Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009Show full title

B. Financial thresholds applicable to certain categories under A (in euro)

Value:

• Whatever the value

  • 1 (Archaeological objects)

  • 2 (Dismembered monuments)

  • 9 (Incunabula and manuscripts)

  • 12 (Archives)

• 15 000

  • 5 (Mosaics and drawings)

  • 6 (Engravings)

  • 8 (Photographs)

  • 11 (Printed maps)

• 30 000

  • 4 (Watercolours, gouaches and pastels)

• 50 000

  • 7 (Statuary)

  • 10 (Books)

  • 13 (Collections)

  • 14 (Means of transport)

  • 15 (Any other object)

• 150 000

  • 3 (Pictures)

The assessment of whether or not the conditions relating to financial value are fulfilled must be made when an application for an export licence is submitted. The financial value is that of the cultural object in the Member State referred to in Article 2(2).

For the Member States which do not have the euro as their currency, the values expressed in euro in Annex I shall be converted and expressed in national currencies at the rate of exchange on 31 December 2001 published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This countervalue in national currencies shall be reviewed every two years with effect from 31 December 2001. Calculation of this countervalue shall be based on the average daily value of those currencies, expressed in euro, during the 24 months ending on the last day of August preceding the revision which takes effect on 31 December. This method of calculation shall be reviewed, on a proposal from the Commission, by the Advisory Committee on Cultural Goods, in principle two years after the first application. For each revision, the values expressed in euro and their countervalues in national currency shall be published periodically in the Official Journal of the European Union in the first days of the month of November preceding the date on which the revision takes effect.