Lithuanian 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 |
27 July 1998
27 July 1998
13 March 2002 |
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention |
27 July 1998
4 April 1997 |
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1972 World Heritage Convention |
31 March 1992 |
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention |
- |
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention |
21 January 2005 |
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2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions Convention |
18 December 2006 |
State party to regional instruments
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European Cultural Convention |
7 May 1992 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage |
7 December 1999 |
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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) |
7 December 1999 |
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
- |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
23 March 2000 |
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European Landscape Convention |
13 November 2002 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Audiovisual Heritage |
26 May 2003 |
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Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society |
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Constitutional provisions
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, 1992, Arts 29, 37, 42 and 45
National legislation
Law on Documents and Archives 1995, new edition, 2008
Law on the Protection of Movable Cultural Property 1996, amended in 2004 and 2008
Resolution on the Approval of Export Procedure of Movable Cultural Property and Antique Objects from the Republic of Lithuania 2001
Resolution on the Procedure of Import to the Republic of Lithuania and Export From the Republic of Lithuania of Movable Items of Cultural Heritage and Antiques 1996 (not reproduced, not valid after 2002)
Resolution on the Approval of Government indemnity for Foreign Movable Cultural Property temporally imported in to the Republic of Lithuania 2003, as amended 2009
Resolution on the Procedure of Return of Cultural Objects Unlawfully Removed from the Territory of a Member State of the European Union 2004
Law on Protection of Immovable Culture Heritage 2004, as amended 2008
Law on Environmental Protection 2010
Law on Protected Areas 1993, as amended 2001
Law on Libraries 1995
Law concerning the implementation on the Law on Libraries 1995
Law on Ethnic Minorities, 1989, as amended 1991
Law on the Principles of the State Protection of Ethnic Culture 1999, as amended 2004
Resolution on Validation of the Council for the Protection of Ethnic Culture and Regulations thereof 1999
Government's Decree on implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Lithuania, 2001
Law on the State Language, 1995
Law on Ratification of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 2006
Law on the Ratification of the UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects, 1997
Other
Resolution of Baltic Assembly on the Maritime Cultural Heritage of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, 2003
Resolution of the Baltic Assembly on the Preservation of Cultural Heritage of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, 1999
CE Cultural Heritage Compendium
Other useful links
The Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Ministry of Culture (English version inactive)
Contact
The Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Email: [email protected]