Chapter 4

In this Section, 'act' (handeling) shall be understood to mean: an act as referred to in Article 4.4, points (a) up to and including (g).

The owner of a protected cultural object shall inform the person to whom he alienates the cultural object or to whom he grants rights with respect to…

Any person who has a protected cultural object in their possession shall, upon request, exhibit it to the inspector and shall notify the latter…

Without prior written notification to the inspector, it is prohibited to:

During a period of six weeks following the dispatch of the notification referred to in Article 4.4, any act is prohibited without the consent of the…

If Our Minister has raised written objections against the act to the person who has submitted the notification within the period referred to in…

Our Minister may, when raising objections, state that the prohibition does not apply insofar as the act is performed in compliance with the…

If Our Minister has not raised any objections, an act is prohibited again one year after the dispatch of the notification.

Our Minister shall, by publication in the Government Gazette (Staatscourant), give notice of the objections he has raised with regard to a protected…

During a period of six weeks following publication in the Government Gazette (Staatscourant), potential buyers of the protected cultural property may…

Articles 4.9 and 4.10 shall not apply if Our Minister, when submitting objections, has made a notification as referred to in Article 4.7, paragraph 1.

The period referred to in Article 4.10, paragraph 4, shall be suspended for as long as, regarding an offer by the State for the purchase of a…

Our Minister shall, without delay after the commencement of the period referred to in Article 4.10, paragraph 4, enter into negotiations with the…

If the negotiations referred to in Article 4.13 do not lead to an agreement, the price shall be determined by the court (de rechtbank) of The Hague…

Within one month after the purchase price has been irrevocably determined pursuant to Article 4.14, Our Minister may notify the owner of the decision…

Upon request, Our Minister shall reimburse the expenses of an interested party insofar as the utility thereof has been nullified by objections raised…

A proposed decision to alienate a cultural asset or a collection shall be made public by Our Minister, the provincial executive, or the municipal…

Regarding a decision to alienate a cultural asset or collection, advice shall be requested from a committee of independent experts by Our Minister…

The committee shall advise on the question of whether the intended alienation concerns a cultural object or collection of particular…

The committee shall consist of at least three members, including the chair.

If the advice of the committee has the purport that it concerns a cultural object or collection of particular cultural-historical or scientific…

It is prohibited to remove a cultural object that forms part of a public collection listed in the inventory of a museum, an archive, or a permanent…

It is prohibited, without a license from Our Minister or from another competent authority as referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC)…

It is prohibited to import cultural goods as referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/880 from territories outside the customs territory…