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UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws

UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws

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It is the responsibility of each Member State to make available to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in the most accurate and up-to-date form possible, the laws in force, applicable import/export certificates, contact details for the competent national authorities and the full address of the official websites dealing with protection of the cultural heritage. In case any of this information changes, the Member State concerned will endeavor to provide UNESCO with the new version to enable UNESCO to update its website.

It should be noted that the Database contains current cultural heritage laws submitted by UNESCO Member States.  It may not, however, contain all earlier legislation and regulations on which a country may rely and which may have claimed ownership by the country of origin of cultural objects or regulated their export. Therefore, additional research or contact with the national authorities of the source country may be necessary to determine the legal status of specific objects.


“*” To facilitate the use of the database, the UNESCO Secretariat has provided informal, unofficial translations where necessary of the titles of the laws submitted, simply in order to enable the identification of the subject matter of the law. These unofficial translations, preceded by “*”, may not be cited or reproduced.

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This information may be used only for educational, research, legal and other non-commercial purposes, on condition that any use or reproduction of the data cites the UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws as the source (© UNESCO).


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