The French Constitutional Council, in a decision rendered on 14 November 2014, declared that article 2 of the law of 23 June 1941 concerning the export of works of art did not comply with the Constitution. The application for a priority preliminary ruling was submitted by an owner of precious furniture who, in the 1980s, […]
Former Vichy law on exporting works of art from France declared unconstitutional
Posted on: December 8, 2014 by Mathilde Roellinger