP Dec. 18-02 |
| Bolivia | Archaeological and Ethnological Material from Bolivia | T.D. 01-86 extended by CBP Dec. 16-24 |
| 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 |
| Cambodia | Archaeological Material from Cambodia from the Bronze Age through the Khmer Era | CBP Dec. 08-40 extended by CBP Dec. 18-11 |
| Canada | Archaeological artifacts and ethnological material culture of Canadian origin | T.D. 97-31 |
| Colombia | Pre-Columbian archaeological material ranging approximately from 1500 B.C. to 1530 A.D. and ecclesiastical ethnological material of the Colonial period ranging approximately from A.D. 1530 to 1830 | CBP Dec. 06-09 extended by CBP Dec. 16-05 |
| Cyprus | Archaeological material of pre-Classical and Classical periods ranging approximately from the 8th millennium B.C. to 330 A.D. and ecclesiastical and ritual ethnological material representing the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine periods ranging from approximately the 4th century A.D. to 1850 A.D | CBP Dec. 12-13 extended by CBP Dec. 17-07 |
| Ecuador | Archaeological and ethnological material representing Ecuador's cultural heritage that is at least 250 years old, dating from the Pre-ceramic (approximately 12,000 B.C.), Formative, Regional development, Integration, Inka periods and into the Colonial period to A.D. 1769 | CBP Dec. 20-03 |
| Egypt | Archaeological material representing Egypt's cultural heritage from Predynastic period (5,200 B.C.) through 1517 A.D | CBP Dec. 16-23 |
| El Salvador | Archaeological material representing El Salvador's Pre-Hispanic cultures ranging in date from approximately 8000 B.C. through A.D. 1550 and ecclesiastical ethnological material from the Colonial period through the first half of the twentieth century ranging in date from approximately A.D. 1525 to 1950 | CBP Dec. 20-04 |
| Greece (Hellenic Republic) | Archaeological materials representing Greece's cultural heritage from the Upper Paleolithic (beginning approximately 20,000 B.C.) through the 15th century A.D. and ecclesiastical ethnological material representing Greece's Byzantine culture (approximately the 4th century through the 15th century A.D.) | CBP Dec. 11-25 extended by CBP Dec. 16- 21 |
| Guatemala | Archaeological material from sites in the Peten Lowlands of Guatemala, and ecclesiastical ethnological materials dating from the Conquest and Colonial periods, c. A.D. 1524 to 1821 | CBP Dec. 12-17 extended by CBP Dec. 17-14 |
| Honduras | Archaeological material of Pre-Colombian cultures ranging approximately from 1200 B.C. to 1500 A.D, and ecclesiastical ethnological materials dating from the Colonial Period, c. A.D. 1502 to 1821 | CBP Dec. 14-03 extended by CBP Dec. 19-03 |
| Italy | Archaeological Material of pre-Classical, Classical, and Imperial Roman periods ranging approximately from the 9th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D | T.D. 01-06 extended by CBP Dec. 16-02 |
| Jordan | Archaeological material representing Jordan's cultural heritage from the Paleolithic period (c. 1.5 million B.C.) to the middle of the Ottoman period in Jordan (A.D. 1750) | CBP Dec. 20-02 |
| Libya | Archaeological and ethnological material from Libya | CBP Dec. 18-07 |
| Mali | Archaeological material from Mali from the Paleolithic Era (Stone Age) to approximately the mid-eighteenth century, and ethnological materials dating between the twelfth and twentieth centuries | CBP Dec. 17-12 |
| Nicaragua | Archaeological material of pre-Columbian cultures ranging approximately from 8000 B.C. to 1500 A.D | T.D. 00-75 extended by CBP Dec. 15-13 |
| People's Republic of China | Archaeological materials representing China's cultural heritage from the Paleolithic Period (c. 75,000 B.C.) through the end of the Tang Period (A.D. 907) and monumental sculpture and wall art at least 250 years old as of January 14, 2009 | CBP Dec. 19-02 |
| Peru | Archaeological artifacts and ethnological material from Peru | CBP Dec. 17-03 |
(b) The following is a list of emergency actions imposing import restrictions on the described articles of cultural property of State Parties. The listed decision contains a complete description of specific items or categories of archaeological or ethnological material designated by the emergency actions as coming under the protection of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. Import restrictions listed below shall be effective for no more than five years from the date on which the State Party requested those restrictions. This period may be extended for three more years if it is determined that the emergency condition continues to apply with respect to the archaeological or ethnological material. Any such extension is indicated in the listing.
| State party | Cultural property | Decision No. |
|---|---|---|
| Yemen | Archaeological and ethnological material from Yemen | CBP Dec. 20-01 |
[T.D. 86-52, 51 FR 6907, Feb. 27, 1986]
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