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The '''Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials''' (also known as the '''Florence Agreement''') is a 1950 [[UNESCO]] [[multilateral treaty|treaty]] whereby states agree to not impose [[custom duty|customs duties]] on certain educational, scientific, and cultural materials that are imported.

==Content==
The materials covered by the treaty include printed books, newspapers, [[periodical]]s, government publications, printed music, works of art, [[antique]]s over 100 years old, scientific instruments used in education or research, and educational films. The Agreement does not apply to materials that contain excessive amounts of advertising material.<ref>Excessive advertising is defined as more than 70 per cent of physical space in newspapers and periodicals and more than 25 per cent of space for other works.</ref>

==Creation and state parties==
The Agreement was approved by resolution on 17 June 1950 at a UNESCO General Conference in [[Florence]], Italy. It was opened for signature on 22 November 1950 at [[Lake Success, New York]] and entered into force on 21 May 1952. As of 2014, it has been signed by 29 states and ratified by 102 states, which includes 101 [[United Nations member states]] plus the [[Holy See]]. The states that have signed but not ratified the Agreement are [[Colombia]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Ecuador]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Honduras]], and [[Peru]]. There is no time limit on either signing or ratifying the Agreement.

==Protocol==
On 26 November 1976, the '''Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials''' was concluded in [[Nairobi]], Kenya. The Protocol, which is also known as the '''Nairobi Protocol''', expands the types of materials covered by the Agreement. The Protocol entered into force on 2 January 1982 and as of 2013 has been signed by 13 states and ratified by 46 states. [[New Zealand]] and [[Oman]] have signed but not ratified the Protocol.

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12074&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html Agreement text and information], unesco.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130109090206/http://treaties.un.org:80/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XIV-2&chapter=14&lang=en Agreement signatures and ratifications], un.org
*[http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15224&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html#ENTRY Protocol text and information], unesco.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150907012137/https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XIV-5&chapter=14&lang=en Protocol signatures and ratifications], un.org

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