Polish 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 |
6 August 1956
6 August 1956
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention |
31 January 1974
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1972 World Heritage Convention |
29 June 1976 |
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention |
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention |
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2005 Diversity of Cultural Expressions Convention |
17 August 2007 |
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 |
Signed 18 March 2010 |
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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) |
30 January 1996 |
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
12 February 2009 |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
20 December 2000 |
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European Landscape Convention |
27 September 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 |
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Constitutional provisions
Constitution of the Republic of Poland 1997, Arts 6, 27, 35, 53, 73
National legislation
Act on Organising and Conducting Cultural Activity of 25 October, 1991 (OJ 110, p.721 with later amendments and annexes) Source: UNESCO
Law on the Polish Language of 7 October 1999
Act on Museums, 21 November, 1996 (OJ 5, p.24, with amendments and annexes), Source: UNESCO
Act on Safeguarding and Protection of Monuments of 23 July 2003
Act on spatial planning and space management of 27 March 2003
Act on protection of natural resources of 16 April 2004
Law on protection of the environment of 27 April 2001
Act on the change of some Laws Defining the Competencies of the National Administration Bodies of 24 July 1998
Act on Voivodship Local Authority of 5 June 1998
Act on the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation 1998
Act on National and Ethnic Minorities and Regional Languages 2005
Act on Cinematography 2005
Act on the Protection of Sites of the Former Nazi Extermination Camps 1999
Archives Act 1983, Source: UNESCO
Libraries Act 1997, Source: UNESCO
CE Cultural Heritage Compendium
Other useful links
Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Contact
Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 15/17
00-071 Warszawa
Telefon: +48 22 42 10 100
Fax: +48 22 42 10 131
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