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Russia Сhapter 4: Russia The Cultural Objects Export and Import Law states that export customs duties are not charged on cultural goods covered by the required documents, as specified by the Law. Cultural goods carried by their owners are not regarded, under the Law, as part of personal property on which value restrictions are imposed on departure by customs regulations. In theory, there is no distinction between customs organisations authorised to clear cultural goods and those that are not. In practice, however, certain restrictions are placed on customs houses empowered to accept customs declarations (to be filled out for all cultural goods) or those that clear precious metals and gems. In case of doubt, call the Federal Customs Service or its regional offi ces (at http:// www.customs.ru) to obtain fi rst-hand information on customs organisations authorised to clear a particular object. What are the rules to follow when importing cultural goods to Russia? In the first place, you should keep in mind the difference between importing cultural goods into Russia permanently or for a specified period only. The first option does not involve an obligation for the owner of the goods to take them back abroad while, in the second option, the owner is required to pledge to take them back home within a specified time period. A typical example of cultural goods being brought into Russia temporarily is an old master’s musical instrument owned by a member of a foreign orchestra on a tour of Russia, or a painting imported for a short exhibition in a Russian museum. All cultural goods imported to Russia (that is, for permanent import) are always cleared through the customs and entered in a register kept for this purpose under the Cultural Objects Export and Import Law. In practical terms, remember to declare your object in writing and expect the Russian customs to register it specifi cally as an imported cultural good. Сultural goods imported into Russia are registered by a customs officer who puts a stamp on a Form TD-6 customs declaration with the text, “Registered on entry to the Russian Federation on declaration as a cultural good,” with the following documents attached: • Three copies of a detailed list of the cultural goods brought in, and • Three sets of photographs (at least 8 by 12 cm) of the cultural goods carried into Russia. No photographs are required for archive documents, printed matter, postage stamps, coins, paper money and decorations. Other documents to be produced to the customs are those certifying the origin and value of the cultural goods imported into Russia. In determining the status of a given object as cultural good, customs officers are guided by the Cultural Objects List compiled pursuant to Russian Federation Law No. 4804-1, 248
Сhapter 4: Russia Russia Cultural Objects Export and Import, of April 15 1993, and approved by the Russian Ministry of Culture in its Order No. 844 of August 7 2001, or by the opinion of a Rossvyazokhrankultura-certified expert, if the customs house employs one full-time. Not all customs houses have qualified experts on their staff. It is therefore suggested that you find out well in advance whether the customs house you want to take your cultural object through has any. Another option, before actually taking your object through the customs, would be to approach Rossvyazokhrankultura with the relevant information (in particular, an invoice, a foreign expert’s opinion, and so on), so they could issue you a document certifying that your object really is a cultural good. Once your cultural goods have been placed in bond for “release for domestic consumption,” the customs send a registration slip to the Rossvyazokhrankultura territorial office, along with a copy of all the documents (including a copy of the customs declaration) produced by the person importing cultural goods into Russia. People importing cultural goods into Russia for their personal use are offered significant advantages. A traveller who bought some cultural goods in a foreign country and is now crossing the Russian customs border (carrying them as checked or unchecked baggage), and if he/she wants to use those items for his/her own needs (in other words, not for business purposes), is given an exemption from customs duties and taxes by the customs provided, however, that his/her cultural goods are shown in the written customs declaration and registered specifically as such. The customs may, however, demand payment of duties and taxes as security, if they are not certain about the object being a cultural good (if there is no expert available to confirm this, or you don’t carry a document confirming this status, etc). You will only get your security back after Rossvyazokhrankultura confirms the claimed status of your object. Exemption from customs duties and taxes is also foreseen for museums and other cultural institutions that import cultural goods for their own collections, but only in cases when the cultural good is received by a museum or a cultural institution as a gift and the museum or the cultural institution itself is listed among the important cultural heritage repositories of any of the Russian Federation’s peoples. Cultural goods entering Russia for temporary import are required, under the Cultural Objects Export and Import Law, to be inspected by the customs and registered accordingly. You must remember this if you are, for example, a musician carrying an antique musical instrument on your tour of Russia, otherwise you might face difficulties taking it back home from Russia. Insert a reference to your instrument in your customs declaration and see that the customs officer letting you through affixes a stamp to your declaration, stating that your object is imported temporarily. As a general rule, most cultural goods imported temporarily are brought to Russia to be displayed at museums or other public cultural institutions. Another common example is that of foreign musicians coming to Russia on tours. The country’s customs laws allow them an exemption from the general rule requiring security to be deposited 249
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