diff --git a/core/bulkexport.class.inc.php b/core/bulkexport.class.inc.php
index 4b54bc73e..8558acca4 100644
--- a/core/bulkexport.class.inc.php
+++ b/core/bulkexport.class.inc.php
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ abstract class BulkExport
 	{
 		
 	}
+	public function GetCharacterSet()
+	{
+		return 'UTF-8';
+	}
 	
 	public function GetStatistics()
 	{
diff --git a/core/csvbulkexport.class.inc.php b/core/csvbulkexport.class.inc.php
index 672b23729..a64049a82 100644
--- a/core/csvbulkexport.class.inc.php
+++ b/core/csvbulkexport.class.inc.php
@@ -302,5 +302,9 @@ class CSVBulkExport extends TabularBulkExport
 	{
 		return 'csv';
 	}
+	public function GetCharacterSet()
+	{
+		return $this->aStatusInfo['charset'];
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/pages/ajax.render.php b/pages/ajax.render.php
index bb17962fa..56e73b9f1 100644
--- a/pages/ajax.render.php
+++ b/pages/ajax.render.php
@@ -2122,7 +2122,16 @@ EOF
 					$aResult['token'] = $oExporter->SaveState();
 					if (substr($oExporter->GetMimeType(), 0, 5) == 'text/')
 					{
-						$aResult['text_result'] = file_get_contents($oExporter->GetTmpFilePath());
+						// Result must be encoded in UTF-8 to be passed as part of a JSON structure
+						$sCharset = $oExporter->GetCharacterSet();
+						if (strtoupper($sCharset) != 'UTF-8')
+						{
+							$aResult['text_result'] = iconv($sCharset, 'UTF-8', file_get_contents($oExporter->GetTmpFilePath()));
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							$aResult['text_result'] = file_get_contents($oExporter->GetTmpFilePath());
+						}
 						$aResult['mime_type'] = $oExporter->GetMimeType();
 					}
 					$aResult['message'] = Dict::Format('Core:BulkExport:ClickHereToDownload_FileName', $oExporter->GetDownloadFileName());
@@ -2152,7 +2161,7 @@ EOF
 				$sMimeType = $oExporter->GetMimeType();
 				if (substr($sMimeType, 0, 5) == 'text/')
 				{
-					$sMimeType .= ';charset=utf-8';
+					$sMimeType .= ';charset='.strtolower($oExporter->GetCharacterSet());
 				}
 				$oPage->SetContentType($sMimeType);
 				$oPage->SetContentDisposition('attachment', $oExporter->GetDownloadFileName());
diff --git a/webservices/export-v2.php b/webservices/export-v2.php
index 693ee0643..34d3239de 100644
--- a/webservices/export-v2.php
+++ b/webservices/export-v2.php
@@ -506,7 +506,12 @@ function DoExport(WebPage $oP, BulkExport $oExporter, $bInteractive = false)
 	else
 	{
 		$exportResult .= $oExporter->GetFooter();
-		$oP->SetContentType($oExporter->GetMimeType());
+		$sMimeType = $oExporter->GetMimeType();
+		if (substr($sMimeType, 0, 5) == 'text/')
+		{
+			$sMimeType .= ';charset='.strtolower($oExporter->GetCharacterSet());
+		}
+		$oP->SetContentType($sMimeType);
 		$oP->SetContentDisposition('attachment', $oExporter->GetDownloadFileName());
 		$oP->add($exportResult);
 		$oExporter->Cleanup();
@@ -661,8 +666,7 @@ try
 	$bInteractive = utils::ReadParam('interactive', false);
 	$sMode = utils::ReadParam('mode', '');
 
-	$bMustBeAdmin = $bInteractive;
-	LoginWebPage::DoLogin($bMustBeAdmin); // Check user rights and prompt if needed
+	LoginWebPage::DoLogin(); // Check user rights and prompt if needed
 
 	ApplicationContext::SetUrlMakerClass('iTopStandardURLMaker');