Verification of the cultural interest of movable property

The Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code (Legislative Decree 22 January 2004, no. 42, art. 12) provides that the Superintendent, ex officio or at the request of the subjects to which the objects belong and accompanied by the relevant cognitive data, shall verify the existence of artistic, historical, archaeological or ethno-anthropological interest in immovable and movable objects belonging to the State, the regions, other public territorial bodies, as well as any other public body and institute and private non-profit legal persons (in particular ecclesiastical bodies/parishes), which are works of art of an author no longer living and whose execution dates back more than 70 years.

The form relates in particular to the verification of cultural interest for movable property and/or decorated surfaces of architectural heritage.

Pending verification, the goods are inalienable and require prior authorisation for any intervention. Should the verification of cultural interest be negative, this is excluded from the application of the Code.

Owners, holders or private possessors of the assets, state and regions, public territorial authorities, public bodies and institutes, private non-profit legal persons including civilly recognised ecclesiastical bodies, including parishes.

To submit an application for verification it is necessary to fill in the form provided, indicating: personal data of the applicant, type of verification requested and summary description of the thing(s) subject to verification, list of documents submitted as an attachment to the application. The request is in fact compulsorily accompanied by the identification form, for which the specific template available in the annex has been prepared, containing the fields relating to the location of the item(s), definition of the object and subject, time of creation, author, subject, measurements, legal status and any references to bibliography and inventories.

The completed form shall be sent to the UMSt Superintendency for Cultural Assets and Activities at the following e-mail address: umst.soprintendenza@pec.provincia.tn.it.

The following documents must be provided together with the completed form

• Duly completed identification form;
• Information pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of EU Regulation No. 679 of 2016;
• Photocopy of an identity document of the applicant (if the application is signed with a handwritten signature and not in the presence of the employee in charge).

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