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II SÉRIE-A - NÚMERO 29

PROPOSTA DE RESOLUÇÃO N.° 47/VII

APROVA, PARA RATIFICAÇÃO, A CONVENÇÃO EUROPEIA PARA A PROTECÇÃO DO PATRIMÓNIO ARQUEOLÓGICO (REVISTA), ABERTA À ASSINATURA EM LA VALETTA, MALTA, EM 16 DE JANEIRO DE 1992, E ASSINADA POR PORTUGAL NESSA DATA

Nos termos da alínea d) do n.° 1 do artigo 200.° da Constituição, o Governo apresenta à Assembleia da República a seguinte proposta de resolução:

Artigo único

É aprovada, para ratificação, a Convenção Europeia para a Protecção do Património Arqueológico (revista), aberta à assinatura em La Valetta, Malta, em 16 de Janeiro de 1992, cujas versões autênticas em língua inglesa e francesa e a tradução em língua portuguesa seguem em anexo.

Visto e aprovado em Conselho de Ministros em 20 de Fevereiro de 1997. — O Primeiro-Ministro, em exercício, António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino. — O Ministro da Presidência, António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino. — O Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Jaime José Matos da Gama. — O Ministro da Cultura, Manuel Maria Ferreira Carrilho.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE (REVISED)

Preamble

The member States of the Council of Europe and the other States party to the European Cultural Convention signatory hereto:

Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose, in particular, of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage;

Having regard to the European Cultural Convention signed in Paris on 19 December 1954, in particular articles 1 and 5 thereof;

Having regard to the Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe signed in Granada on 3 October 1985;

Having regard to the European Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property signed in Delphi on 23 June 1985;

Having regard to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly relating to archaeology and in particular Recommendations 848 (1978), 921 (1981) and 1072 (1988);

Having regard to Recommendation R (89) 5 concerning the protection and enhancement of the archaeological heritage in the context of town and country planning operations;

Recalling that the archaeological heritage is essential to a knowledge of the history of mankind;

Acknowledging that the European archaeological heritage, which provides evidence of ancient history, is seriously threatened with deterioration because of the increasing number of major planning schemes, natural risks, clandestine or unscientific excavations and insufficient public awareness;

Affirming that it is important to institute, where they do not yet exist, appropriate administrative

and scientific supervision procedures, and that the need to protect the archaeological heritage should be reflected in town and country planning and cultural development policies;

Stressing that responsibility for the protection of the archaeological heritage should rest not only with the State directly concernend but with all European countries, the aim being to reduce the risk of deterioration and promote conservation by encouraging exchanges of experts and the comparison of experiences;

Noting the necessity to complete the principles set forth in the European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage signed in London on 6 May 1969, as a result of evolution of planning policies in European countries;

have agreed as follows:

Definition of the archaeological heritage

Article 1

1 — The aim of this (revised) Convention is to protect the archaeological heritage as a source of the European collective memory and as an instrument for historical and scientific study.

2 — To this end shall be considered to be elements of the archaeological heritage all remains and objects and any other traces of mankind from past epochs:

i) The preservation and study of which help to retrace the history of mankind and its relation with the natural environment;

ii) For which excavations or discoveries and other methods of research into mankind and the related environment are the main sources of information; and

Hi) Which are located in any area within the jurisdiction of the Parties.

3 — The archaeological heritage shall include structures, constructions, groups of buildings, developed sites, moveable objects, monuments of other kinds as well as their context, whether situated on land or underwater.

Identification of the heritage and measures, for protection

Article 2

Each Party undertakes to institute, by means appropriate to the State in question, a legal system for the protection of the archaeological heritage, making provision for:

i) The maintenance of an inventory of its archaeological heritage and the designation of pro tected monuments and areas;

ii) The creation of archaeological reserves, even where there are no visible remains on the ground or under water, for the preservation of material evidence to be studied by later generations;

Hi) The mandatory reporting to the competent authorities by a finder of the chance discovery of elements of the archaeological heritage and making them available for examination.