Act implementing the UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property and implementing Council Directive 93/7/EEC of 15 March 1993 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State (Act on the Return of Cultural Property - KultGüRückG)
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| Chapter 1 General provisions | |
| Section 1 | Definitions |
| Section 2 | Central authorities |
| Chapter 2 Assertion of claims for the return of protected German cultural property | |
| Section 3 | Claims for return against other Member States of the European Union |
| Section 4 | Claims for return against other States Parties |
| Section 5 | Ownership |
| Chapter 3 Claims of other States for return | |
| Section 6 | Conditions for an obligation to return |
| Section 7 | Party claiming return, party obliged to return |
| Section 8 | Procedure for effecting and securing return |
| Section 9 | Ownership of returned cultural property |
| Section 10 | Compensation |
| Section 11 | Limitation period and expiration of the claim for return |
| Section 12 | Tasks of the Federation and the central authorities of the Länder |
| Section 13 | Initiation of return proceedings by the requesting State |
| Chapter 4 Provisions for the protection of important cultural property of other States | |
| Section 14 | Licence requirement |
| Section 15 | Licence |
| Section 16 | Involvement of the customs authorities |
| Section 17 | Seizure and confiscation by the customs offices |
| Section 18 | Recording obligations in the art and antiques trade and in the auction trade |
| Section 19 | Right to information and access |
| Chapter
5 Provisions governing criminal penalties and regulatory fines | |
| Section 20 | Criminal provisions |
| Section 21 | Provisions governing regulatory fines |
| Section 22 | Powers of the customs authorities |
