Activities of Malika BENARAB-ATTOU related to 2013/0162(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State (recast) PDF (284 KB) DOC (334 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The internal market comprises an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty. These provisions do not preclude prohibitions or restrictions justified on grounds of the protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological valueshall not apply to cultural objects, especially national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value, which cannot be treated as goods like any others, particularly in the light of the undertakings given by the Union and its Member States in the context of the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of diversity of cultural expression.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Application of Directive 93/7/EEC has shown the limitations of the arrangements for securing the return of objects classified as national treasures which have been unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and discovered in the territory of another Member State. These limitations stem, in particular, from the constraints imposed by the annex to the Directive as regards the categories of cultural objects covered, the thresholds it lays down in terms of age and financial value and the overly short time limits it sets for completing procedures and bringing proceedings.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The scope of this Directive must extend to any cultural object classifieddesignated by a Member State as a national treasure possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value under national legislation or administrative procedures within the meaning of Article 36 of the Treaty. The criterion of falling under one of the categories referred to in the Annex to Directive 93/7/EEC should therefore be removed and thus the Annex itself should be deleted and the criterion of forming an integral part of public collections listed in the inventories of museums, archives and libraries' conservation collections or the inventories of ecclesiastical institutions should also be removed. The diversity of national arrangements for protecting cultural objects is recognised in Article 36 of the Treaty. In this context, mutual trust, a willingness to cooperate and mutual understanding between Member States are therefore essential.