Afghanistan #13 (v.2)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/AFG/3 15/12/2020
- Version validity
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01/10/2020 -
present
Current active version v.2
- Reporting member
- Afghanistan
- In force from
- End date
- In force
- General description
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Export Prohibition and Non-Automatic Export Licensing on cultural and historical relics
- National legal basis
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Law on the Preservation of the Historical and Cultural Heritage of Afghanistan; Official Gazette No 828 of 20 May 2004; entered into force on 20 May 2004
- Administrative mechanism
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Pursuant to Article 64 of the Law; the export of Afghanistan’s cultural and historical relics is prohibited. The Institute for Archaeological Studies and Historical Monuments decides whether a handicraft is considered as historical and cultural heritage.
- Responsible entities
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Institute for Archaeological Studies and Historical Monuments under the Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIc)
- HS version
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HS 2017
- Referenced WTO document symbol
Meta data
- WTO justifications
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XX:(f) - (f) imposed for the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value;
GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)
Reported as: GATT 1994 Article XX(f) - Non-WTO commitments
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- Affected partners
- Non-affected partners
Measures
- Reported restrictions
- NAL-X , P-X
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NAL-X
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P-X
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Tariff lines
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Various
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Afghanistan's cultural and historical relics defined in Article 3 of the Law as movable and immovabl...
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