Poland 4.2.2

The following laws are relevant to the field of cultural heritage:

• the Act on Museums, 21 November 1996 (OJ5, p.24, with amendments and annexes);
• the Act on Protection of Cultural Goods, 15 February 1962 (OJ 98, p.1 150);
• the Act of 23 July 2003 on the Protection and Guardianship of Monuments (with later amendments);
• the Act on the change of some Laws Defining the Competencies of the National Administration Bodies, 24 July 1998;
• and the Act on Provincial Local Authority, 5 June 1998.

Recent legislative and policy discussions increasingly concern digitisation of heritage, sustainability, energy modernisation of heritage infrastructure, accessibility and the protection of cultural heritage in emergency situations and armed conflicts.