Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials

General Detail

General Information

  1. Type: Convention
  2. Date of signature:
  3. Place of signature: Nairobi, Kenya
  4. Depositary:
  5. Date of entry into force: 02/01/1982

Category

Customs

Sub category

Exemption from Duties

Groups

OPENESS TO MTRSUNESCO

What is it about?

This Protocol, adopted under the auspices of UNESCO, completes the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (New York, 22 November 1950) and extends the scope of application of the 1950 Agreement on further materials of an educational, scientific and cultural character. The Protocol applies to the following: works of art and collectors’ pieces of an educational, scientific or cultural character, visual and auditory materials, scientific instruments or apparatus, articles for the blind and other handicapped persons, sports equipment, musical instruments or equipment, material and machines used for the production of books, publications and documents.

Why is it relevant?

In signing the 1976 Agreement, a State privileges the import of educational, scientific and cultural materials for easier and cheaper accessibility by its population. It also facilitates the distribution of these items originating within its territory to be distributed abroad. The most important innovation of the present Protocol is the adjustment of the 1950 Agreement to new developments in the technical, economical and political field

Additional Information

Only Member States to the 1950 Agreement may become a Party to the present Protocol.

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Country ratifications
CountryRatification date
Armenia23/08/2010
Australia05/03/1992
Austria28/06/1994
Barbados10/04/1979
Belgium25/09/1986
Bosnia and Herzegovina01/09/1993
Bulgaria14/03/1997
Burkina Faso03/12/2009
Croatia26/07/1993
Cuba15/05/1992
Cyprus03/08/2004
Czech Republic22/08/1997
Denmark17/02/1983
Egypt18/09/1981
Estonia01/08/2001
Finland17/02/1987
France03/01/1986
Germany17/08/1989
Greece04/03/1983
Holy See22/02/1980
Iraq13/04/1978
Ireland18/06/1980
Italy02/07/1981
Kazakhstan21/12/1998
Latvia20/11/2001
Liberia16/09/2005
Lithuania21/08/1998
Luxembourg22/06/1982
Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of)02/09/1997
Moldova03/09/1998
Montenegro23/10/2006
Netherlands15/07/1981
Niger29/12/2008
Portugal11/06/1984
Russian Federation07/10/1994
San Marino30/07/1985
Serbia12/03/2001
Slovakia09/06/1997
Slovenia06/07/1992
Spain02/10/1992
Sweden30/07/1997
Togo16/11/2009
United Kingdom09/06/1982
United States of America15/05/1989
Uruguay20/04/1999
Venezuela01/05/1992
Treaties analysis
YearRatifications
19781
19791
19802
19813
19822
19833
19841
19851
19862
19871
19892
19925
19932
19942
19975
19983
19991
20013
20041
20051
20061
20081
20092
20101
Total47
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