[Nhcoll-l] FW: REPOST: New law regarding collecting and collections in Germany

Wed Nov 11 05:39:02 EST 2015

Dear all,

this refers primary to the national implementation of a EU law that 
tries to regulate the fine arts marked and especially the illegal 
trading of illegal cultural heritage objects and artefacts (e.g. from 
archaeological sites as Palmyra or artefacts that recently disappeared 
in Egypt, Syria or Iraq)

However, as we understand our collections as part of the cultural 
heritage (which they are), there is a linkage even though this new law 
(at the moment) might only loosely affect us in terms of collection 
objects. One exception surely is palaeontology.

The second point we currently can't oversee (simply because the 
implementing acts are not ready by now) is if we will face indirect 
troubles when sending our normal specimens (loans, exchanges, etc.), 
simply because for various reasons we encouraged colleagues to identify 
any collections objects that are shipped over international borders by 
using the international harmonised custom tariff code HS 9705.00.

As a matter of fact, this is a rather broad and inclusive code, 
comprising all sorts of collection and collectors objects, and 
especially artefacts that are meant to become more closely monitored 
when crossing international borders.

If the EU introduces sharp monitoring & customs checks, shipments might 
not only be delayed, but some postal carriers could exclude such 
consignments from transportation, to avoid any risks, delay in process 
flow or bad reputation for the own company.

Colleagues of the German DNFS Consortium of Natural History Collections 
are currently trying to get a grip on this, but we entered the political 
discussion at a very late point and (so far) had little political 
influence. It would definitely be worth if other EU-colleagues could 
check the current situation inside their countries and keep the 
community posted if similar laws are implemented in their countries. 
This would allow us to coordinate efforts for our political lobby work.

All the best
Dirk

Am 10.11.2015 um 21:22 schrieb Tocci (Lewis-Gentry), Genevieve:
>
> A colleague sent me this and I don’t think I’ve seen it come across 
> this list. If it has, my apologies.
>
> Genevieve
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> *Subject:* REPOST: New law regarding collecting and collections in Germany
>
> REPOST: This matter could have Europe-wide implications if the EU were 
> to move in the same direction, as has happened previously.
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> There has been a quite strange movement in Germany and a new law which 
> will strongly impact private and institutional collecting/collections. 
> While I do see the problem with private collecting, specifically when 
> it concerns archaeological artefacts the present formulation of the 
> new law seems to apply for palaeontological, geological and even (!) 
> biological objects too as our colleague from the Stuttgart Museum and 
> the Munich University found out. Apparently the new law will impose 
> numerous additional obligations (loans of scientific material will be 
> needed to be approved of by the ministry; retrospective proof of 
> acquisition; destructive sampling will apparently be prohibited; 
> etc.). [My emphasis, Mike Guiry]
>
> This would seriously impact both biodiversity and palaeontological 
> research. Our German colleagues try to fight the new law and appeal 
> for a revised formulation of the term “national cultural heritage”.
>
> More information can be found here (in German unfortunately):
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.researchgate.net_publication_283346678-5FDie-5FKulturgutschutz-2DNovelle-5F-5FBehinderung-5Ffr-5Fdie-5Fwissenschaftliche-5FPalontologie-5Fund-5Fpalontologische-5FSammlungen-5F-5FThe-5Fnew-5Fdraft-5Fact-5Fto-5Fprotect-5Fcultural-5Fproperty-5F-5FObstruction-5Fof-5Fscientific-5Fpalaeontology-5Fand-5Fpalaeontological-5Fcollections&d=AwID-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=QF5HkHNa3a2SKjlXsR_cKNmKyK8RXpyfY2ZOprcvrfc&s=cVjTkw58L2k-zNgWTUOkJzscg3nnhHpFB4E04XUwD9k&e=  
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.researchgate.net_publication_283346678-5FDie-5FKulturgutschutz-2DNovelle-5F-5FBehinderung-5Ffr-5Fdie-5Fwissenschaftliche-5FPalontologie-5Fund-5Fpalontologische-5FSammlungen-5F-5FThe-5Fnew-5Fdraft-5Fact-5Fto-5Fprotect-5Fcultural-5Fproperty-5F-5FObstruction-5Fof-5Fscientific-5Fpalaeontology-5Fand-5Fpalaeontological-5Fcollections&d=CwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=DIsuBb5t5bVW9F_2zlAmGeRoCQx2KceZP-3k9VQb_6s&m=C32OFdAw8Aka8fUQ8IorOjOR7GhRCPMl1t68AgkxOxI&s=EiD6jIAyG7Pm_UCNzElafMTyLVPGEG1SLZ4LRjrM0qg&e=>
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> There is also petition against this law:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.openpetition.de_petition_online_fuer-2Dden-2Derhalt-2Ddes-2Dprivaten-2Dsammelns&d=AwID-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=QF5HkHNa3a2SKjlXsR_cKNmKyK8RXpyfY2ZOprcvrfc&s=_hQYQrMOCeyaAm481X0I00JiV103JZjH070egkhuw8A&e=  
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> All the best
>
> Andreas
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