Dear shellers,

did anybody really read the draft? I am a bit confused, because I cannot find a passage in the draft, where it is forbidden to collect anything. I asked several people but all of them told me, they have heard.... I do not want to hear something - I would be very happy if somebody can tell me the passage in the draft where it is forbidden to collect, exchange or sell shells or anything else. As far as I understand the draft it is forbidden to bring a cultural good like a painting or a statue or other cultural goods for at least more than 50.000 Euro abroad without permission. Here also important scientific collections are also mentioned. Well, if a complete museum collection should be brought abroad we should consider to keep it at the original place. I have no problem with this. I do not think that bikes, soldier patches, stamps or CQ radio cards will become important scientific collections and although there are some paratypes in my own shell collection I do not think it would be an important scientific collection. So please tell me, why I should sign the petition? I cannot see a problem for the individual collector, but really would be glad for any hint.

Manfred Herrmann
President of Club Conchylia, Germany

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Martin Eastburn
Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Dezember 2015 05:12
An: [log in to unmask]
Betreff: Re: [CONCH-L] Petition: International appeal to all collectors of natural and cultural objects – please sign the petition "For preserving the right to privately collect"!

We need a wider group than this one for something like this.
Hope it happens.  I hate others over there making rules and laws that 
get forced
upon us without due process.  If their local peoples go for it that is 
one thing.

Killing the enjoyment of most everyone, not only shellers.  Consider 
coin, stamp, rock, leaf......
Soldier patches, CQ radio cards, bicycles and everything...

Martin

On 12/28/2015 7:51 PM, Vicky Wall wrote:
> There are 23 days left for petition signing; 40,383 people have signed (29,748 in Germany), 25% of the total needed achieved....120,000 is needed for the quorum.
>
> Vicky Wall
> NC
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 4:42:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Petition: International appeal to all collectors of natural and cultural objects – please sign the petition "For preserving the right to privately collect"!
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> Is there any update on this proposed law?
>
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> ---- Franck Frydman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> In several languages: http://www.steinkern.de/news-updates/1132-internationaler-aufruf-fuer-den-erhalt-des-privaten-sammelns.html

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