France

Modifié par LOI n°2016-925 du 7 juillet 2016 – art. 57

The mission of the National Scientific Collections Commission is to advise public persons or private persons managing regional funds of contemporary art, in the exercise of their skills in the declassification or transfer of cultural property belonging to their collections, except for archives and library holdings.

To this end, the Committee:

(1) Defines recommendations concerning the declassifying of property belonging to the collections referred to in 2 ° and 3 ° and the transfer of the goods referred to in 4 °; it may also be consulted by the competent authorities for such decommissioning or assignment on any matter relating thereto;

2 ° Gives its advice on decisions on the declassifying of property belonging to the collections of Musées de France and of works or objects inscribed on the inventory of the National Contemporary Art Fund and entrusted to the custody of the National Center for the Visual Arts;

3 ° Gives its opinion on the decisions to declassify cultural property belonging to the other collections which are in the public domain;

4 ° Gives its opinion on decisions to transfer assets belonging to the collections of private individuals managing regional contemporary art funds.)