Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board

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The Review Board's Role

The Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board is an independent administrative tribunal that reports to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. As outlined in the Cultural Property Export and Import Act the Review Board is responsible for:

certifying cultural property for income tax purposes;
reviewing export permit applications that have been refused; and
determining fair cash offers to purchase cultural property for refused export permits.

Schedule of Meetings

Certification Meetings: the Review Board meets four times a year to certify cultural property for income tax purposes. If you wish to apply for certification, please consult the application deadlines.

Export Permit Review Meetings: the Review Board meets four times a year to review appeals of refused export permits.

Export Permit Review Meetings - 2013
Review Board Meetings	Dates
Spring 2013	March 25 – 28, 2013
Summer 2013	June 19 – 21, 2013
Fall 2013	September 11 – 13, 2013
Winter 2013	December 11 - 13, 2013

Export Permit Review Meetings - 2014
Review Board Meetings	Dates
Spring 2014	March 25 – 28, 2014
Summer 2014	June 18 – 20, 2014
Fall 2014	September 17 – 19, 2014
Winter 2014	December 10 - 12, 2014

Review Board Members

The ten-member board is appointed by the Governor-in-Council and is comprised of:

two members of the general population;
four representatives of art galleries, museums, libraries and similar institutions; and
four dealers and collectors of art, antiques or other objects of cultural value.

Contact the Review Board Secretariat...

The Review Board may be contacted through its Secretariat, the Movable Cultural Property Program.