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France

Contracting State since
1997.01.07
Lastly updated
2022.08.02

Contact for consular services

German Embassy
Bilateral relations and German missions
homepage: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen

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Please be aware: With regard to the overseas department of French Guiana, individual object categories of cultural assets are included in the so-called Red Lists of Cultural Heritage at Particular Endangerment by the International Council of Museums: Particularly endangered cultural assets from French Guiana based on the list of objects in Latin America.

National legal bases

EU regulations
The licence for the export of cultural goods from the European customs territory is subject to Council Regulation (EC) No. 116/2009 of 18 December 2008 on the export of cultural goods (OJ L 39, 10.2.2009, p. 1). Exports to the internal market, however, are subject to national regulations, which may differ from the Council regulation with respect to the value and age thresholds of the categories of the protected cultural property.

Further information on the legal situation can be requested from the EUR-Lex Datenbank. The EU also maintains a special database for the regulations regarding the protection of cultural property.

The multilingual UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws provides access to the relevant national legal bases. Another source of information on national cultural asset protection laws is the Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws On Crime (SHERLOC) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Export ban

Authorities responsible for issuing export permits

French Museums Service
Collections Department
Office of the inventory of collections and circulation of cultural goods
6, rue des Pyramides
75001 Paris
France
Contact
Phone: 0033 1 40 15 34 -54 or -66
Fax: 0033 1 40 15 36 50
Heritage Service
Department of Historical Monuments and Protected Areas
Office for the conservation of movable and instrumental heritage
182, rue Saint-Honoré
75033 Paris cédex 01
France
Contact
Phone: 0033 1 40 15 79 97
Fax: 0033 1 40 15 78 51
Interministerial service of the Archives of France
Mission for private archives
56, rue des Francs-Bourgeois
75141 Paris cédex 03
France
Contact
Phone: 0033 1 40 27 62 77
Fax: 0033 1 40 27 66 30
Book and Reading Service
Office of Heritage and Digital Policy
182, rue Saint-Honoré
75033 Paris cedex 01
France
Contact
Phone: 01 40 15 74 57
Fax: 01 40 15 74 04

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Further Information

Further Information is available in German language.

Disclaimer:
The above information is based on the information available and deemed trustworthy at the time indicated, in particular the information provided by the State and the information as available in the UNESCO database . No guarantee can be given for the correctness and completeness of this information, nor can any liability be accepted for any damage that may occur. Legal regulations may change at any time without the Minister of State for Culture and the Media being informed. The decision to acquire, import, export or place cultural property on the market is your sole responsibility. It is therefore recommended that you contact the relevant diplomatic or consular representation and/or the export authorities of the respective foreign country.