[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23075]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determination: ``From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish 
Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 
(43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 
27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985). I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibit, ``From Van Eyck to Bruegel: 
Early Netherlandish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art'' (see 
list), imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without 
profit, within the United States, are of cultural significance. These 
objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with a foreign 
lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the listed 
objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 14, 1998, to 
January 3, 1999 is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
Determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Manning, Assistant General 
Counsel, Office of the General counsel, 202/619-5997, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 21, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-23075 Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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