La prima conferenza europea dei registrar di opere d’arte, organizzata dall’UKRG presso la National Gallery di Londra, ha visto la partecipazione di oltre 300 delegati provenienti da 18 Paesi diversi.

Sono stati affrontati temi di peculiare interesse per la professione: indennità statali europee, leggi internazionali per la circolazione, importazione ed esportazione delle opere d’arte, fuori e dentro l’Europa dell’Est, assicurazione.

Di seguito, dall’indice degli atti della conferenza “The UK Registrars Group, European Conference 1998, National Gallery, London, 3/4 November 1998” gli argomenti trattati nelle due giornate.

State indemnities
French national indemnity
French national indemnity – Practical information
Italian state indemnity
Dutch government indemnity

Customs procedures – International laws
French import & export regulation for works of art
French customs procedures
The new Italian law on the movement of works of art
Custom and transport issues within europe
Travelling exhibitions to and from Switzerland (a non-ec country)
European export rules

Eastern Europe
Fine art transport in western and eastern Europe
Transportation in eastern Europe
The movement of art by road from the Czech Republic, Slovac Republic, the Ukraine and Armenia: praticalities
Transportation in the Russian Federation
Art in transit in eastern Europe
Rules and problems: the State Hermitage museum

Insurance
Risk & rate
Settlement of claims and depreciation