Hungarian 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 |
17 May 1956
16 August 1956
26 October 2005 |
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention |
23 October 1978
8 May 1998 |
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1972 World Heritage Convention |
15 July 1985 |
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention |
- |
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention |
17 March 2009 |
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2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions Convention |
9 May 2008 |
State party to regional instruments
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European Cultural Convention |
16 November 1989 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage |
18 April 1990 |
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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) |
9 February 1993 |
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
26 April 1995 |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
25 September 1995 |
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European Landscape Convention |
26 October 2007 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage |
27 June 2005 |
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Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society |
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Constitutional provisions
Arts 8, 27, 32B, 35, 60, 66, 68, 70F and 70G Constitution of the Republic of Hungary adopted on 20 August 1949 consolidated with all amendments up to and including Act LIX of 1997
National legislation
Act No.XXXIX of 1881 on the Establishment of the National Committee for Historic Monuments (not reproduced)
Act No.XIII of 1949 for the establishment of MUMOK (not reproduced)
Decree No.IX of 1963 on the protection of museum objects (as amended by Act No.VII of 1975), Source: UNESCO
Act No.III of 1964 on Building Activity and Construction (not reproduced)
Decree No.II of 1965 implementing Decree No.IX of 1963 on the protection of museum objects, Source: UNESCO
Act No.CXL of 1997 Law on Culture (original language)
Act No.LIV of 1997 on Monument Preservation (original language)
Act no.LXVI on Archives 1995 (original language)
Act No.LXIV of 2001 on Protection of Cultural Heritage 2001 (English translation and original language)
Act No.LXXX of 2001 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed (original language)
Act No.LXXXIX of 2005 amending Law LXIV of 2001 (original language)
Government Decree No.17/2001 on Restriction on Export of Cultural Objects (original language) Source: UNESCO
Ministerial Decree no.1967.I.31 (ÉM) regulating monument restoration
Act No.II of 1976 on the protection of the human environment (original language)
Act on the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities, 1993
Act on Hungarians Living in Neighbouring Countries, 2001
Government Decree No 125/2001. (VII. 10.) on the Office for National and Ethnic Minorities, 2001
Government Decree No.34/1990 on the Office for National and Ethnic Minorities, 1990
Act No.CXL of 1997 on the Protection of Cultural Goods, Museum Institutions, Public Library Services and Cultural Education, 1997
Government Resolution 1121/1995.(XII.7.) on the Establishment of the Public Foundation for the Gypsy minorities in Hungary, 1995
CE Cultural Heritage Compendium
Other useful links
National Office for Cultural Heritage
Contact
Ministry of Education and Culture
1055 Budapest, Szalay u. 10-14.
Phone: work(+36-1) 795-1200 :: fax: (+36-1) 795-0022
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.nefmi.gov.hu/english/culture