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Greece

Contracting State since
1981.06.05
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

National legal bases

Law No. 3028/2002 on the Protection of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage

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).

This State Party to the UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 is also a State Party to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegaly Exported Cultural Objects, which entered into force on 1 July 1998. The national legal bases are therefore also partially provided by the WIPO database.

Sanctions

Authorities responsible for issuing export permits

Ministry of Culture & Sport
General Directorate for Antiquities and Cultural Heritage
Department for the supervision of private archaeological collections and antiquities
Polygnotou  13
10555 Athens
Greece
Contact
Phone: +30210 3210143
E-Mail: teiasa@culture.gr
Department for exhibitions and museological research
Themistokleous  5
10677 Athens
Greece
Contact
Phone: +30210 3321707
E-Mail: teiasa@culture.gr
Directorate for Modern and Spiritual Cultural Heritage
Ermou 17
Athens
Greece
Contact
Phone: +30210 3310692
E-Mail: teiasa@culture.gr
Ministry of Finance General Secretariat for State Revenue General Directorate for Customs and Excise Taxes Directorate for Customs Procedures
Divisions A und C
Karageorgi Servias  8/10
10184 Athens
Greece
Kontakt Zollämter
Phone: Athens: +30210 2889779
mobile: Thessaloniki: +302310 601797

Forms

Greece basically uses the UNESCO-WCO Model Export Certificate for Cultural Objects: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001396/139620E.pdf


EU approval model according to Annex I of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1081/2012 of November 9, 2012 for Regulation (EC) No. 116/2009:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012R1081R(01)

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.