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Slovenia
Chapter 3: European Union Member States
A specific open export licence is issued for the repeated temporary export of a specific
object whose owner or lawful possessor is a specific person or organisation who will use
or exhibit the object. The licence is valid for a maximum of five years.
A general open export licence can be issued to museums and other institutions to cover
repeated temporary exports of objects which are part of a permanent collection. The
licence is valid for a maximum of five years.
Specific and general open export licences were introduced following the provisions of
Council Regulation 1526/98. This was approved by the Slovenian authorities since these
types of licence significantly simplify the multiple export of the same object, particularly
for cultural heritage protection institutions that export objects for exhibition purposes.
What are my first steps? How do I plan this process and how long might it take?
If your object is a cultural good as defined by EU legislation on the export of cultural goods
and/or Slovenian law, you must apply for an export licence to the Ministry of Culture. The
application can be made by you (the exporter) or a person authorised by you.
The application form is in English and Slovene and conforms to the regulations on the EU
export licence. You must present the application with a stamp confirming that you have
paid the administrative duty applicable to this procedure.
The object will be subject to expert opinion from one of the competent national museums.
They have 14 days to give an opinion from the time they are requested by the Ministry of
Culture.
If you have an object that you intend to export temporarily several times over a maximum
period of five years (such as an old musical instrument you need for performances
abroad), the expert opinion will also assess whether you offer all necessary guarantees
for the return of the object to Slovenia in good condition. It will also require the object to
be described and labelled in such a way that during the period of the temporary export
there is no doubt that the object being exported is the same as the one described in the
special open licence.
For permanent export abroad the procedure for issuing the licence can take up to three
weeks.
How do I find out if the art object I want to export is of national significance? Is there a Public
Inventory of cultural goods of special interest or importance?
There is a Centre for Information and Documentation on Cultural Heritage attached to the
Directorate for Cultural Heritage in the Ministry of Culture.
Under Slovenian legislation, if it is established during the procedure of issuing an export
licence or transfer licence that an object does not belong to any of the cultural goods
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