Cypriot Cultural Heritage legislation as at July 2010
State party to international instruments
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1954 Hague Convention
1954 Hague Protocol
1999 Hague Protocol |
9 September 1964
9 September 1964
16 May 2001 |
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention |
19 October 1979
2 March 2004 |
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1972 World Heritage Convention |
14 August 1975 |
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention |
- |
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention |
24 February 2006 |
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2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions Convention |
19 December 2006 |
State party to regional instruments
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European Cultural Convention |
23 September 1969 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage |
6 January 1989 |
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European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property |
Signatory only 25 October 1985 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised) |
8 April 1998 |
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
26 August 2002 |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
4 June 1996 |
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European Landscape Convention |
21 June 2006 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage |
- |
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Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society |
- |
Constitutional provisions
The Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus, 1960 as amended 1996, Arts 2, 3, 87, 108.
National legislation
Antiquities Law (original language and translation)
Return of Cultural Goods Law, No.183(1) of 2002
Export of Cultural Goods Law, No.182(1) of 2002
Other
Export Licence for European Union Countries
General Open Export Licence
Standardised Export Licence
Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Cyprus imposes U.S. import restrictions on pre-Classical and Classical archaeological objects as well as Byzantine ecclesiastical and ritual ethnological material of 16 July 2007
Other useful links
Department of Antiquities, Legislation
Contact
Maria Hadjicosti
Director, Department of Antiquities
1 Museum Street,
P.O Box 22024,
Nicosia 1516
fax: 22303148
tel.: 00357-22-865864
Email. [email protected]
General email: [email protected]