Munich Dealer Loses Some of his Stock

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Over in Bavaria, apparently the 'Lootier Land' of Germany where the Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology boasts of the free trade in antiquities obtaining there (see here and here), one of the dealers has lost a bit of his stock. According to 'Monsters and Critics', when challenged, it turns out he was unable to show how a Mesopotamian item he was in possession of in 2004 had left Iraq ('Germany returns antique battleaxe to Iraq', Monsters and Critics, Feb 9, 2011). The dealer's name is not given.

The item in question, a decorated axe was found by police in 2004, and after the dealer was unable to produce any document confirming legitimate origins, was sent to the Roman-Germanic Museum in Mainz for evaluation. The Museum pronounced it 'typical of the military equipment used by early Mesopotamian city states'. The object was accordingly returned to Iraq on Wednesday following several years of legal limbo. The Iraqi ambassador Hussain Mahmood Fadhlalla al-Khateeb accepting the object said it was "important to crack down on trafficking in stolen goods, as this was an income stream for terrorist groups".

Can Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Zeil Read English?

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According to his mates in the ACCG:

Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Zeil, registered his government's opposition to import restrictions on coins saying in a letter to the State Department that proposed restrictions "would negatively impact the legitimate numismatic trade between Germany and the United States of America and also people to people contacts between US and German citizens." He pointed out that because of the MOU's overly repressive documentation requirements "Legal trade would then hardly be possible between Germany and the United States." Collectors argue that over the past 600 years literally millions of ancient coins have been bought and sold without any requirement for chain of ownership documentation (provenance).

I wonder whether the Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Zeil, can actually read English? Or is he just signing what somebody has pushed under his nose? To what "overly repressive documentation requirements" is he referring? An export licence or dealer's declaration? ("overly"?). This "chain of ownership documentation", where in the CPIA is any mention made of this? In what way does an MOU between Italy and the US actually impact the numismatic trade between Bavaria and the US? (actual wording of the CCPIA art 307 please, not made up stuff). What on earth is this German guy talking about? Who voted for him, Bavarian coin elves?
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