` Activities directed at underwater cultural heritage` means activities having underwater cultural heritage as their primary object and which may, directly or indirectly, physically disturb or otherwise damage underwater cultural heritage.

Rule 3. Activities directed at underwater cultural heritage shall not adversely affect the underwater cultural heritage more than is necessary for the objectives of the project.

` Activities incidentally affecting underwater cultural heritage` means activities which, despite not having underwater cultural heritage as their primary object or one of their objects, may physically disturb or otherwise damage underwater cultural heritage.

(b) the return of cultural objects removed from the territory of a Contracting State contrary to its law regulating the export of cultural objects for the purpose of protecting its cultural heritage (hereinafter "illegally exported cultural objects").

e promote cultural heritage protection as a central factor in the mutually supporting objectives of sustainable development, cultural diversity and contemporary creativity;

The ` intangible cultural heritage` means the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills? as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith? that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage.

Rule 4. Activities directed at underwater cultural heritage must use non-destructive techniques and survey methods in preference to recovery of objects.

DEEPLY CONCERNED by the illicit trade in cultural objects and the irreparable damage frequently caused by it, both to these objects themselves and to the cultural heritage of national, tribal, indigenous or other communities, and also to the heritage of all peoples, and in particular by the pillage of archaeological sites and the resulting loss of irreplaceable archaeological, historical and scientific information,

DETERMINED to contribute effectively to the fight against illicit trade in cultural objects by taking the important step of establishing common, minimal legal rules for the restitution and return of cultural objects between Contracting States, with the objective of improving the preservation and protection of the cultural heritage in the interest of all,

(2) A cultural object which has been temporarily exported from the territory of the requesting State, for purposes such as exhibition, research or restoration, under a permit issued according to its law regulating its export for the purpose of protecting its cultural heritage and not returned in accordance with the terms of that permit shall be deemed to have been illegally exported.

Being desirous to present an increasing range of choice of programme services for the public, thereby enhancing Europe's heritage and developing its audiovisual creation, and being determined to achieve this cultural objective through efforts to increase the production and circulation of high-quality programmes, thereby responding to the public's expectations in the political, educational and cultural fields;

The preliminary work referred to in Rule 10 (a) shall include an assessment that evaluates the significance and vulnerability of the underwater cultural heritage and the surrounding natural environment to damage by the proposed project, and the potential to obtain data that would meet the project objectives.

(1) The starting-points for the preparation of an environmental report are the environmental objectives of the plan, the evaluation criteria and the methodology for identifying and evaluating the effects of the plan on the environment, nature conservation, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage.

(3) Suitable criteria for evaluating the effects of the plan on the environment, nature conservation, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage are degrees of deviation from environment status indicators, degrees of achievement of protection objectives and other criteria providing suitable evaluation of the effects of the plan.

(1) An environmental report is a document in which significant effects of the plan on the environment, nature conservation, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage are defined, described and evaluated, along with possible alternatives, taking into account the environmental objectives and characteristics of the area to which the plan relates.

- a significant interruption of the conservation or advancement of the good state of the environment and parts thereof, defined by the environmental objectives, or the protection of areas on the basis of the requirements of environmental protection, nature conservation, the protection of natural resources, the protection of human health and the protection of cultural heritage.

environmental objectives are the assumed obligations set out in ratified international treaties or EU regulations relating above all to transboundary environmental impacts and global pollution, and protection objectives in areas with a special legal regime, including guidelines, starting-points, restrictions and prohibitions for the purpose of environmental protection, nature conservation, protection of natural resources or protection of cultural heritage.

(2) Paragraph (1) of this Article does not apply to tangible movable State property of great importance to the cultural heritage of one of the successor States and which originated from the territory of that State, such as: works of art; manuscripts, books and other objects of artistic, historical or archaeological interest to that State; and scientific collections and important collections of books or archives which shall pass to that State.

3.3. Natural assets are, in addition to a natural heritage, other valuable phenomena, components, or parts of living or non-living nature, natural regions or parts of natural regions, plant and animal species and their biotopes, ecosystems, parts of the natural and cultural landscape, and objects of developed nature.

A mechanism should make it possible to mobilise, and facilitate coordination of, assistance interventions in order to help ensure better protection primarily of people but also of the environment and property, including cultural heritage, thereby reducing loss of human life, injury, material damage, economic and environmental damage, and making achievement of the objectives of social cohesion and solidarity more tangible.

With the exception of a ban on exports of arms and related materiel to Iraq, the Resolution provides that the comprehensive restrictions concerning trade should be repealed and replaced with specific restrictions applying to proceeds from all export sales of petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas from Iraq, and to trade in goods belonging to Iraq's cultural heritage with the objective of facilitating the safe return of those goods.