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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4801

Country Year Title
  • Peru
2001 Law Nº 27580 stipulating protection measures to be applied by the National Institute of Culture (INC) for the execution of works in immovable cultural property [Spanish; Castilian]
Law Nº 27580 stipulating protection measures to be applied by the National Institute of Culture (INC) for the execution of works in immovable cultural property (translation) [English]
  • Argentina
2002 Law 25.568/2002 on the approval of Convention on the Defense of the Archaeological, Historical and Artistic Heritage of the American nations [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Malawi
1992 Monuments and Relics Arrangement of Sections [English]
  • Guatemala
1998 Memorandum concerning archaeology, anthropology, protection and conservation of Cultural Heritage between Guatemala and Mexico [Spanish; Castilian]
Memorandum concerning archaeology, anthropology, protection and conservation of Cultural Heritage between Guatemala and Mexico (translation) [English]
  • Belgium
2003 Decree on the Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage of Particular Interest [Topstukkendecreet 2: Decreet houdende bescherming van het roerend cultureel erfgoed van uitzonderlijk belang van 24 januari 2003] Dutch; Flemish

Décret portant protection du patrimoine culturel mobilier présentant un intérêt exceptionnel [French]
1999 Act on Restrictions to the Export of Cultural Objects 115/1999 [Laki kulttuuriesineiden maastaviennin rajoittamisesta 5.2.1999/115] Finnish
  • Latvia
Text consolidated by the latvian Translation and Terminology Centre with amending laws of: 1 June 1993, 2 December 1993, 9 February 1995, 15 November 2001, 6 November 2003 and 28 April 2005 [Par kultūras pieminekļu aizsardzību] Latvian

Text consolidated by the latvian Translation and Terminology Centre with amending laws of: 1 June 1993, 2 December 1993, 9 February 1995, 15 November 2001, 6 November 2003 and 28 April 2005 [English]
  • Uruguay
1986 Executive Decree n°692 on article 15 of the Law n°14.343 [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Azerbaijan
2000 Law on Publishing [Закон Азербайджанской Республики Об издательском деле] Russian
2002 Decision imposing the RS Law on Implementation of Decisions of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments established under Annex 8 of the Dayton Peace Agreement (translation) [English]
2003 Ministerial Decree 42813 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
1960 Tithe (Copies of Instruments of Apportionment) Rules 1960 [English]
  • Mexico
2003 Procedure INAH-00-003: Permit for allowing the exportation of reproductions of archaeological and historical monuments and to obtain registration in the INAH registry of reproducers and exporters [Spanish; Castilian]
Procedure INAH-00-003: Permit for allowing the exportation of reproductions of archaeological and historical monuments and to obtain registration in the INAH registry of reproducers and exporters (translation) [English]
1998 Act 115 on Museums and Art Galleries and on the Protection of Valuable Objects for Museums and Art Galleries (01/04/98) 115 ACT of 1 April 1998 on Museums and Art Galleries and on the Protection of Valuable Objects for Museums and Art Galleries (translation) (NO MORE IN FORCE) [English]
  • Chad
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 4: du Rwanda au Zimbabwe [English]
  • Philippines
1974 Presidential Decree n°374 amending certain sections of Republic Act n°4846 [English]
  • Romania
2003 Ordinance 2682 [ORDINUL MINISTRULUI CULTURII SI CULTELOR nr. 2682/2003 privind aprobarea Normelor metodologice de clasare si evidenta a monumentelor istorice, a Listei monumentelor istorice, a Fisei analitice de evidenta a monumentelor istorice si a Fisei minimale de evidenta a monumentelor istorice, cu modificarile si completarile ulterioare, cu modificarile si completarile ulterioare] Romanian
  • Costa Rica
Handbook of procedures: Customs transit
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Russian Federation
1998 Law on Cultural Property replaced in USSR as a Result of the World War II and left on its Territory [РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ ФЕДЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАКОН О культурных ценностях, перемещенных в Союз ССР в результате Второй мировой войны и находящихся на территории Российской Федерации 1998] Russian
1997 Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) - Scotland - Act [English]
  • Peru
Supreme Resolution N.018-2006 ED [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Argentina
1997 Decree 1321/97, Regulation of the law N°24.633, international Circulation of works of art [Spanish; Castilian]
2003 National Heritage Fund Act 2003 [English]
  • Uruguay
2002 Law n°17.473 on the General Registry of National Plastic Works of Art [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Kazakhstan
1996 Law on Copyright and related Fields [Russian]
2004 Resolution N. 1107 on the procedure of return of cultural pbjects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State of the European Union [Lithuanian]
1999 Decree for bringing into force the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and the entry into force of the Act on adopting certain regulations of the Convention 876/99 [Asetus kulttuuriomaisuuden luvattoman tuonnin, viennin ja omistusoikeuden siirron kieltämiseksi ja ehkäisemiseksi tehdyn yleissopimuksen voimaansaattamisesta sekä yleissopimuksen eräiden määräysten hyväksymisestä annetun lain voimaantulosta N:o 876/ 1999] Finnish

Decree for bringing into force the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and the entry into force of the Act on adopting certain regulations of the Convention 876/99 (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
1991 Law n°15.860 on the Expedition Guides Tax [Spanish; Castilian]
Chart of Institutions responsible for the Protection and Preservation of National Monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (translation) [English]
2003 Ministerial Decree 48604 of 2003 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
1937 Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 [English]
  • Belarus
2002 Decree n°1396 (8 October 2002) for Amendments of the Decree n°557 (21 April 2000) on Cultural Property Removal through the customs Border of the Republic of Belarus Order [Russian]
  • Chad
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 4: du Rwanda au Zimbabwe [English]
2003 Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003 [English]
2000 Proclamation 209/2000 to provide for research and conservation of cultural heritage [Amharic]
Proclamation 209/2000 to provide for research and conservation of cultural heritage [English]
  • Cuba
1977 Law No.1 on the Protection of the Cultural Heritage [Spanish; Castilian]
Law No.1 on the Protection of the Cultural Heritage (translation) [English]
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Tunisia
1994 Décret 94-2369 portant création et organisation du centre national de la calligraphie à l’institut national du patrimoine (traduction) [French]
  • Tajikistan
1993 Law on Tourism [ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ ТАДЖИКИСТАН О ТУРИЗМЕ 1993] Russian
1996 Ancient Monuments (Class Consents) (Scotland) Order [English]
  • Uganda
1967 The Historical Monuments Act, 1967 [English]
Article 99 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Monaco
2003 Law n° 1.277 of December 2003 related to the exhibition of cultural property [French]
  • Belgium
2004 Flemish Government Decree of 14 January 2005 implementing the Heritage Act with regard to museums, cultural heritage publications and projects on cultural heritage [Erfgoeddecreet: Decreet van 7 mei 2004 houdende de organisatie en subsidiëring van een cultureel-erfgoedbeleid] Dutch; Flemish

Flemish Government Decree of 14 January 2005 implementing the Heritage Act with regard to museums, cultural heritage publications and projects on cultural heritage [English]
1999 Decision of the Ministry of Education on the licensing authorities in the matter of export of cultural objects Dnr:o 7/600/99 [Opetusministeriön päätös toimimisesta lupaviranomaisena kulttuuriesineiden maastavientiasioissa 21.4.1999 (Decision of the Ministry of Education on the licensing authorities in the matter of export of cultural objects) Dnr:o 7/600/99] Finnish
  • Georgia
1997 Law on Culture [ЗАКОН ГРУЗИИ О Национальной библиотеке Парламента Грузии] Russian
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]
1923 Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923 [English]
  • Uruguay
1970 Law n°13.835 for the Historical Area of Colonia [Spanish; Castilian]