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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4801

Country Year Title
1999 Decree for bringing into force the Unidroit Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects and adopting certain regulations of the Convention and the entry into force of the Act on the application of the Convention 878/ 1999 [Asetus varastetuista tai laittomasti maasta viedyistä kulttuuriesineistä tehdyn Unidroit'n yleissopimuksen voimaansaattamisesta sekä yleissopimuksen eräiden määräysten hyväksymisestä ja yleissopimuksen soveltamisesta annetun lain voimaantulosta N:o 878/ 1999] Finnish

Decree for bringing into force the Unidroit Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects and adopting certain regulations of the Convention and the entry into force of the Act on the application of the Convention 878/ 1999 (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
1994 Corporative Resolution n°11-23 on Exportation of Characterized Architectonic Elements [Spanish; Castilian]
Basic Data about Commission to Preserve National Monuments [PRAVILNIK O AKTIVNOSTIMA KOMISIJE ZA OČUVANJE NACIONALNIH SPOMENIKA VEZANIM ZA MEĐUNARODNU SURADNJU] Bosnian

Basic Data about Commission to Preserve National Monuments (translation) [English]
  • Russian Federation
1993 Law on Copyrights and Related rights [ЗАКОН РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ Об авторском праве и смежных правах 1993] Russian
1923 Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 [English]
  • Mexico
1980 Decree whereby the works of art produced by the artist David Alfaro Siquieros are declared artistic monuments [Spanish; Castilian]
Decree whereby the works of art produced by the artist David Alfaro Siquieros are declared artistic monuments (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
1970 Law n°13.835 for the Historical Area of Colonia [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Chad
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 4: du Rwanda au Zimbabwe [English]
  • Kyrgyzstan
1999 Law on Tourism [ЗАКОН КЫРГЫЗСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ О ТУРИЗМЕ] Russian
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Belgium
2003 Monuments, Sites et Patrimoine archéologique [French]
  • Australia
1987 Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Regulations, 1987 [English]
1984 Areas of Archaeological Importance (Notification of Operations) (Exemption) Order [English]
2005 Law 3348 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
  • Costa Rica
2003 Organic law of the national system of cultural radio and television (SINART): law Nº 8346, 12 February 2003
  • Seychelles
1991 National Monuments Act Chapter 140 (Subsidiary Legislation) [English]
  • Belarus
2003 Instruction on the Order of Reference to Cultural Property for the subjects which are limited for Export/Import from the Territory of the Republic of Belarus and its By-law [Russian]
1983 Law on the protection of Antiquities [قانون رقم 117 لسنه 1983 قانون حماية الآثار] Arabic

Loi sur la protection des antiquités (traduction) [French]
  • Monaco
1928 Law n° 1014 of December 1928 concerning the public sale of pieces of furniture [French]
  • Argentina
2004 Decree on the protection of the archaeological and paleontological heritage [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Costa Rica
1996 Approval of the agreement of the establishment of Iberoamerican Youth Organisation
  • Uruguay
1994 Decree n°435 on the Assessment Rules of Environmental Impact [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Tajikistan
2003 Law on Librarianship
  • Uruguay
1975 Law n°14.343 on the National Naval Prefecture [Spanish; Castilian]
1993 Commission Regulation (EEC) N°752/93 of 30 March 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) N°3911/92 on the export of cultural goods [English]
  • Ukraine
2000 ЗАКОНУКРAЇНИ Про охорону культурної спадщини [Ukrainian]
Law on Protection of Cultural Heritage [English]
  • Ecuador
1979 Law 3501 on Cultural Patrimony [Ley de Patrimonio Cultural 3501] Spanish; Castilian

Law 3501 on Cultural Patrimony (translation) [English]
  • Georgia
2000 Law on the State Support of National Cinematography [ЗАКОН ГРУЗИИ О государственной поддержке национальной кинематографии] Russian
  • Australia
1976 Historic Shipwrecks Act, 1976 [English]
Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 [English]
  • Costa Rica
1995 Architectonic Historical Heritage Law
  • Zambia
1989 National Heritage Conservation Commission Act, 1989 [English]
  • Denmark
1987 Executive Order N. 404 on Protection of Cultural Assets in Denmark [English]
  • Argentina
2000 Law 25.257/2000 for the approval of the UNIDROIT Convention on Cultural Objects Stolen or Illegally Exported [Spanish; Castilian]
1988 Antiquities Law n° 21 of 1988 (amended in 2004) [Arabic]
Antiquities Law n° 21 of 1988 (amended in 2004) [English]
  • Montenegro
Law on Protection of Cultural Monuments and General Provisions (no more in force) [English]
  • Romania
2000 Ordinance 2035 [ORDINUL MINISTRULUI CULTURII nr. 2035 /2000 pentru aprobarea Normelor metodologice privind evidenta, gestiunea si inventarierea bunurilor culturale detinute de muzee, colectii publice, case memoriale, centre de cultura si alte unitati de profil] Romanian
  • Argentina
2003 Resolution 1134/2003, national register of the layers, of the archaeological collections and objects and of the contraveners and recidivists [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Uruguay
1997 Decree n°273 on the Organizational Structure of the Heritage Commission [Spanish; Castilian]
1994 National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1994 [English]
1994 Act on the implementation of certain provisions of the Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and on the application of the Protocol 1135/ 1994 [Laki kulttuuriomaisuuden suojelemista aseellisen selkkauksen sattuessa koskevan pöytäkirjan eräiden määräysten hyväksymisestä ja pöytäkirjan soveltamisesta N:o 1135/ 1994] Finnish

Act on the implementation of certain provisions of the Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and on the application of the Protocol 1135/ 1994 (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
1972 Decree n°372 amending the Decree n°536 [Spanish; Castilian]
Dayton Peace Agreement Annex 8 (translation) [English]
2002 Law on Museums [ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ МОЛДОВА О музеях] Russian
1980 National Heritage Act 1980 [English]
  • Peru
1984 Civil Code [Spanish; Castilian]
Civil Code (Legislative Decree N. 295-translation) [English]
  • Ecuador
1978 Political Constitution of Ecuador (extract) [CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DEL ECUADOR 1978 (extracto)] Spanish; Castilian
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 2: de Gabon à Libéria [French]
  • Guatemala
1957 Regulatory Measure on the Functionment of the Tikal's Park [Spanish; Castilian]
  • India
1972 Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972 [English]