Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

National Cultural Heritage Laws

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

Document	Years	Themes	Categories	Language
Decree comprising an order in council implementing section 3, subsection 3 and section 21 of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (no longer in force)	1985	Inventory, Registry Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (no longer in force) Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (translation) (no longer in force)	1984	Exportation Inventory, Registry Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Nederlands
Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (amended) (no longer in force)	1985	Exportation Inventory, Registry Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Wet 193 houdende regels betreffende enkele aspecten van het specifiek cultuurbeleid (no longer in force)	1993	Maintenance	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Nederlands
Wet 200 houdende voorzieningen in het belang van het behoud van monumenten van geschiedenis en kunst (no longer in force)	1961	Maintenance	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Nederlands
Wet 276 houdende vervanging van de Archiefwet 1962 en in verband daarmede wijziging van enige andere wetten	1995	Protected Area or Good		Nederlands
Wet 286 houdende vaststelling van nieuwe voorschriften omtrent de ruimtelijke ordening (no longer in force)	1962	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Nederlands
Monumentenwet (no longer in force) The monuments and historic buildings act (new version 2012) (no longer in force)	1988	Compensation Exploration license Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Nederlands
Act of 8 March 2007 containing rules on the taking into custody of cultural property from an occupied territory during an armed conflict and for the initiation of proceedings for the return of such property (Cultural Property Originating from Occupied Territory (Return) Act) (no longer in force)	2007	Illicit traffic Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Explanatory Memorandum related to the Act of 8 March 2007, on the taking into custody of cultural property from an occupied territory during an armed conflict and for the initiation of proceedings for the return of such property (Cultural Property Originating from Occupied Territory (Return) Act) (no longer in force)	2007	Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Implementation of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property adopted in Paris on 14 November 1970 (1970 UNESCO Convention on the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (Implementation) Act (no longer in force)	2009	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Implementation of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the llicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property adopted in Paris on 14 November 1970 (1970 UNESCO Convention on the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (Implementation) Act) (expl memo) (no longer in force)	2009	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Approval of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property adopted in Paris on 14 November 1970 (memo)	2009	Illicit traffic	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Approval of the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property adopted in Paris on 14 November 1970	2009	Illicit traffic	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
http://www.unesco.org/culture/natlaws/media/pdf/		Exploration license		Nederlands
http://www.unesco.org/culture/natlaws/media/pdf/		Authorization, Permits, License Exploration license Exportation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Nederlands
Implementation of specific articles in the 1999 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention in the Netherlands through the 2003 international Crimes Act	2003	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (1984/2002/2009) (no longer in force)	2009	Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
http://www.unesco.org/culture/natlaws/media/pdf/	2011	Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good	Cultural Immovable Heritage	Nederlands
Act of 4 June 2015 amending the Civil Code and several other laws to implement Directive 2014/60EU on the Return of Cultural Objects unlawfully Removed from the Territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No. 1024/2012	2015	Good faith acquisition Illicit traffic Protected Area or Good Restitution Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Act of 9 December 2015 relating to the Combining and Amendment of Rules Regarding Cultural Heritage (Heritage Act) (entered in force on 1 July 2016)	2015	Authorization, Permits, License Customs Exploration license Exportation Good faith acquisition Illicit traffic Importation Inventory, Registry Protected Area or Good Restitution Return Sanctions Loan	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Natural Heritage	English
Explanatory Memorandum to the Act of 9 December 2015, relating to the Combining and Amendment of Rules regarding Cultural Heritage (Heritage Act)	2015	Authorization, Permits, License Exploration license Illicit traffic Inventory, Registry Protected Area or Good Restitution	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English

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National Cultural Heritage Laws

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