MOSCOW, January 18 The State Duma adopted in the first reading a draft on the import and export of cultural property, they refer to the marking of violins, cellos, other instruments with bows, as well as the bows themselves when transporting through customs, as well as the electronic execution of expert opinions for the export of cultural property. The explanatory note to the amendments states that in order to obtain conclusions for the temporary export of bowed stringed musical instruments or bows, they must be marked. necessary to exclude the possibility of exporting unique and rare instruments under the guise of modern ones, the authors of the project said. An electronic expert opinion for the import and export of cultural property should be It is submitted by an expert on cultural property in the form of an electronic document using the personal account of an expert on cultural property and signed with a qualified electronic signature, the explanatory note to the second amendment says. Personal accounts of experts on cultural property will be posted on the website of the Ministry of Culture. This measure will help reduce administrative barriers, the authors of the project note. The amendments were developed by the first deputy chairmen of the State Duma Committee on Culture Alexander Sholokhov and Elena Drapeko.
