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A New Law—A New Perspective for Archaeological Heritage Preservation in the Republic of Moldova

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2013

Sergiu Musteață
Sergiu Musteață*
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy, Iasi branch, str. L. Catargiu 18, Iasi, jud.IASI, 700107, Romania. Email: sergiu_musteata@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Abstract: This article provides one of the first presentations of the Law of the Republic of Moldova on Archaeological Heritage Preservation recently approved by the Moldovan Parliament. Since 1993, Moldova has had a general law on monument preservation, but the part on archaeological heritage was poorly developed. The new law is the first of its kind in Moldova and was established according to the principles of the European and International Conventions signed in recent years by the Republic of Moldova. This law opens new avenues for Moldovan society to improve the situation in of its archaeological heritage, specifically to fight the black market in archaeology and illegal trafficking of antiquities.

Type
Legislative Report
Information
International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , November 2012 , pp. 535 - 541
Copyright
Copyright © International Cultural Property Society 2012

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ENDNOTES

1. Decree on the enactment of the Law on archaeological heritage preservation, Interim President of the Republic of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu, No. 642-V, 24 November 2010. In: Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova, No. 235-240, Year XVII (376-3773), 3 December 2010, art. 737, p. 8. See also the unofficial English translation in this issue.

2. Law on archaeological heritage preservation (no. 218 from 17 September 2010). In: Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova, No. 235-240, Year XVII (376-3773), 3 December 2010, art. 738, pp. 8–17.

3. This law implements the first of all the provisions of the revised European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Valletta, 1992), which was signed by the Republic of Moldova on 4 May 1998, ratified on 11 October 2001 and entered into force on 22 June 2002.