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List of National Cultural Heritage Laws

Total number of results: 4800

Country Year Title
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Kuwait
1994 Decree n°52 on National Library, 1994 [Arabic]
2002 Law 3017 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
Law 3017 (translation) [English]
  • Montenegro
Law on Museum Activity (no more in force) [English]
  • Denmark
2001 Act N. 480 on listing buildings and preservation of buildings and town environments (in Danish) [Bekendtgørelse af lov om bygningsfredning og bevaring af bygninger og bymiljøer] Danish
  • Azerbaijan
1996 Law on Culture [Закон Азербайджанской Республики О КУЛЬТУРЕ] Russian
  • Madagascar
1982 Order n°82-029, 1962, related to protection, and conservation of national heritage [French]
  • Uruguay
2001 Resolution fixing the prices to obtain resources for 2001-2002 [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Romania
2003 Ordinance 16 [ORDONANTA DE URGENTA nr. 16/2003 pentru modificarea si completarea Legii nr. 182/2000 privind protejarea patrimoniului cultural national mobil] Romanian
1954 National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1954 [English]
1999 Act on Restrictions to the Export of Cultural Objects 115/1999 [Laki kulttuuriesineiden maastaviennin rajoittamisesta 5.2.1999/115] Finnish
2002 Act 416 on the Return of Illegally Exported Cutlural Objects [ZÁKON z 20. júna 2002 o navrátení nezákonne vyvezených kultúrnych predmetov] Slovak

Act 416 on the Return of Illegally Exported Cutlural Objects [English]
2002 Law on Urban Planning of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska), 2002 [Bosnian]
  • Serbia
1996 Decision on Determining the Mandate of Museums according to types of artistic and historical works and according to territory (Official Gazette of the RS, N.28/95) [Serbian]
1977 Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 [English]
  • Mexico
1986 Federal Law on monuments and archaeological, artistic, and historical zones [Spanish; Castilian]
Federal Law on monuments and archaeological, artistic, and historical zones (translation) [English]
2003 Law on Folk Artistic Crafts [ЗАКОН РЕСПУБЛИКИ МОЛДОВА О народных художественных промыслах 2003] Russian
  • Chad
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 4: du Rwanda au Zimbabwe [English]
  • Philippines
1998 National Museum Act of 1998 [English]
1986 Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 [English]
  • Costa Rica
Handbook of procedures: Entrance of merchandises, vehicles and transport units to the national territory
2002 Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie [English]
  • Syrian Arab Republic
1963 Antiquities Law [Arabic]
Antiquities Law (translation) [English]
  • Belgium
2002 Decree on the Management of Cultural Private Archives [Archiefdecreet 1] Dutch; Flemish

Décret relatif à la gestion des archives culturelles de droit privé [French]
  • Latvia
2004 Regulations regarding the Preservation and Protection of the Historic Centre of Riga (no more in force) [Latvian]
Regulations regarding the Preservation and Protection of the Historic Centre of Riga [English]
  • Argentina
1999 Law 25.197/1999 on the system of the register of the cultural heritage [Spanish; Castilian]
2003 National Heritage Fund Act 2003 [English]
1999 Act on adopting certain regulations of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 875/ 1999 [Laki kulttuuriomaisuuden luvattoman tuonnin, viennin ja omistusoikeuden siirron kieltämiseksi ja ehkäisemiseksi tehdyn yleissopimuksen eräiden määräysten hyväksymisestä N:o 875/ 1999] Finnish

Act on adopting certain regulations of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 875/ 1999 (translation) [English]
2001 Act 387 amending Act No.115/1998 on Museums and Galleries and on the Protection of Objects of Museum Value and Gallery Value and on the amendment to Act No. 563/1991 (NO MORE IN FORCE) [387 Zákon Zo 4. septembra 2001, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa zákon č. 115/1998 Z. z. o múzeách a galériách a o ochrane predmetov múzejnej hodnoty a galerijnej hodnoty a o doplnení zákona č. 563/1991 Zb. o účtovníctve v znení neskorších predpisov] Slovak

Act 387 amending Act No.115/1998 on Museums and Galleries and on the Protection of Objects of Museum Value and Gallery Value and on the amendment to Act No. 563/1991 (04/09/01) (translation) [English]
  • Uruguay
1987 Law n°15.903 on the Registry of Works acquired by the State [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Romania
2005 Decision 802 on the Organization and Functionment of the National Cultural Fund [HOTĂRÂREA Guvernului nr. 802 din 14 iulie 2005 privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Administraţiei Fondului Cultural Naţional ] Romanian
2001 Law on implementation of the decision of the Annex 8 Commission to Preserve National Monuments (translation) [English]
  • Serbia
1996 Rules on the Programme of Professional Exams in the field of protection of cultural property and on the manner of taking such exams (Official Gazette of the RS, N.11/96 and 15/96) [Serbian]
1958 Public Records Act 1958 [English]
  • Mexico
2005 Steps to request the transport and/or exhibition of archaeological monuments [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Philippines
1987 Article 14 of the Constitution of the Philippines [English]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
2001 Historic Monuments (Class Consents) Order (Northern Ireland) [English]
  • 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]
  • Argentina
Conditions relating to temporary, permanent exports and to the refunding of archaeological goods [Spanish; Castilian]
  • Azerbaijan
2000 Law on Publishing [Закон Азербайджанской Республики Об издательском деле] Russian
  • Niger
1997 Decree n° 97-407/PRN/MCC/MESRT/IA of 10th November 1997 for the Implementation of the Law n° 97-002 of 30th June 1997 related to Protection, Conservation and Promotion of the National Cultural Heritage [French]
  • Uruguay
2006 Presidential Resolution delegating to the MEC some Attributions of the Executive [Spanish; Castilian]
2003 Ministerial Decree 42813 [Greek, Modern (1453-)]
1994 Law I - 733 on Protection of Immovable cultural Properties [Lithuanian]
Law I - 733 on Protection of Immovable cultural Properties (translation) [English]
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]
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]