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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 3111

Country Year Title
  • United States of America
  • El Salvador
2015 Extension and Amendment of the Memorandum of Agreement between the governments of the United States of America and El Salvador concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on certain Categories of Archeaological Material from the Prehispanic Cultures of the Republic of El Salvador [English]
2015 Law No. 1292/2015 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of the Member States of the European Union [Laki Euroopan unionin jäsenvaltion alueelta laittomasti vietyjen kulttuuriesineiden palauttamisesta] English
  • Peru
2014 Decreto Supremo No. 003-2014-MC aprueban Reglamento de Intervenciones Arqueologicas (pg.13) [Spanish; Castilian]
2014 Decision promulgating the Act on amendments to the Cultural Property Protection and Conservation Act [English]
  • Estonia
2014 Act on the Return of Cultural Objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State of the European Union (Estonian) [Estonian]
Act on the Return of Cultural Objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State of the European Union (English) [English]
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2014 Ley nr. 530 [Spanish; Castilian]
2014 Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria concerning the imposition of Import Restrictions on categories of Archaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material of the Republic of Bulgaria [English]
2014 Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 [English]
  • Andorra
2014 Llei 15/2014, del 24 de juliol, de modificació de la Llei 9/2003, del 12 de juny, del patrimoni cultural d’Andorra [Catalan; Valencian]
2014 Loi fédérale sur la protection des biens culturels en cas de conflit armé, de catastrophe ou de situation d'urgence (LPBC) (Etat le 1er janvier 2015) [French]
Federal Act on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Disaster or Emergency Situations (PCPA) [English]
2014 Implementing Decree of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic No. 253/2010 Z.z. implementing Act No. 49/2002 Z.z. on the protection of monuments and historic sites, as amended by Implementing Decree of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic No. 231/2014 Z.z. [English]
  • Congo
2014 Loi n´Nr. 7-2014 du 28 mars 2014 autorisant la ratification de la Convention sur la protection du patrimoine culturel subaquatique [French]
  • United States of America
  • Honduras
2014 Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and Honduras (extended 2014) [English]
  • Australia
2014 Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Regulation [English]
2014 Act No. 49/2002 Z.z. on the protection of monuments and historic sites reflecting the amendments made by Act No. 479/2005 Z.z., Act No. 208/2009 Z.z., Act No. 262/2011 Z.z., Act No. 180/2013 Z.z., Act No. 38/2014 Z.z. and Act No. 104/2014 Z.z. [English]
2014 D.P.C.M. 29 agosto 2014, n. 171 “Regolamento di organizzazione del Ministero dei beni e delle attivita' culturali e del turismo, degli uffici della diretta collaborazione del Ministro e dell'Organismo indipendente di valutazione della performance, a norma dell'articolo 16, comma 4, del decreto-legge 24 aprile 2014, n. 66, convertito, con modificazioni, dalla legge 23 giugno 2014, n. 89” [Italian]
  • United States of America
  • Honduras
2014 Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and Honduras (extended 2014) [English]
2014 Declaration on Jurisdictional Immunities of State Owned Cultural Property [English]
  • Mongolia
2014 Law on the Protection of Cultural Heritage [Mongolian]
Law on the Protection of Cultural Heritage (translation) [English]
  • South Sudan
2014 Resolution nr. 158/2014 on the establishment of the Juba Globe Theatre [English]
  • Colombia
2014 Decreto N.2055 [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Colombia
2014 Decree No. 1698 of September 5, 2014 (whereby the 1675 Act of 2013 is regulated) [Spanish; Castilian]
2014 D.M. 23 dicembre 2014 “Organizzazione e funzionamento dei musei statali” (aggiornato al D.M. 23 gennaio 2016, n. 43) [Italian]
  • South Sudan
2014 Resolution nr. 147/2014 on the approval of three UNESCO Conventions and the AU Charter [English]
  • Colombia
2014 Politica para la proteccion del patrimonio cultural mueble [Spanish; Castilian]
2014 Antiquities, Museums and Architectural Heritage Law (English translation) [English]
  • Luxembourg
2014 Loi du 17 décembre 2014 portant approbation de la Convention concernant les mesures à prendre pour interdire et empêcher l'importation, l'exportation et le transfert de propriété illicites des biens culturels, adoptée la Conférence générale de l'UNESCO à sa seizième session, à Paris, le 14 novembre 1970 [French]
  • United States of America
  • China
2014 Extension and modification of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and China [English]
  • Slovenia
2014 Law on the Return of Unlawfully Removed Objects of Cultural Heritage [English]
  • Luxembourg
2014 Règlement grand-ducal du 17 décembre 2014 soumettant à licence l'importation, l'exportation et le transit de certaines marchandises originaires, en provenance ou à destination de l'Iraq [French]
  • United States of America
  • China
2014 Extension and modification of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and China [English]
2014 DECRETO-LEGGE 31 maggio 2014, n. 83 “Disposizioni urgenti per la tutela del patrimonio culturale, lo sviluppo della cultura e il rilancio del turismo” [Italian]
  • Ecuador
2014 Codigo organico integral Penal [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Belgium
2014 Loi relative à la protection du patrimoine culturel subaquatique [French]
  • Estonia
2014 Museums Act (Estonian) [Estonian]
Museums Act (English) [English]
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2014 Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Bolivia and Uruguay regarding illicit trafficking of cultural property [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Cook Islands
2013 Copyright Act [English]
  • Sint Maarten
2013 Landbesluit inrichting en werkwijze Monumentenraad [Dutch; Flemish]
2013 Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Belize concerning the imposition of Import restrictions on categories of Archaeological Material representing the Cultural Heritage of Belize [English]
  • Austria
2013 Monuments Protection Act [English]
  • Sint Maarten
2013 Landbesluit criteria aanwijzing te beschermen monumenten [Dutch; Flemish]
  • Sint Maarten
2013 Landbesluit monumentenregister [Dutch; Flemish]
2013 Extension of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and Cambodia [English]
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2013 Bilateral Agrement between the governments of Bolivia and Ecuador concerning cultural property [Spanish; Castilian]
2013 Agreement between the Swiss Federal Council and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on the Import and Repatriation of Cultural Property [English]
  • Bulgaria
2013 Act on Protection and Development of Culture (amended 2013) [Bulgarian]
Act on Protection and Development of Culture (English translation) [English]
  • France
2013 Convention sur la protection du patrimoine culturel subaquatique, 2001 ratifiée par la France le 17 janvier 2013 [French]
  • Panama
2013 Ley Nr.136 de 31 de diciembre de 2013 [Spanish; Castilian]
2013 Agreement between the Swiss Federal Council and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on the Import and Repatriation of Cultural Property [English]
  • Ecuador
2013 Decreto 1507 [Spanish; Castilian]