Egypt

National Cultural Heritage Laws

Source: UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws UNESCO/CLT/Natlaws

Document	Years	Themes	Categories	Language
Droit et Patrimoine en Afrique 1: de l'Afrique du Sud à l'Ethiopie	2002	Authorization, Permits, License Compensation Customs Dealer trade Exploration license Exportation Good faith acquisition Importation Inventory, Registry Maintenance Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good Restitution Return Sanctions Statutory Bodies Creation Theft Transfer of ownership	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Intangible Cultural Heritage Natural Heritage Underwater Cultural Heritage	en,fr
Law on the protection of Antiquities	1983	Compensation Customs Dealer trade Designation cancellation Exploration license Exportation Inventory, Registry Maintenance Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good Sanctions Statutes of limitation Transfer of ownership	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Normes constitutionelles africaines relatives à la culture et à la sauvegarde du patrimoine				Français
Charte culturelle de l'Afrique	1976	Maintenance Promotion and Development	Armed Conflict Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Intangible Cultural Heritage	Français
Loi N.14 sur les Antiquités de l'Egypte	1912	Dealer trade Exportation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Français
Arrêté ministériel N.51: règlement pour l'exportation des antiquités	1912	Exportation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Français
Arrêté ministériel N.52: règlement pour les fouilles	1912	Authorization, Permits, License Exploration license	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Français
Loi N.215 sur la protection des antiquités	1951	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Français
Law N.117 of 1983 as amended by Law N.3 of 2010 promulgating the Antiquities Protection Law	2010	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Antiquities Law Regulations	1883	Illicit traffic	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Cultural Heritage Legislative Texts compilation	1926	Exportation Importation Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Law No. 8 of 2009 on the Protection of Manuscripts	2009	Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Bilateral Agreements between the Egyptian and Swiss Governments (Swiss Federal Office for Culture) regarding the importation of cultural objects and their return to the country of origin	2010	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Return Sanctions Loan	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Bilateral Agreement between the Egyptian and the Peruvian Governments regarding the protection and restitution of cultural objects to their country of origin	2005	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Restitution Return Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Bilateral Agreement between the Egyptian and Jordanian Governments regarding the Protection and Return of illicitly removed cultural objects to their country of origin	2015	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Restitution Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Bilateral Agreement between the Egyptian and the Italian Governments regarding the protection and restitution of cultural objects	2008	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Restitution Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Bilateral Agreement between the Governments of Egypt and Ecuador regarding the protection and return of illicitly removed cultural objects to their country of origin	2008	Designation cancellation Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Restitution Return Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Bilateral Agreement between the Governments of Egypt and Cuba regarding the protection and restitution of illicitly removed cultural objects	2008	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Restitution Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية
Bilateral Agreement between the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Protection and Restitution of Stolen Cultural Property transferred illicitly from their Country of Origin	2010	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Restitution Return Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	العربية