Yves-Bernard Debie is a prominent collector and lawyer, known for navigating the intricacies of ancient art and cultural heritage law. He emphasizes the importance of provenance and compliance within EU Regulation 2019/880, which imposes strict importation standards set to take effect in June 2025. While recognizing the need for ethical practices, Debie critiques the regulation for creating burdensome traceability requirements that could damage European art collections and unfairly label respected collectors as criminals due to insufficient documentation of antiquities.
Yves-Bernard Debie highlights the challenges collectors face due to EU Regulation 2019/880, arguing it forces unwarranted compliance that may harm European art collections.
Debie warns that the stringent provenance requirements in the upcoming regulation could unjustly criminalize established collectors by disregarding historical documentation of antiquities.
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