Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 1.0Contributing in five minutes… or five pages
Contributing to a consultation is open to all: a free account, a text of a few lines to several pages, a submission on the portal. No degree is required, only concrete experience or a reasoned point of view.
This page explains step by step how to proceed, what it is useful to specify, what can remain confidential and what becomes of the contribution after it is submitted.
It is aimed at professionals, but also at interested artists, collectors and citizens.
Submitting a contribution in figures
Source: OIMAP Legal Affairs Department.
How to submit
Create an account on the portal, stating your status (operator, artist, collector, administration, researcher) and your sector. Choose the consultation, read the draft text, then answer the questions online or attach a document.
You can save a draft and come back to it later. Once the contribution is submitted, you receive an acknowledgement of receipt within forty-eight hours with a reference number, which will let you find your contribution in the summary.
Writing a useful contribution
A good contribution is precise: it cites the article concerned, explains the problem encountered, gives an example and proposes wording or a solution. It can also express reasoned support for a provision that seems good.
Avoid general formulas and unjustified positions. Be factual and courteous. If you represent an organisation, state the number of members and how the position was reached: it gives weight to your contribution.
After submission
Once the consultation is closed, contributions are sorted by theme and by article. The drafting committee examines them, discusses points of debate and decides what will be retained. It then drafts a public reply explaining the choices.
You will be informed by email of the publication of the summary and the reply. Your reference number lets you find your contribution and see how it was handled.
Recommended content
| Element | Why | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Article concerned | To ease handling | Article 5, Directive 2019-03 |
| Problem | Explain the difficulty | Threshold too low for prints |
| Example | Illustrate | A sale of €700 per year |
| Proposal | Offer a solution | Threshold of €2,000 for works on paper |
| Status | Place the point of view | Independent gallery |
Landmarks
- Account creation
Status and sector.
- Writing
Draft saved.
- Submission
Acknowledgement of receipt.
- Summary
Contribution analysed.
Confidentiality
Contribution online or by post
Online
Desk portal- Quick
- Automatic acknowledgement
- Attachments
Recommended route.
By post
Mailing- Possible for States
- Longer timeframe
- Entry by the Secretariat
Exceptional route.
Submitting your contribution
- Create
Open an account.
- Choose
Select the consultation.
- Write
Write or reply.
- Attach
Add documents.
- Confirm
Send and note the reference.
Before submitting
An artist
« I wrote ten lines on what seemed problematic for small studios. They were quoted in the summary. »
Vocabulary of contribution
- Acknowledgement of receipt
- Confirmation of submission.
- Reference
- Number used to find a contribution.
- Anonymity
- Absence of the author's name.
- Attachment
- Document added to a contribution.
Frequently asked questions
Can I contribute in French, English or Spanish?
Yes, in all three languages.
Can I change my contribution?
Until closing.
Who reads the contributions?
The drafting committee and the Department's lawyers.
Where can I see the consultations?
See Ongoing.
Useful documents
Contacts
Related pages
Public consultationsTake part in drawing up the rules: ongoing consultations, completed consultations and instructions for submitting a contribution.›
Ongoing consultationsThe four open public consultations: revision of due diligence, works generated by artificial intelligence, cross-border taxation and fractional tokens.›
Completed consultationsThe results of closed consultations: summaries, OIMAP replies and changes made to texts.›
See the reference texts
Image credits (16)
- The Victory Banquet: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems (c. 1765–74; poem dated 1760) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke (1057–1063) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Portrait of John VIII Palaoelogus, Emperor of Constantinople, 1424-1428 (reverse), Pisanello (c. 1438–1439) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Plaque (1500s–1600s) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Dance at the Court of Herod, Israhel van Meckenem (c. 1500) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Bookplate: Boylston Medical Library, George Girdler Smith (1806–39) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Coronation of the Virgin, Christoffel Jegher (1632–36) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Seal Color Box (1662–1722) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- A Lady Reading, Francis Seymour Haden (1833–1910) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- St. Anthony Reading, Albrecht Dürer (1519) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- High Class Students and Teachers at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (verso), Raja Deen Dayal (c. 1882–87) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Architectural Conference (c. 1622) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- The Triumph of Mordecai, Lucas van Leyden (1515) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Carnet (1863–1865) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Sweet Melancholy, Joseph-Marie Vien (1756) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0
- Woman Sitting Reading , Georges Lemmen (1905) — Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 1.0