Activities of Hannu TAKKULA 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 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The scope of this Directive mustshould extend to any cultural object classified as a or defined as being one of the national treasures 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 arrangementsis Directive would thus cover cultural objects such as objects of historical, paleontological, ethnographic, numismatic interest or scientific value, whether or not they form protecting cultural objects is recognised in Article 36 ofart of public or other collection or are single items, provided that they are classified or defined as national treasures. Furthermore, cultural objects classified or defined as national treasures would not have to comply with thresholds related to their age and/or to their financial value to qualify for the Treaty. In this contextturn under this Directive. Taking into account that the diversity of national arrangements for protecting national treasures is recognised in Article 36 of the Treaty, mutual trust, a willingness to cooperate and mutual understanding between Member States are therefore essential.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
1) ‘Cultural object’ shall mean an object which: is classified or defined by a Member State, before or after its unlawful removal from the territory of athat Member State, amongs one of the ‘national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value’ under national legislation or administrative procedures within the meaning of Article 36 of the Treaty.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
The possessor may not claim to have acted in good faith and may not claim compensation if he failed to exercise the level of due care and attention required by the circumstances.