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Chiara Nesti 1 , Gianluca Pesce 2 , Rita Vecchiattini 3

7 th European Conference ‘ SAUVEUR’ SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31 st MAY – 3 rd JUNE 2006.

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Chiara Nesti 1 , Gianluca Pesce 2 , Rita Vecchiattini 3

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  1. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 The Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Property through an Analysis of European Regulations regarding Building Materials used in Restoration Chiara Nesti1, Gianluca Pesce2, Rita Vecchiattini3 1 Department of Public Law, University of Pisa, Italy 2 Institute of the History of Material Culture (I.S.Cu.M.) of Genoa; University of Genoa, Italy 3 Department of Architectural Science, University of Genoa, Italy

  2. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 • The Community Policy for Cultural Heritage • In the field of culture, community action is characterised by valorisation and development of the knowledge of the European cultural heritage. • Community action permeates various tools for cultural cooperation: • European programmes; • regulations; • directives; • … • standards.

  3. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 • The Standard • It is “a document, established by consensus, that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context” (ISO/IEC Guide 2). • Its main characteristics: • consensus; • democracy; • transparency; • voluntary nature.

  4. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 • The Drafting of European Standards • Identification of needs; • registration of the identified needs; • first draft of the standard; • public enquiry (validation by experts); • definitive text of standard

  5. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 • An Example: the EU 459 on Building Lime This standard concerns all fields of constructions; it’s not only provided for Cultural Heritage BUT in the practice it fills a vacuum legis.

  6. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 • The EU 459 on Building Lime • It is a good norm: • for some technical requirements (CaO content; …); • for the imposition of a practical label (e. g.: EN 459-1 NHL 2); • … • It is a bad norm: • for other technical aspects (SO3 content; additive); • for some inappropriate classification (e. g.: EN 459-1 NHL 3,5-Z); • because isn't well known by many workers; • its efficiency depends by other national instruments (e. g.: catalogues; …); • …

  7. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 • Conclusions • Legal aspects: • the standardisation represents one of the few instruments which really is useful to preserve Cultural Heritage; • it can be said that the development of technical standards has reached a good level; • it is necessary that they be widely published and easily available also without charge; • it is necessary that the interests of all stakeholders are well-balanced.

  8. 7th European Conference ‘SAUVEUR’SAFEGUARDED CULTURAL HERITAGE Understanding & Viability for the Enlarged Europe PRAGUE 31st MAY – 3rd JUNE 2006 • Conclusions • Technical aspects: • the technical issues of standardization are important indications for all who work in Cultural Heritage; • it is necessary that all the technical aspects of the norms should be evaluated solely on the basis of further scientific research which is carried out by independent bodies; • it would be useful to amend all the instruments which are needed by the body of European norms; • it is necessary that all the technical aspects of the norms are well known by all operators who work in Cultural Heritage.

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