ACT No. 71/1994 Coll. of March 23,1994 on the Sale and Export Of

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ACT No. 71/1994 Coll.

of March 23,1994

on the Sale and Export of Objects of Cultural Value

Amendment: 122/2000 Coll. Amendment: 80/2004 Coll.

The Parliament has passed the following Act of the Czech Republic:

PART I

Sale and Export of Objects of Cultural Value

§ 1

(1) Objects of cultural value under this Act are natural objects or human artefacts or sets of, these, which are significant for history, literature, art, science or technology and meet the criteria contained in Appendix No. 1 to this Act.

(2) This Act does not apply to the sale and export of cultural monuments and national cultural monuments,1) registered museum-type collections and collection items that are parts of such collections;2) archive items;3) original works of art by living authors; and items imported to the Czech Republic under the regime of temporary use.

§ 2

(1) Objects of cultural value may be exported from the territory of the Czech Republic only if they have a certificate for export for a limited period of time or certificate for permanent export (henceforth only “Certificate”). An expert opinion may not substitute for the Certificate.

(2) Certificates are issued by museums, galleries, libraries and bodies of the National Heritage Institute (henceforth only “Specialist Organisations”), or the Ministry of Culture (henceforth only “Ministry”), upon request filed by a natural person or juristic person who is the Owner of the object of cultural value (henceforth only “Owner”). A list of the Specialist Organisations, their respective fields of concern and the territories they cover is given in Annex 2 to this Act.

(3) The Owner may issue a letter of attorney3a) to authorise a third party to carry out any steps related to the export of an object of cultural value.

(4) Certificate for export for a limited period of time is issued if the object of cultural value is not object protected according to special legal regulations.3b)

(5) Certificate for permanent export is issued if the object of cultural value is not protected on the basis of special legal regulations3b), if it does not exhibit traits of an object protected on the basis of special legal regulations,1) and if it is not indicated under Point XVII of Annex No. 1 to this Act.

§ 3

(1) Objects of cultural value from the field of archaeology and objects of cultural value of a sacral or cult nature offered for sale must have a Certificate for permanent export. To the buyer must be given three copies of the Certificate, denoted as B, C and D, together with the object of cultural value. DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

(2) Offer for sale as referred to in section 1 also means display of the objects in public selling establishments, at auctions and collectors’ markets.

§ 4

(1) The Owner should submit to the Specialist Organisation the application for issue of a Certificate for export for a limited period of time and application for issue of a Certificate for permanent export, the blank forms of which are contained in Annexes No. 3 and No. 4 to this Act. The completed forms of the applications shall be so submitted in quadruplicate, the copies being denoted as A, B, C a D.

(2) The application referred to in section 1 should be submitted to the Specialist Organisation in the appropriate field and in the appropriate region, depending on the permanent residence or registered address of the Owner. If the Owner is a natural person or juristic person not having a permanent residence or registered address in the Czech Republic, the application shall be submitted to the Specialist Organisation in the appropriate-field in the appropriate region in which the object of cultural value was located at the time of its acquisition. If it is impossible to identify the appropriate region of the respective Specialist Organisation in accordance with the previous sentence, the application shall be submitted to any Specialist Organisation in the appropriate field.

(3) The Owner is obliged to enable examination of the object of cultural value and co-operate appropriately with the Specialist Organisation or the Ministry.

§ 5

(1) The period within which the Certificate must be issued by the Specialist Organisation is 21 calendar days from the date of delivery of the application to the Specialist Organisation.

(2) If the Specialist Organisation, having examined the object of cultural value, does not issue a Certificate, it shall refer the application to the Ministry within the period indicated in section 1 above, and shall inform the Owner to that effect in writing.

(3) The Ministry shall issue a Certificate to the Owner within 3 months from the delivery of the application to the Specialist Organisation or, if traits of an object protected on the basis of a special legal regulation1) are identified in the object of cultural value, or if an application for Certificate for permanent export has been submitted, the Ministry shall not issue the Certificate and shall commence proceedings based on special legal regulation.1) Also, no Certificate shall be issued if the object of cultural value as such is an object protected on the basis special legal regulations.3b)

(4) If an application for issue of a Certificate for permanent export was submitted, but the Certificate was not issued because the object of cultural value concerned ,is an object of cultural value indicated in Point XVII of Annex No. 1 to this Act, the Ministry shall issue a Decision on that effect within the period specified in section 3 of the Decision.

§ 6

(1) The Certificate shall be issued to the Owner in three copies, denoted as B, C and D. The Specialist Organisation or the Ministry shall keep the A copy in its archives for 20 years.6)

(2) Certificate shall be issued to the applicant for a fee of CZK 500. This provision does not apply to the issue of a Certificate in accordance with § 2 section 4, § 3 section 1 and § 5 section 3. The Specialist Organisation is the recipient of the fee.

(3) A Certificate for export for a limited period of time may be issued for a period no longer than 5 years.

(4) A Certificate for permanent export is valid for 3 years from the date of its issue.

§ 7

(1) The natural or juristic person exporting the object of cultural value (henceforth only “Exporter”) shall submit the copies denoted as B, C and D to the Customs Office through which that object enters the export regime or the outward processing regime. If such a Customs Office is a non- border Customs Office, those copies shall also be so submitted to the border Customs Office through which the object of cultural value leaves the country; the latter Customs Office shall indicate in the Certificate the exit abroad.

(2) The Customs Office through which the object of cultural value enters the export regime or the outward processing regime shall confirm all the submitted copies of the Certificate. The border Customs Office shall send copy denoted as B to the Ministry no later than 15 days from the date of export. Copy denoted as C shall accompany the object of cultural value. The Exporter shall keep copy denoted as D for inspection, if any.

(3) Re-import of an object of cultural value, which was exported for export for a limited period of time, shall be confirmed by the Customs Office in copies denoted as C and D. Copy denoted as C belongs to the Owner. The physical person or legal entity who imports the object of cultural value (henceforth only “Importer”) shall submit the copy denoted as D to the Specialist Organisation that issued the Certificate or to the Ministry, if it was the Ministry that issued the Certificate, and shall do so within 15 days from the expiration of the period determined in the Certificate for export for export for a limited period of time. The Importer shall, if so requested, also submit after re-import the object of cultural value for inspection and identification to the Specialist Organisation that issued the Certificate or to the Ministry, if it was the Ministry that issued the Certificate, or shall enable the inspection and identification to be performed in the place where the object is deposited.

(4) If the export did not take place, the Owner must return copies denoted as B, C and D to the Specialist Organisation that issued the Certificate or to the Ministry, if it was the Ministry that issued the Certificate, and shall do so within 15 days from the expiration of the validity of the Certificate.

(5) The Specialist Organisations shall monitor compliance with the periods of export for a limited period of time. They shall notify the Ministry of any case of non-compliance with those periods no later than 30 days after the expiration of the period at the maximum.

§ 7a

(1) If an Exporter submits to the Customs Office a customs declaration proposing that an object be left to enter the export regime or the outward processing regime and the Customs Office suspects that the object being exported is an object of cultural value exported without a Certificate, and the Exporter fails to prove that it is not an object of cultural value, then the Customs Office shall intercept the object, immediately inform the Specialist Organisation in the appropriate field and in the appropriate region (appropriate in respect of the address of the Customs Office) and allow the Specialist Organisation to examine the object. The Customs Office shall use a similar procedure when such an object is being exported without submission of the customs declaration.

(2) The Specialist Organisation shall immediately, no later than 15 workdays after the delivery of the information, prepare for the Customs Office an expert opinion concerning whether the object being exported is an object of cultural value. The Exporter shall receive one copy of such an opinion.

(3) The Exporter shall tolerate the use of measures needed for identifying and examining the object.

(4) The costs related to the interception of the object and to preparing the expert opinion shall be paid by the Exporter if it has been proved that the Exporter violated this Act.

§ 7b

Compliance with this Act shall be supervised by the Ministry and the Customs Offices. This is not to the prejudice of the authorisations given to Customs Offices on the basis of a special Act.6a)

Sanctions

§ 8

(1) A physical person commits a contravention if he: a) exports or has exported an object of cultural value without a Certificate; or b) offers for sale and permanent export an object of cultural value in the area of archaeology or an object of cultural value of sacral or cult type without a Certificate.

(2) An Owner commits a contravention if he: a) does not allow for examination of the object of cultural value or does not co-operate, as needed, with the Specialist Organisation or the Ministry (§ 4 section 3); b) does not return the copies denoted as B, C and D within the prescribed period of time to the Specialist Organisation that issued the Certificate or to the Ministry, if it was the Ministry that issued the Certificate, in the event that the export did not take place (§ 7 section 4); or c) does not re-import within the prescribed period of time the object of cultural value exported for the limited period of time indicated in the Certificate.

(3) An Exporter commits a contravention if he: a) fails to submit copies denoted as B, C and D to the Customs Office (§ 7 section 1); or b) fails to tolerate the use of the measures needed for identifying and examining the object (§ 7a section 3).

(4) An Importer commits a contravention if he fails in the prescribed period to deliver the copy denoted as D to the Specialist Organisation that issued the Certificate or to the Ministry, if it was the Ministry that issued the Certificate, or fails to submit the object of cultural value for inspection and identification upon request, or does not allow the inspection to be performed at the place where the object is deposited (§ 7 section 3).

(5) A fine of up to CZK 5,000,000 may be imposed for a contravention referred to in section 1 and section 2 letter c) and a fine of up to CZK 20,000 may be imposed for a contravention referred to in section 2 letters a) and b) and sections 3 and 4.

(6) If the unlawful conduct referred to in § 8 sections 1 to 4 is committed by a legal entity, a fine in the amount indicated in Subsection 5 shall be imposed on such a juristic person.

(7) A fine of CZK 20,000 shall be imposed on the Specialist Organisation that fails no notify to the Ministry in writing within the prescribed deadline period any case of non-compliance with the periods of export for a limited period of time (§ 7 section 5).

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(1) When the amount of the fine to be imposed on a juristic person is being assessed, account shall be taken of the seriousness of the unlawful conduct, including, but not limited to, the manner in which it was committed, the consequences incurred, and the circumstances in which it was committed.

(2) Responsibility of a legal entity for any unlawful conduct shall lapse with the expiration of 3 years from the date on which the unlawful conduct was committed.

(3) Forfeiture shall be imposed for wrongdoing under § 8 section 1, § 8 section 2 letters a) and c) and § 8 section 4 on a legal entity, if the legal entity is the owner of the object being forfeited and if it was used or intended for the wrongdoing. The government shall become the owner of the forfeited object.

(4) Contraventions and unlawful conduct committed by legal entity hereunder shall be considered by the Ministry in the first instance.

(5) Unlawful conduct committed by a physical person who is an entrepreneur6b, or committed during business activities or in direct association with business activities, shall be considered on the basis of this Act’s provisions concerning responsibility of legal entity and sanctions against corporations.

(6) Fines shall be collected and enforced by the Ministry on the basis of a special legal regulation.6c)

(7) The revenue from the fines goes to the national budget.

§ 9

(1) Certificate based hereon does not substitute for export permit under special regulations.7)

(2) General regulations on administrative procedure do not apply to measures taken under this Act, except § 5 section 4, § 7a section 1, and § 8 and 8a.8) Appeal against decisions under § 7a section 1 shall not have an effect of suspension.

PART II

Amendment to Decree No. 41/1985 Coll. on Non-commercial Export and Import of Articles, as Amended.

§ 10

The Decree of Ministry of Foreign Trade No. 41/1985 Coll. on Non-commercial Exports and Imports of Articles, in the reading of Decrees No. 178/1988 Coll., No. 118/1989 Coll., No. 4/1990 Coll., No. 52/1990 Coll., No. 225/1990 Coll., No. 423/1990 Coll., No. 534/1990 Coll. and No. 398/1991 Coll., is amended as follows:

In Annex No. 2, leave out Item “1 Antiquities”.

PART III

Final Provisions

§ 11

Decree of the Ministry of Education and Culture No. 239/1959 on Export of Cultural Heritage Items and of Objects of Museum Value is repealed.

§ 12

This Act shall come into force on the day of its publication.

Uhde Havel Klaus

Annex No.1

LISTS OF OBJECTS OF CULTURAL VALUE

I. Objects in the fields of mineralogy, palaeontology, botany, zoology and entomology period of origin

1. herbariums containing more than 50 herbarium items with schedae (++) older than 50 years

2. sets of prepared bodies of extinct animals (more than 5 pieces) (+) and sets of prepared and unprepared parts of the bodies of animals (more than 5 pieces) (+)

3. sets of palaeobotanical or palaeozoological items (more than 5 pieces) (++)

4. individual minerals and precious stones, both raw and cut market value above CZK 10,000

II. Objects in the field of archaeology period of origin

archaeological finds documenting the life of man from the beginning of his development, which were preserved in the ground or under water, including also human and animal skeletons (+)

III. works of art, products of art crafts and works of applied arts of sacral and cult nature period of origin

1. paintings, drawings and original art prints made by trained and untrained creators on any type of ground material by any technique, depicting religious imagery or representing church personages and rites older than 50 years

2. sculptures, reliefs and objects or parts thereof made by trained and untrained creators by any technique from any material, depicting religious imagery or representing church personages and rites, and copies made in the same manner as the originals older than 50 years

3. altars and parts thereof older than 50 years

4. church pulpits, confession boxes, baptisteries, railings, faldstools, amboes kneelers, sedes, assistance desks, sacristy furniture and any parts of the art decoration thereof older than 50 years

5. cruet sets and sacral tools, e.g. calices, patens, ciboria, pyxes, ewers, ostensories, baptismal sets, lavabo sets, anointing oil bottles, fonts, sprinklers, canonic tables, standing crucifixes, processional crucifixes, alms poles, DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

holy bread boxes, contribution boxes older than 50 years

6. clergy apparel and other textiles, e.g. ensigns, banners, canopies older than 50 years

7. pendant lustres, lamps, lanterns, candle holders, candle extinguishers, candle snuffers, eternal lights, incense burners, censers, incense boats older than 50 years

8. organs and parts thereof older than 50 years

9. bells, large and small older than 50 years

10. nativity scenes and parts thereof older than 50 years

11. arms and insignia of all estates of clergy and monastic orders and congregations older than 50 years

12. liturgy books, prayer books and hymn books older than 100years

13. all kinds of reliquaries and devotionalia up to and including 1960

14. all kinds of funeralia, e.g. burial shields, coffins, sepulchres and parts thereof, cemetery crucifixes, lanterns older than 50 years

15. judaics older than 50 years

IV. Objects of fine arts, except objects indicated under Point III. period of origin

1. paintings made by any technique on any type of ground material market price above CZK 30,000 older than 50 years

2. drawings made by any technique on any type of ground material market price above CZK 10,000 older than 50 years

3. collages, assemblages, mosaics market price above CZK 30,000 older than 50 years

4. original works of graphic art of all techniques, also including serigraphics and the print matrix (+) for individual piece – market price above CZK 6,000, for a set – market price above CZK 30,000 older than 50 years

5. miniatures made by any technique on any type of ground material market price above CZK 6,000 older than 50 years

6. works of sculptural art, also including relieves and objects made by any technique from any material, and copies made in the same manner as the original market price above CZK 30,000 older than 50 years

7. author’s pieces of cast plaques and medals market price above CZK 6,000 older than 50 years

V. Objects in the field of photographic art period of origin

1. daguerrotypes, ambrotypes, panotypes, kalotypes, ferrotypes, chromophotography, including the negatives up to and including 1918

2. authorised art photography, including the negatives market price above CZK 6,000 older than 50 years

VI. Objects in the field of art crafts and applied art, except period of origin objects indicated under Point III.

1. furniture for individual piece – market price above CZK 20,000 for a set – market price above CZK 100,000 up to and including 1938

2. interior equipment and accessories, including mirrors, grisaille glass panes, gratings and lattices market price above CZK 20,000 up to and including 1938

3. lighting fittings market price above CZK 20,000 up to and including 1938

4. stoves market price above CZK 50,00 up to and including 1918

5. a) porcelain and ceramic sets and parts thereof, table decorations such as, e.g., vases, jardinières, bowls – marked, made in the territory of CR(+) up to and including 1938 b) porcelain and ceramic sets and parts thereof, table decorations such as, e.g., vases, jardinières, bowls – marked, made outside the territory of CR up to and including 1860 c) porcelain and ceramic sets and parts thereof, table decorations such as, e.g., vases, jardinières, bowls – unmarked up to and including 1860

6. a) porcelain and ceramic sculptures– marked, made in the territory of CR up to and including 1938 b) porcelain and ceramic sculptures – marked, made outside the territory of CR up to and including 1860 c) unmarked porcelain and ceramic sculptures up to and including 1860

7. porcelain and ceramic pharmaceutical vessels (+) up to and including 1918

8. objects made of clear, stained, cut, engraved, painted and gilt glass (+) for individual piece – market price above CZK 20,000 for a set – market price above CZK 100,000 up to and including 1918

9. objects made of cast and pressed glass (+) for individual piece – market price above CZK 5,000 for a set – market price above CZK 25,000 up to and including 1918

10. objects and jewels made of precious metals and DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

precious stones market price above CZK 100,000 up to and including 1938

11. clocks and watches market price above CZK 50,000 up to and including 1938

12. objects made of common metals (pewter, brass, copper, cast iron, iron, metal alloys market price above CZK 20,000 up to and including 1938

13. sign boards and shooters’ targets and parts thereof up to and including 1918

14. interior textiles, e.g. carpets, drapery and table covers market price above CZK 20,000 up to and including 1918

15. tapestry market price above CZK 100,000 up to and including 1938

16. garments and parts thereof (+) market price above CZK 20,000 up to and including 1938

17. games, all kinds of toys, perambulators, baby carriages market price above CZK 20,000 up to and including 1938

18. scenic and costume designs, scenic models, theatre costumes (+) older than 70 years

19. marionettes, marionette theatres and parts thereof (+) older than 70 years

20. authored posters made by any graphic or print technique older than 70 years

21. authored applied graphics, graphic design older than 70 years

VII. Objects in the field of book culture period of origin

1. book-type manuscripts, manuscripts of literary works and original cartographic works

2. documentation material and personal relics related to outstanding personalities of cultural and public life (++)

3. preserved proof sheets of unpublished prints

4. incunabula and old prints, including maps, atlases and print matrices up to and including 1800

5. books, printed maps and atlases issued in the territory of CR (++) older than 100 years

VIII. Objects in the field of music period of origin

1. musical instruments, including folk musical instruments, their parts and accessories older than 70 years DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

2. printed musical scores (++) older than 70 years

3. manuscript musical scores and notations, documentation material and personal relics related to outstanding personalities of musical life (++)

IX. Objects in the field of ethnography period of origin

1. folk paintings made by any technique on any type of ground material older than 100 years

2. folk sculptures made by any technique from any material older than 100 years

3. folk furniture, e.g. cupboards, chests, dressers, cradles and interior accessories older than 100 years

4. folk ceramics, stoneware, faience, mezzomaiolica older than 100 years

5. all kinds of folk textiles, including folk costumes and parts thereof (+) older than 100 years

6. folk jewellery and combs made of any material older than 100 years

7. tools and work aids of domestic make, from any material older than 100 years

8. folk toys made of any material older than 100 years

9. hand-written chronicles older than 50 years

X. Objects in the field of science, technology and industry period of origin

1. engine-driven and non-engine-driven road, rail, air and naval means of transport, including those that are not complete older than 50 years

2. chronometers and astronomical instruments and equipment older than 70 years

3. equipment for recording, processing, transmission or reproduction of images, sounds, data and information older than 50 years

4. polygraphic and office machines, printing plates older than 50 years

5. printing plates for industrial textile printing older than 50 years

6. household and consumer technology older than 70 years

7. energy-producing and driving machines older than 80 years

8. manufacturing machines and equipment older than 80 years

9. scientific and technological instruments and equipment older than 80 years DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

10. designs, prototypes and individual or small-series realisations for industrial production older than 50 years

11. original, sketches, drawings, drawing documentation and models in the area of science, technology and architecture (++) older than 50 years

12. uniforms, logos and badges (+) up to and including 1950

13. documentation material and personal relics related to outstanding personalities in the areas of science, technology and transport (++)

XI. Objects in the field of militaria period of origin

1. cold weapons, fire arms, mechanical weapons, guns, including sporting and hunting arms up to and including 1950

2. heavy weapons, combat vehicles, aircraft and means of transport older than 50 years

3. prototypes of heavy weapons, combat vehicles, aircraft and means of transport

4. uniforms and parts thereof, including all kinds of equipment (+) up to and including 1950

5. all kinds of arms and armour, including horse armour, and parts thereof (+) up to and including 1950

6. flags, banners and standards, and parts thereof up to and including 1950

7. all kinds of phaleristic objects, e.g. orders, decorations, medals and parts thereof (+) up to and including 1950

8. badges of historic regiments and other military units, or home defence troops, and badges of resistance groups up to and including 1950

XII. Objects in the field of farming, food production, period of origin forestry and game management

1. buggies, rack wagons, horse drays, sleighs, harnesses, lamps older than 70 years

2. tractors, stationary engines, steam engines, locomobiles older than 50 years

3. soil-working machines, sowing machines, crop processing machines older than 70 years

4. food production machines and equipment older than 70 years

5. screw-type and log-type wine presses older than 70 years DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

6. log hives – logs hollowed by carving, chiselling or burning older than 70 years

7. stone mangers, troughs and drinking fountains, millstones and grindstones etc. older than 70 years

8. hunting and fishing tools and equipment, e.g. iron traps, gill nets, basket traps older than 100 years

9. corvée tokens, tally sticks, corvée disengagement documents

XIII. Objects in the field of philately and postal services period of origin

1. traditional post stamps, covers and postcards from all stamp-issuing countries (++) up to and including 1945

2. stagecoaches, carriages, wagons up to and including 1945

3. historic stamping dies up to and including 1945

XIV. Objects in the field of numismatics, except objects period of origin indicated under Point II.

1. coining dies older than 50 years

2. coins, paper money, emergency money – metallic, paper, ceramic and other; securities such as shares, share certificates, duty stamps, debt securities, documents of cash-free transactions (++) older than 50 years

3. phaleristic documents, orders, decorations (+) older than 50 years

4. plaques, medals, tokens, chips (+) older than 50 years

XV. Objects in the field of history, public and club life, period of origin special-interest activities and leisure activities

1. uniforms of public administration and self-government employees, members of clubs and other voluntary associations (+) up to and including 1950

2. insignia and related items, including batons, mayors’ maces of office, badges, swords, sabres, sashes, banners up to and including 1950

3. guild chests, banners and emblems and all other items documenting the life of guilds

4. banners, emblems and badges of clubs and other items documenting the life of clubs, e.g. cups, diplomas, memorial papers up to and including 1950

5. sports, tourist and travelling equipment, tools and DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

apparel, contest medals, prizes and decorations older than 70 years XVI. Objects in the field of education history period of origin

1. three-dimensional didactic aids for pupils and students of all grades and types of schools up to and including 1950

2. demonstration aids, functioning and non-functioning models of machines and technical equipment up to and including 1950

XVII. Objects in the field of architecture and exterior objects period of origin 1. small pieces of exterior architecture, e.g. small village chapels, small campaniles, wayside crosses, field crosses, propitiatory crosses and parts and fragments thereof older than 50 years

2. mouldings and fragments and other parts of architecture made of any material older than 70 years

3. exterior sculptures and parts and fragments thereof, made by any technique from any material, and copies made in the same manner as the original older than 50 years

4. exterior grids and bars, lattice gates, made of any material older than 70 years

5. cisterns, fountains, wells and parts thereof older than 70 years

(+) One Certificate for objects marked with one cross may also be issued for a set of such objects. The application must contain photos for identification of those objects. A list of the objects making up the set must be an integral annex to the application. The list must also contain appropriate identification data.

(++) One Certificate for objects marked with two crosses may also be issued for a set of such objects. The application is not required to contain photos. A list of the objects making up the set must be an integral annex to the application. The list must make it possible to distinguish the objects making up the set.

Note: Where the market price is not indicated, the given object is an object of cultural value irrespective of the market value. Besides the sets indicated under I., a set may also be comprised of a functional assembly such as a furniture set, dining and drinking sets, sets of table decorations, garments (also including folk costumes), altar sets, liturgical kits, authored graphic albums, scenic and costume designs for one staging, and set of small individual items developed by collecting activities. DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

Annex No. 2

LIST OF SPECIALIST ORGANISATIONS

I. Objects in the fields of mineralogy, palaeontology, botany, zoology and entomology

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

fields of mineralogy, palaeontology Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region Usti nad Labem region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Liberec region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region fields of botany, zoology Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region field of entomology Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region Usti nad Labem region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

Vysocina region Zlin region Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

II. Objects in the field of archaeology

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

field of classical archaeology Národní muzeum Czech Republic

other fields Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

III. Works of art, objects that are products of art crafts and works of applied arts of sacral and cult nature

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

all objects except judaics Národní památkový ústav central unit Czech Republic City of Prague Národní památkový ústav Central Bohemia regional specialised unit in Prague Central Bohemia region

Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in České Budějovice South Bohemia region

Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Plzen Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Usti nad Labem Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Pardubice Pardubice region DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

Hradec Kralove region Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Brno South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Olomouc Olomouc region

Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Ostrava Moravia-Silesian region

judaics only Židovské muzeum v Praze Czech Republic

IV. Objects in the fields of fine arts, except objects indicated in Point III of Annex No. 1

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní galerie v Praze City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravská galerie v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Olomouc region Zlin region Moravia-Silesian region

V. Objects in the field of photography

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Uměleckoprůmyslové museum v Praze City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravská galerie v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

Olomouc region

VI. Objects in the field of art crafts and applied arts, except objects indicated in Point III of Annex No. 1

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Moravská galerie v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

VII. Objects in the field of book culture

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní knihovna ČR City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Liberec region Usti nad Labem region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravská zemská knihovna South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region Olomouc region Moravia-Silesian region

Literary manuscripts and objects from the inheritance left by personages of literary world Památník národního písemnictví Czech Republic

Comeniana only Muzeum Jana Amose Komenského v Uheském Brodě Czech Republic

VIII Objects in the field of music DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Usti nad Labem region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region Olomouc region Moravia-Silesian region

IX. Objects in the field of ethnography

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region

Valašské muzeum v přírodě, v Rožnově pod Radhoštěm Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

X. Objects in the field of science, technology and industry

Specialist Organisation regional coverage Národní technické muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

Technické muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region Olomouc region Moravia-Silesian region

XI. Objects in the field of militaria

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

heavy weapons, combat vehicles, aircraft, means of transport and the prototypes thereof Vojenský historický ústav Czech Republic

other objects Vojenský historický ústav City of Prague Central Bohemia region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Pardubice region Hradec Kralove region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

XII. Objects in the field of farming, food production, forestry and game management

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

field of foodstuff production and the foodstuff industry Národní zemědělské muzeum v Praze Czech Republic

other fields Národní zemědělské muzeum v Praze City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Hradec Kralove region Pardubice region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

XIII. Objects in the field of philately and postal service

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Poštovní muzeum Czech Republic

XIV. Objects in the field of numismatics, except objects indicated under Point II of Annex No. 1

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Liberec region Usti nad Labem region Pardubice region Hradec Kralove region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

XV. Objects in the field of the history of public life and club life, special-interest activities and leisure activities

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Pardubice region Hradec Kralove region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Olomouc region

XVI. Objects in the field of the history of education

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní muzeum City of Prague Central Bohemia region South Bohemia region Plzen region Karlovy Vary region Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Pardubice region Hradec Kralove region

Moravské zemské muzeum v Brně South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region

Slezské zemské muzeum Moravia-Silesian region Olomouc region

XVII. Objects in the field of architecture, exterior objects

Specialist Organisation regional coverage

Národní památkový ústav central unit Czech Republic City of Prague Národní památkový ústav Central Bohemia regional specialised unit in Prague Central Bohemia region

Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in České Budějovice South Bohemia region

Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Plzen Plzen region Karlovy Vary region

Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Usti nad Labem Usti nad Labem region Liberec region Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Pardubice Pardubice region Hradec Kralove region Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Brno South Moravia region Vysocina region Zlin region Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Olomouc Olomouc region

Národní památkový ústav regional specialised unit in Ostrava Moravia-Silesian region

Annex No. 3

Registration number of the application:

APPLICATION for the issue of Certificate in accordance with Act No. 71/1994Coll. on the sale and export of objects of cultural value, as amended, for export for a limited period of time from the Czech Republic

OWNER of the object (set of objects) of cultural value

Name and surname of physical person / name of the legal entity: ______Birth Certificate Code No. of physical person / ______Identification No. (IČ) of legal entity: Passport No., nationality (citizenship)*): ______

Permanent residence address of physical person ______/ registered address of legal entity: Signature / stamp ______

The Owner should add to the application front view and back view photos of the object or, depending on the nature of the object, the front-lateral and back-lateral view photos.

Photo format 9 x 13 cm

I apply for export for the following reasons:

Exhibiting Scientific examination Restoring Conservation Other (indicate the reason):

The object will be exported to (country/ies): until (date):

Name and address of the recipient(s) of the object:

AFFIDAVIT I hereby declare that I am the owner of the object (set of objects) of cultural value, which is not a cultural monument or a national cultural monument, or a registered museum-type collection, or a collection item or an archive item. To my best knowledge, it is not a stolen object or an inquired-after object.

Date:

Owner’s signature / stamp: Date when received by the specialist organisation:

*) To be filled-in if the Owner is a person not having a permanent residence or registered address in the Czech Republic DISCLAIMER: As Member States provide national legislations, hyperlinks and explanatory notes (if any), UNESCO does not guarantee their accuracy, nor their up-dating on this web site, and is not liable for any incorrect information. COPYRIGHT: All rights reserved.This information may be used only for research, educational, legal and non- commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of UNESCO Cultural Heritage Laws Database as the source (© UNESCO).

TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SPECIALIST ORGANISATION ------Expert specification of the object (set of objects) of cultural value: ------Name of the object:

Author / producer: Date / style: Origin (provenance):

Technique and material: Dimensions / weight: Surface finish:

Signature / mark / hallmark State (condition): Other traits (inscription):

Description of the object:

CERTIFICATE for export for a limited period of time of an object (set of objects) of cultural value

In accordance with section 2 of Act No. 71/1994 Coll. on the Sale and Export of Objects of Cultural Value, as amended under Act No. 80/2004, this is to certify that the object (set of objects) of cultural value, specified in this Application, was subjected to expert evaluation and there are no objections against:

a) its export from the Czech Republic for a limited period of time for the purpose of: until: at the maximum

b) its temporary repeated exports from the Czech Republic for the purpose of: until: at the maximum

Name and registered address of the specialist organisation:

Certificate issued on [date]: Signature: Plastotype stamp:

______RECORDS OF THE CUSTOMS OFFICE:

Annex No.4

Registration number of the application:

APPLICATION for the issue of Certificate in accordance with Act No. 71/1994Coll. on the sale and export of objects of cultural value, as amended, for permanent export from the Czech Republic

OWNER of the object (set of objects) of cultural value

Permanent residence address of physical person ______/ registered address of legal entity: Signature / stamp ______

The Owner should add to the application front view and back view photos of the object or, depending on the nature of the object, the front-lateral and back-lateral view photos.

Photo format 9 x 13 cm

AFFIDAVIT I hereby declare that I am the owner of the object (set of objects) of cultural value, which is not a cultural monument or a national cultural monument, or a registered museum-type collection, or a collection item or an archival document. To my best knowledge, it is not a stolen object or an inquired-after object.

Date:

Owner’s signature / stamp: Date when received by the specialist organisation:

*) To be filled-in if the Owner is a person not having a permanent residence or registered address in the Czech Republic

TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SPECIALIST ORGANISATION ------Expert specification of the object (set of objects) of cultural value: ------Name of the object:

Author / producer: Date / style: Origin (provenance):

Technique and material: Dimensions / weight: Surface finish:

Signature / mark / hallmark State (condition): Other traits (inscription):

Description of the object:

CERTIFICATE for permanent export of an object (set of objects) of cultural value

In accordance with section 2 of Act No. 71/1994 Coll. the Sale and Export of Objects of Cultural Value, as amended under Act No. 80/2004, this is to certify that the object (set of objects) of cultural value, specified in this Application, was subjected to expert evaluation and there are no objections against its permanent export.

Name and registered address of the specialist organisation:

Certificate issued on [date]: Signature: Plastotype stamp:

RECORDS OF THE CUSTOM OFFICE:

Selected Provisions of the Amendments

Article II of Act No. 80/2004Coll.

Transitory Provisions

(1) Certificates issued before the effective date of this Act shall remain in force for 3 years from the date of issue thereof but not longer than until 31 December 2004.

(2) If an application for the Certificate for export of an object of cultural value was issued before the effective date of this Act, the currently existing legal regulations shall apply to the issue of the Certificate and to the export regime or outward processing regime. Certificates issued in this manner shall remain in force for 1 year after the date of their issue.

(3) Proceedings concerning imposition of fines, commenced before the effective date of this Act, shall be completed in accordance with the currently existing legal regulations.

1) Act No. 20/1987 Coll., on the State Care of Monuments, as amended. 2) Act No. 122/2000 Coll., on Protection of Museum-type Collections and on Amendment to Certain Other Acts. 3) Act No. 97/1974 Coll., on Archive Administration, as amended. 3a) section 31 et seq. of the Civil Code. 3b) Act No. 20/1987 Coll., as amended under Act No. 122/2000 Coll. 6) Decree of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Socialist Republic No. 117/1974 Coll., setting the Criteria for Evaluating Written Material as Archival Documents, and the Details of the Scrapping Procedure 6a) Act No. 13/1993 Coll., the Customs Act, as amended. 6b) section 2 Subsection 2 of the Commercial Code. 6c) Act No. 337/1992 Coll., on the Administration of Taxes and Fees, as amended. 7) E.g., Czech National Council Act No. 114/1992 Coll., on Nature and Landscape Conservation, as amended under Legislative Provision of the Presidium of the Czech National Council No. 347/1992 Coll.; Foreign Currency Act No. 528/1990 Coll, as amended under Act No. 228/1992 Coll. (long-form version in Act No. 457/1992 Coll.); Decree of Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs No. 560/1991 Coll., on the Conditions of Issuance of Official Permit for the Import and Export of Goods and Services, as amended under Decree No. 130/1993 Coll. 8) Act No. 71/1967Coll., on Administrative Procedure (Rules of Administrative Procedure).