Country Summary for HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)

I. Relevant Legislation
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II. Regulated Cultural Property
Definitions

'Protected Goods'— all personal and real property of artistic, historical, archaeological or ethnographic value administered by the Holy See, Vatican City State, including:
(a) all goods related to paleontology, prehistory, primitive civilizations and archeological finds;
(b) all goods related to numismatics;
(c) paper and paperless manuscripts, autograph documents, collections of letters, remarkable documents, archives as well as incunabula, books, geographical maps, musical scripts, photographic material, rare or precious prints and engravings;
(d) historical means of transportation and all goods and instruments that are relevant for history, science and technology; and
(e) collections or series of objects that as a whole, due to their fame or particular environmental characteristics, are traditionally of a certain artistic and historical importance. (Law No. 355, Art. 1)
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III. Export Restrictions
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IV. Ownership Rights and Restrictions