Translation of "Délai légal de conservation des archives " (French → English) :

13. Agrees with the principle that verbatim reports of proceedings in plenary should be published as a multi-lingual document in which the statements of the speakers only appear in the original language, on the understanding that filmed versions of the debates, together with live interpretation into all the official languages, be made available free of charge to the general public on demand on an appropriate technical platform and that only the original text is authoritative, given that, legally, interpretation is not an oral translation; is of the opinion that Members must be entitled to have access to extracts of debates translated in ...[+++]to their language, with the possibility of downloading those extracts, and that without delay; is of the opinion also that provision must be made to keep a digital and searchable archive; requests the Secretary-General to draw up a formal proposal implementing that decision of principle, which would include anti-abuse clauses and identify, if indicated, potential changes to the Rules of Procedure (such as Rule 173) and to other internal rules which are necessary to put the proposed new approach into practice;

13. Agrees on the principle that verbatim reports of proceedings in the plenary should be published as a multi-lingual document in which the statements of the speakers only appear in the original language of the statement, on the understanding that filmed versions of the debates, together with live interpretation into all the official languages be made available free of charge to the general public on demand on an appropriate technical platform and that only the original text is authoritative, given that, legally, interpretation is not an oral translation ; is of the opinion that Members must be entitled to have access to extracts of de ...[+++]bates translated into their languages, with the possibility of downloading them and without delay; is also of the opinion that provision must be made to keep a digital and searchable archive; requests the Secretary-General to draw up a formal proposal implementing that decision of principle, which would include anti-abuse clauses and identify, if indicated, potential changes to the Rules of Procedure (e.g. Rule 173) and to other internal rules necessary to put the envisaged new approach into practice;

The European Parliament sees the importance of legal and economic consistency - specially, as regards the different deadlines ( for length of tax period, record keeping obligation and filing tax return) - between the concerning VAT regulations.

Mr. Peter Milliken (Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons): Mr. Speaker, I move: That pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Speaker of the House of Commons and the National Archivist of Canada dated June 8, 1993, all documents presented to a committee of the House of Commons sitting in camera and any other documents so designated by the Speaker which have been or will be deposited in the National Archives of Canada for safekeeping, including any such records deposited prior to the date of the Memorandum of Agreement shall be identified as Secret Records; [Translation] That, Secret Reco ...[+++]rds shall not be made available by the Archivist to any person for a period of thirty years from the close of the Parliamentary session in which the Secret Records were created, unless the House of Commons or one of its committees directs otherwise, and That, twelve months before the expiry of the thirty year delay, the Archivist will inform the Speaker that unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the secret documents will be made public according to the terms of aforementioned Memorandum of Agreement.

By unanimous consent, it was ordered, That, pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Speaker of the House of Commons and the National Archivist of Canada dated June 8, 1993, all documents presented to a committee of the House of Commons sitting in camera and any other documents so designated by the Speaker which have been or will be deposited in the National Archives of Canada for safekeeping, including any such records deposited prior to the date of the Memorandum of Agreement, shall be identified as Secret Records; That, ...[+++] Secret Records shall not be made available by the Archivist to any person for a period of thirty (30) years from the close of the Parliamentary session in which the Secret Records were created, unless the House of Commons or one of its committees directs otherwise; and That, twelve (12) months before the expiry of the thirty (30) year delay, the Archivist will inform the Speaker that unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the secret documents will be made public according to the terms of aforementioned Memorandum of Agreement.

This protection extends, of course, as long as Statistics Canada has the legal custody of the census forms, but that custody is not expected to last for ever and the census schedules, like all government records, are subject to evaluation by the National Archivist, under authority of the National Archives Act, of their worth as historical docu ments deserving of permanent preservation and future consultation by the public for legit ...[+++]imate research purposes according to the discretion of the archivist and, since 1983, the terms of the privacy regulations.