Spanish 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 |
7 July 1960
26 June 1992
6 July 2001 |
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1970 Unesco Convention
1995 UNIDROIT Convention |
10 January 1986
21 May 2002 |
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1972 World Heritage Convention |
4 May 1982 |
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2001 Underwater Heritage Convention |
6 June 2005 |
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2003 Intangible Heritage Convention |
25 October 2006 |
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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 |
4 July 1957 |
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European Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage |
27 April 1989 |
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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) |
Signed on 16 January 1992 |
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European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |
9 April 2001 |
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Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
1 September 1995 |
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European Landscape Convention |
26 November 2007 |
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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
Spanish Constitution 1978, as amended 1992, Arts 3, 9, 44, 46, 148 and 149.1
National legislation
Royal Decree 111/1986 Regulating Historical Assets
Royal Decree 1132/2008 on the Structure of the Ministry of Culture (not reproduced)
Royal Decree 1305/2009 Network of Museums in Spain (not reproduced)
Law 16/1985 of 25 June, on Spanish Historical Heritage (original language) Source: UNESCO
Royal Decree 64/1994 of 21 January, which modifies Royal Decree 111/1986 of 10 January, which partially develops Law 16/1985 of 25 June, on Spanish Historical Heritage (Official State Gazette (BOE) 02/03/1994)
Royal Decree 582/1989 of 19 May, which approves the Regulations for Spanish Public Libraries and the Spanish Libraries System (Official State Gazette (BO) 31/05/1989)
Law 10/2007 of 22 June, on reading, books and libraries
Royal Decree 1572/2007 of 30 November, regulating the bodies co-ordinating the libraries of the Spanish Central Administration and its public bodies
Royal Decree 1573/2007 of 30 November, approving the Regulation of the Library Co-operation Council
Organic Law 12/1995, dated 12 December, on combating contraband (not reproduced)
Royal Decree 1680/1991, dated 15 November, on the Central Government Guarantee for works of cultural interest
Regional laws
Cultural Heritage:
Basque Country (Law 7/1990)
Castile-La Mancha (Law 4/1990)
Catalonia (Law 9/1993)
Galicia (Law 8/1995)
Madrid (Law 10/1998)
Cantabria (Law 9/1993)
Balearic Islands (Law 12/1998)
Canary Islands (Law 4/1999)
Extremadura (Law 2/1999)
Aragon (Law 3/1999)
Asturias (Law 1/2001)
Castile-Leon (Law 12/2002)
Valencian Community (Law 4/1998)
La Rioja (Law 7/2004)
Navarre (Law 14/2005)
Murcia (Law 4/2007)
Andalusia (Law 14/2007)
Language:
Basque Country (Law 10/1982)
Galicia (Law 3/1983)
Valencia (Law 1/1983)
Catalonia (Law 1/1998)
Navarre (Law 18/1998)
Museums:
Andalusia (Law 8/2007)
Aragon (Law 7/1986)
Catalonia (Law 17/1990)
Castile-Leon (Law 10/1994)
Murcia (Law 5/1996)
Madrid (Law 9/1999)
Cantabria (Law 5/2001)
Balearic Islands (Law 4/2003)
Basque Country (Law 7/2006)
Navarre (Law 10/2009)
Public archives:
Andalusia (Law 3/1984)
Aragon (Law 6/1986)
Canary Islands (Law 3/1990)
Murcia (Law 6/1990)
Madrid (Law 4/1993)
La Rioja (Law 4/1994)
Catalonia (Law 10/2001)
Cantabria (Law 3/2002)
Castile-La Mancha (Law 19/2002)
Castile-Leon (Law 7/2004)
Balearic Islands (Law 15/2006)
Extremadura (Law 2/2007)
Public libraries:
Andalusia (Law 8/1983)
Valencian Community (Law 10/1986)
Aragon (Law 8/1986)
Castile-Leon (Law 9/1989)
Castile-La Mancha (Law 1/1989)
Galicia (Law 14/1989)
Madrid (Law 10/1989)
La Rioja (Law 4/1990)
Murcia (Law 7/1990)
Catalonia (Law 4/1993)
Extremadura (Law 6/1997)
Cantabria (Law 3/2001)
Navarre (Law 32/2002)
Balearic Islands (Law 19/2006)
Basque Country (Law 11/2007)
Books and reading:
Madrid (Law 5/1999)
Valencia (Law 3/2002)
Galicia (Law 17/2006)
Crafts (artesania) and popular culture:
Baleares (Law 4/1985 on Crafts and Law 1/2002 on Popular Culture)
Catalonia (Law 2/1993)
Extremadura (Law 3/1994)
Galicia (Law 1/1992)
La Rioja (Law 2/1994)
Madrid (Law 21/1998)
Murcia (Law 11/1998)
Cultural Routes
Galicia (Law 3/1996, Protecting the Camino de Santiago de Compostela)
CE Cultural Heritage Compendium
Other useful links
Ministry of Culture
Autonomous Region of Andalusia
Autonomous Region of Aragon
Autonomous Region of Asturias
Autonomous Region of Balearic Islands
Autonomous Region of Basque Country
Autonomous Region of Canary Islands
Autonomous Region of Cantabria
Autonomous Region of Castile-Leon
Autonomous Region of Castile-La Mancha
Autonomous Region of Catalonia
Autonomous Region of Extremadura
Autonomous Region of Galicia
Autonomous Region of La Rioja
Autonomous Region of Madrid
Autonomous Region of Murcia
Autonomous Region of Navarre
Autonomous Region of Valencia
Contact
Ministry of Culture
Plaza del Rey, 1
28004 Madrid
Telephone: 91 701 70 00
Email at: http://en.www.mcu.es/contacte/contacteLoadSaveForm.do?layout=contacte&tipoArea=TIPOGENERAL&cache=init&language=en