In this Ordinance:

a.

the description of an item of cultural property means:

1.

the nature of an item of cultural property, the materials from which it is made, its dimensions and/or weight, any inscriptions or markings thereon, and any special features (in particular damage and repairs),

2.

its era or date of creation, creator and its name, insofar as these details are known or can with reasonable expense be established;

b.

the origin or provenance of an item of cultural property means the place an item of cultural property comes from or its place of manufacture or, if it originates from archaeological or palaeontological excavations or discoveries, the place where the item of cultural property was found;

c.²

federal institutions means:

1.

the Swiss National Museum and the National Museum Zurich, the Château de Prangins, the Forum der Schweizer Geschichte Schwyz and the Sammlungszentrum Affoltern am Albis,

2.

the Swiss National Library with the Swiss Literary Archives and the Prints and Drawings Department, and the Centre Dürrenmatt in Neuchâtel,

3.

the Oskar Reinhart Collection «Am Römerholz» in Winterthur,

4.

the Museo Vela in Ligornetto,

5.

the Seewen Museum of Music Automatons,

6.

Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and its collections,

7.

the collection of art and cultural property held by Gottfried Keller Foundation,

8.

the Swiss Federal Art Collection;

d.

lending institution means both public and private institutions that lend cultural property, and private lenders;

e.

persons active in the art trade and the auction business means:

1.

natural persons domiciled in Switzerland and companies with registered office in Switzerland that are required to be entered in the commercial register and that either acquire cultural property for the purpose of resale for their own account or that trade in cultural property for the account of others, and

2.

natural persons domiciled abroad and companies with registered office abroad that carry out more than ten commercial transactions involving cultural property in a calendar year and thereby achieve a turnover of more than 100,000 francs and that either acquire cultural property for the purpose of resale for their own account or that trade in cultural property for the account of others;

f.

transfer of cultural property means a transaction for a consideration in the art trade or in the auction business that leads to a person becoming the owner of an item of cultural property;

g.

estimated value means the value that corresponds to the market value of an item of cultural property. The customary practices for establishing the estimated value in auctions are reserved;

h.

supplier means the person who instructs another person active in the art trade and the auction business to transfer of an item of cultural property;

i.

exceptional events:

1.³

armed conflicts,

2.

natural disasters,

3.

other exceptional events that endanger the cultural heritage of a state.