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Slovakia
Act No. 416/2002 Coll. on the return
of illegally exported cultural objects in
the wording of Act No. 149/2005 Coll.
(through which the Slovak Republic
adopted Regulation No. 93/7/EEC as of
1993 on the return of cultural objects
illegally exported from the territory of a
member state)
INTERNATIONAL
European Community legislation is applicable
as explained in Chapter 2
Slovakia is party to both the UNESCO
Convention of 1970 (by notifi cation of
succession in 1993) and UNIDROIT Convention
of 1995 (ratifi ed in 2003)
Who is responsible for implementing these
regulations?
The Ministry of Culture through its Division of
Cultural Heritage: http://www.culture.gov.sk
The Ministry of Interior, Division of Public
Administration, Section of Archives and
Registries: http://www.civil.gov.sk. The
Ministry of Interior issues permits for the
export of archive documents and foreign
archive documents and conducts proceedings
for the return of archive documents illegally
exported or imported.
The Customs Directorate:
http://www.colnasprava.sk
Do I need an export licence?
Martin Kellenberger,
“Space Statistics”.
Kellenberger is a contemporary Slovak painter,
award-winning children’s book illustrator and
graphic artist. This painting was shown as
part of his exhibition at the Slovak Institution in
Moscow in autumn 2006 and subsequently at
the Tula Museum of Fine Arts.
For the export from Slovakia to outside the
EU of a cultural good as defined by Council
Regulation 3911/92, you need to apply for
an export licence to the Ministry of Culture.
However, if it is archives and archival documents,
you should apply to the Ministry of
Interior, the authority that issues licences
for those goods.
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