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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY RATIFIES PROTOCOL
Posting Date: 09/14/89 Source: UNITEX Network, Hoboken, NJ, USA
TO AGREEMENT ON IMPORTATION OF EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND
CULTURAL MATERIALS
UN PRESS RELEASE:
The Federal Republic of Germany has ratified the Protocol to the
Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Materials. Its instrument of ratification was received
by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs on 17 August.
The Agreement, adopted on 17 June 1950 by the General Conference
of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), came into force on 21 May 1952. The
Agreement exempts books, newspapers, works of art, scientific
equipment and a wide range of educational materials from import
duties. So far, 78 States have consented to be bound by it.
The Protocol was adopted at Nairobi on 26 November 1976 and
entered into force on 2 January 1982. It extends the exemption
to other materials, including collectors' pieces and articles
for the blind and other handicapped persons.
As of 17 August, it has has been ratified, accepted or acceded to
by 19States: Barbados, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Finland,
France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, HolySee, Iraq,
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino,
United Kingdom, United States and Yugoslavia. This Protocol has
also been signed, subject to its later ratification or
acceptance, by New Zealand and Oman.
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