Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 6.09.2007

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Impressionists by the Sea”

Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition "Impressionists by the Sea", imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, from on or about October 20, 2007, until on or about January 13, 2008, and at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, from on or about February 9, 2008, until on or about May 11, 2008, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national interes