Application for authorisation to dispose of property of cultural interest

Movables and immovables of cultural interest in the possession of public entities (state property or property belonging to public entities other than the State, regions, municipalities and other territorial entities, and legally recognised entities and institutes) or non-profit legal persons (including civilly recognised ecclesiastical entities) may not be alienated until the verification of interest provided for in Article 12 of Legislative Decree 42/2004 has been carried out; without prejudice to transfers between the State, Regions and other territorial public entities.
After verification and confirmation that the assets belong to the cultural heritage, they may only be disposed of subject to authorisation that must be requested by the legal representative of the entity or legal entity also in the case of exchange and for all those legal transactions such as alienation, pledge, mortgage or easement.

On the other hand, authorisation is not required for transfers for any reason in favour of the State and the Autonomous Province of Trento (art. 6 bis L.P. 1/2003).

The legal representative of public bodies and private not-for-profit legal persons (Articles 55 and 56 of Legislative Decree 42/2004).

Applications can be submitted either via e-mail to the following e-mail address umst.soprintendenza@pec.provincia.tn.it by traditional means, i.e. by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt or hand-delivered to the headquarters of the UMSt Superintendency for Cultural Assets and Activities, at the various decentralised public information and assistance desks throughout the territory, or by fax.

The description of the service form with the relevant forms can be found at www.provincia.tn.it.

The authorisation procedure follows the requirements of Articles 55 to 58.

The application must indicate the intended use and the necessary conservation work. In addition, for state-owned cultural property the proposed alienation must indicate the modalities of public use and enhancement of the property, indicating in the request the objectives pursued to this end, except in the case of property already used for commercial or residential purposes.
The request must also be accompanied by

• photographic documentation of the property to be disposed of
• proposal for cartographic updating by means of a type of fractionation;
• photocopy of an identity document of the applicant (in the cases requested)
• opinion of the diocesan Office for Sacred Art and the protection of ecclesiastical cultural assets pursuant to art. 5 of the Agreement between the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Archdiocese of Trento on the protection and enhancement of cultural assets of religious interest belonging to ecclesiastical bodies and institutions dated 18 May 2007 (in the cases requested).

None.