Re: Trading fossils illegal in Italy?

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>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 08:35:50
>To: paleo@ix.netcom.com (Glen J. Kuban )
>From: Silvio Renesto <renesto@imiucca.csi.unimi.it>
>Subject: Re: Trading fossils illegal in Italy?
>
>At 06.19 24/06/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>Der Dr. Resesto:
>>You wrote to Rich Hamel: 
>>
>>>Sorry, fossil trading is illegal in Italy
>>>
>>>
>>Do you mean "trading" in the sense of buying and selling, or bartering? 
>>I believe Mr. Hamel meant "bartering," which is what is normally
>>meant when collectors say "trading" in the US.  If bartering specimens
>>is ilegal in Italy, even among private collectors, I think this is an
>>unnnecessary and counterproductive law.     
>>
>>>
>I wish to explain better that matter: In Italy is allowed to purchase, sell
or barter only fossils coming from abroad; any fossil coming from an italian
locality is property of the government and has to be stored in a museum, in
an university or other institution, its selling or bartering is forbidden by
law, especially among private collectors.
>Dura lex sed lex.
>wishes
>
>Silvio Renesto
> 
>


Dr. Silvio Renesto
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università degli Studi di Milano
via Mangiagalli 34
I 20133 Milano Italy
Fax: + 39-2-70638261  email: renesto@imiucca.csi.unimi.it