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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