The responsibilities of the state in the field of culture and creative services are declared in the Law on Culture.
Architecture, as one of the most important arts that combines cultural heritage, the creative industries and the construction business, requires a balanced and stable legal framework for support and development and is governed by the following package of laws:
- Law on Architectural Activity (1998);
- Law on Cultural Heritage (2007);
- Law on State Supervision of Architectural and Construction Activity (1997);
- Law on Spatial Management and Urban Planning Principles (2005);
- Law on Environmental Protection (1996);
- Law on State Control of Environmental Protection (2005); and
- Law on State Ecological Assessment (1996).
The Law on Architectural Activity was passed on 14 April 1998 to create and develop an adequate, eco-friendly, aesthetic environment and to promote architectural art in Georgia.
The environmental assessment of architectural design is carried out in compliance with the Law on State Environmental Assessment.
Together with the Architecture and Construction Inspection Agency, state supervision of the monuments of culture is undertaken by the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection.
The significant Law on Spatial Management and Urban Planning Principles, passed on 2 June 2005, regulates the process of spatial management and urban planning in Georgia.
In the cultural sector, environmental protection is regulated by the general legislation regardless of the field – by the Law on Environment Protection and the Law on State Control of Environmental Protection.
The Law of Design (04.05. 2010 /3030-Is/) recognizes the inviolability of the right of ownership of intellectual property; it regulates the relations connected with creation, registration, use, legal protection of design and the rights thereof. The law is extended to the design which is registered under the procedure established by the law in the industrial property register by the National Centre for Intellectual Property – SAKPATENTI – or to which the international registration is extended.The Law on Advertising (18/02/1998) regulates the legal relations arising during the production, placement and distribution of advertisements in the commodity (works, services) and financial markets of Georgia.
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