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Main regulations protecting cultural heritage from Southeast Europe. This list is non-exhaustive. All instruments and regulations should be read to include eventual amendments and/or implementation acts.

International Instruments[edit]

The Hague Convention of 14 May 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

Ratification: Romania (1958) Accession: Bulgaria (1956), Albania (1960), Republic of Moldova (1999) Notification of succession: Croatia, Slovenia (1992) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993) – North Macedonia (1997) Serbia (2001) – Montenegro (2007)

First Protocol (14 May 1954)

Ratification: Romania (1958) Accession: Bulgaria (1958), Albania (1960), Republic of Moldova (1999) Notification of succession: Croatia, Slovenia (1992) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993) – North Macedonia (1997) Serbia (2001) – Montenegro (2007)

Second Protocol (26 March 1999)

Ratification: Bulgaria (2000) – Croatia, Romania (2006) Accession: North Macedonia, Serbia (2002) – Slovenia (2004) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009) Notification of succession: Montenegro (2007)

UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.

Ratification: Bulgaria (1971) – Republic of Moldova (2007) Accession: Romania (1993) – Albania (2002) Notification of succession: Croatia, Slovenia (1992) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993) – North Macedonia (1997) Serbia (2001) – Montenegro (2007)

UNESCO Convention of 16 November 1972 concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

Ratification: Albania (1989) – Republic of Moldova (2002) Acceptance: Bulgaria (1974) – Romania (1990) Notification of succession: Croatia, Slovenia (1992) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993) – North Macedonia (1997) Serbia (2001) – Montenegro (2006)

UNIDROIT Convention of 24 June 1995 on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects.

Ratification: Romania (1998) – Croatia (2000) Accession: Slovenia (2004) – North Macedonia (2013) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2017) – Montenegro (2019) UNESCO Convention of 2 November 2001 on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Ratification: Bulgaria (2003) – Croatia (2004) Montenegro, Slovenia (2008) – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009) Acceptation: Romania (2007)

European Union Regulations[edit]

  • Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State.
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 116/2009 of 18 December 2008 on the export of cultural goods.
  • Regulation (EU) 2019/880 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the introduction and the import of cultural goods.

National regulations[edit]

Albania
  • Law No. 9048 on Cultural Heritage (7 April 2003).
Bosina and Herzegovina
  • General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Dayton Peace Agreement), Annex 8 – Agreement on the Commission for the Preservation of National Monuments (1995).
  • Decision of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Commission to Preserve National Monuments (2001).
  • Criteria of the Commission to Preserve National Monuments for designation of the property as national monuments (2002/2003).
Bulgaria
  • Cultural Heritage Act (13 March 2009).
Croatia
  • Act on the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Objects (25 June 1999).
Montenegro
  • Protection of Cultural Heritage Act (2010).
North Macedonia
  • Law on Protection of Cultural Heritage (13 March 2004).
Republic of Moldova
  • Law No. 262 on Museums (7 December 2007). Law No. 280 regarding the protection of national movable cultural heritage (27 December 2011).
Romania
  • Constitution (1991).
  • Law No. 182 regarding the protection of the movable national cultural heritage (25 October 2000).
  • Law No. 422 regarding the protection of historical monuments (18 July 2001).
  • Law No. 311 regarding museums and public collections (8 July 2003).
  • Government Ordinance No. 43 on the protection of archaeological heritage (30 January 2000).
Serbia
  • Law No.72 on Culture (2009).
  • Law No.71 on Cultural Property (1994).
  • Law No.6 on Archival Materials and Archiving (2020).
  • Law No.52 on Old and Rare Library Materials (2011).
  • Law No.35 on Museum Activities (2021).
  • Criminal Code (2005).
Slovenia
  • Cultural Heritage Protection Act, ZVKD-1 (2008).
  • Return of Unlawfully Removed Objects of Cultural Heritage Act, ZVPOPKD (2003).
  • Rules on the Procedure for Issuing Export and Transfer Licenses for Objects of Cultural Heritage (2011).