Released on: October 30, 2008, 7:47 am

Press Release Author: Regine Elkan

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Press Release Summary: Holocaust Art Claimant files Proposal for a Bill mandating
Due Diligence Disclosure for Museums with the Judiciary Committees of the French
Assembly and Senate.

Press Release Body: Holocaust Art Claimant files Proposal for a Bill mandating Due
Diligence Disclosure for Museums with the Judiciary Committees of the French
Assembly and Senate.
For immediate release
Avignon, France - October 28, 2008 - Regine Elkan, a French national residing near
Avignon, France, filed a proposal for a bill mandating due diligence disclosure and
provenance research to all French Museums with the Judiciary Committees of the
French Assembly and Senate.

In 2002, Elkan filed a claim against the Carnavalet Museum in Paris, France for the
restitution of a Fine French Furniture collection, called the "Bouvier" Collection.
This claim was filed with a French State Commission in charge of Holocaust-related
asset looting claims, the Commission d'Indemnisation des Victimes de Spoliations
( CIVS ). This art collection, one of the most prestigious XVIIIth Century French
Furniture collections in the world, was initially bequeathed by Henriette BOUVIER,
an antique dealer, to the Carnavalet Museum, in 1968.

Following the CIVS's refusal to consider the claim, Elkan filed a lawsuit against
the office of the French Prime Minister, claiming that the CIVS, the Carnavalet
Museum, and the City of Paris refused to disclose the provenance information
regarding the Bouvier Collection.

For a copy of the proposal to the Judiciary Committee or of the complaint against
the French Prime Minister, please contact Regine Elkan by E-Mail at
regine_elkan@yahoo.fr.

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