Law No. 9048 on cultural heritage.

This Law sets out the framework concerning the proclamation and preservation of the Albanian cultural heritage, which is composed of material and non material assets and values. The material values are either immovable objects (such as areas and regions with archeological, historical, ethnological and architectonic value) or movable assets. The Institute of Culture Monuments, the National Center of Culture Properties Inventory, the Archeological Institute, the Folk Culture Institute and the General Directorate of the State Archive are responsible in the field of protection of the national cultural heritage. The Law consists of five Chapters: (I) General provisions; (II) Movable cultural heritage; (III) Immovable cultural heritage; (IV) Administrative offences and penalties; (V) Final provisions.