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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Export and return of cultural goods2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010611.7.1-111"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-11-Speech-1-1122
lpv:speaker	lp:Vasco Graça Moura2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Social Democrata (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-11--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PETI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as we see in the explanatory statement that forms the basis of the report by Mr Aparício Sánchez, sufficient data are not available to make an objective assessment of the effectiveness of the directive and the Regulation on the export of cultural objects and their return when they have been unlawfully removed from the territory of one Member State to another. We are unable to make such an assessment largely because of the delays in Member States transposing these instruments into their national legislation. All the indications suggest that, in the meantime, the illegal trafficking of cultural objects has increased, particularly of those that find their way onto the art market. The whole situation calls for the Member States to obey the principle of strictly respecting the integrity of national cultural heritage and the whole situation calls for the measures designed to prevent and eradicate this form of trafficking to be made more effective. We also face other problems, however. Even here, within the very confines of this Parliament, not long ago, we all had the opportunity to see an exhibition of the wanton destruction of the cultural heritage of Cyprus, which was perpetrated under the complacent gaze of the authorities of a country which also happens to be a candidate for the Union’s enlargement. The measures now being proposed can, therefore, make a valuable contribution to improving the legal instruments available and the system as a whole. Every nation’s cultural heritage is of undeniable importance to national identity and to European identity. There must be closer police and judicial cooperation in this field between Member States. We must make it more difficult for cultural objects that have been stolen or unlawfully removed to move around freely. In this field, cooperation and the coordination of actions between the Commissioners responsible for culture, for the internal market, and for justice and home affairs are of fundamental importance. The Commission ought to issue a communication on the illegal trafficking and trade in these goods, with an assessment of the current situation in this field, listing and identifying objects that are continuing to be recovered and studying the consequences of the way in which the 1992 Regulation and the 1993 directive have been implemented. The communication should assess the foreseeable effects of the candidate countries joining the Union and recommend a multilingual form with details of goods that have been unlawfully removed. It should also conduct a public information and awareness-raising campaign, making all the necessary information available on the Internet. If we are to achieve all of this, Mr President, I feel that we must vote in favour of this report, and once again, I congratulate Mr Aparício Sánchez for having taken the initiative with it."@en1

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