Czech 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 |
26 March 1993
26 March 1993
8 June 2007 |
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention |
26 March 1993
- |
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1972 World Heritage Convention |
26 March 1993 |
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention |
- |
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention |
18 February 2009 |
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2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions Convention |
- |
State party to regional instruments
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European Cultural Convention |
10 May 1990 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage |
6 April 2000 |
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European Convention on Offences Relating to Cultural Property |
- |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised) |
22 March 2000 |
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
15 November 2006 |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
18 December 1997 |
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European Landscape Convention |
3 June 2004 |
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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
Constitution of the Czech Republic, 1992 (as Amended to 2002), Preamble
Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms, 1992 (as Amended to 1998), Chapter 2, Div.1, Chapters 4 and 4
National legislation
Act No. 20/1987 Coll. on state monument preservation (amended) defines the protection of collections in museums and galleries, conditions and the means of registration of museum collections and rights and duties of museum collection owners. Standardised public services provided by museums and galleries are regulated (original language only)
Law No.114/1992 Coll., as amended 2 March 2008, On Protection of Nature and Landscape (original language only)
Act No. 71/1994 Coll. covers the sale and export of goods of cultural value
Act No. 101/2001 Coll. covers repatriation of illegally exported cultural goods (original language only)
Act No. 214/2002 Coll. covers the export of certain cultural goods from the tariff territory of the European Communities (original language only)
Act No.203/2006 Coll., on some kinds of cultural support and amendments to related regulations (original language only)
Act No.273/2001 Coll., On the Rights of National Minorities and amendments of other Acts (excerpts only)
Law No. 98/2002 Coll., Government Decree which determines the conditions and way of providing grants from the State Budget for the activities of members of national minorities and the support of integration of members of the Roma community (excerpts only)
Act 231/2001 Coll., Broadcasting Act (excerpts only)
Act No.29/1984 Coll., as amended 134/1993, On the System of Primary, Secondary Schools and Secondary Modern Schools (‘Education Act’)
CE Cultural Heritage Compendium
Other useful links
Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic, legislation portal
Contact
Ministry of Culture
Czech Republic
Website : http://www.mkcr.cz/en/
Senior Director, Ing. Zdenek Novák
Secretariat: Tel. 257 085 334, fax 224 323 303