Translation of "restitution du rythme numérique " (French → English) :

E. whereas the digital world provides numerous opportunities related to education and learning; whereas the education sector is adjusting to the digital world, but at a pace and in a way that is failing to keep up with the speed of technological changes in the lives of minors, and whereas this is creating problems for parents and educators as they try to train children to use the media critically, but tend to remain on the margins of their virtual lives;

‘1a. When it exceeds the reference value, the ratio of the government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) shall be considered sufficiently diminishing and approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace in accordance with point (b) of Article 126(2) TFEU if the differential with respect to the reference value has decreased over the previous three years at an average rate of one twentieth per year as a benchmark, based on changes over the last three years for which the data is available.

Implementing the existing excessive deficit procedure on the basis of both the deficit criterion and the debt criterion requires a numerical benchmark, which takes into account the business cycle, against which to assess whether the ratio of the government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is sufficiently diminishing and is approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace.

From the suggestions made with regard to carrying out such a revision, the majority of members were in favour of: i) extending the time-limit of one year for bringing return proceedings and the time-limit of two months for the competent authorities of the requesting Member State to check the nature of the cultural object found in another Member State, ii) clarifying certain provisions of the Directive to render its application easier, for example indicating the common criteria for making interpretation of the concept of "due care and attention" more uniform with regard to compensation of the possessor, or iii) extending the time-limit fo ...[+++]r drawing up reports on the Directive.

The Commission had indicated its intention to consult the Advisory Committee on Cultural Goods on the issue of the time-limit for bringing proceedings and the frequency of the reports.

- In the light of this report, the Commission will consult the Advisory Committee on Cultural Goods on the proposed amendments to Directive 93/7/EEC concerning the time limit for bringing return proceedings and the frequency of reports.