by Agathe Albi-Gervy
This measure also benefits private individuals wishing to transport their art works outside France. To a greater extent, it helps facilitate the circulation of cultural goods, and simplifies the work of the administration, which has to deal with tens of thousands of applications each year, ending up with only a dozen works duly qualified as “national treasures”. This means they are forbidden to leave the country by the French Ministry of Culture, in the interests of protecting national heritage.
