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Last Update: 01 Jan 2021

Date: 15 Apr 1958

REGULATION No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

Having regard to Article 217 of the Treaty which provides that the rules governing the languages of the institutions of the Community shall, without prejudice to the provisions contained in the rules of procedure of the Court of Justice, be determined by the Council, acting unanimously;

Whereas each of the four languages in which the Treaty is drafted is recognised as an official language in one or more of the Member States of the Community;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Any reference in retained EU law to the official language of the European Union or one of the institutions of the European Union (or similar expressions) is to be read as a reference to the English language, unless the contrary intention appears .

Article 2 to 8

Deleted.

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EEC Council Regulation No 1

determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community

 

 

EEC Council Regulation No 1

determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community

 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

Having regard to Article 217 of the Treaty which provides that the rules governing the languages of the institutions of the Community shall, without prejudice to the provisions contained in the rules of procedure of the Court of Justice, be determined by the Council, acting unanimously;

Whereas each of the four languages in which the Treaty is drafted is recognised as an official language in one or more of the Member States of the Community;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The official languages and the working languages of the institutions of the Union shall be Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.

 

 

Article 2

Documents which a Member State or a person subject to the jurisdiction of a Member State sends to institutions of the Community may be drafted in any one of the official languages selected by the sender. The reply shall be drafted in the same language.

 

Article 3

Documents which an institution of the Community sends to a Member State or to a person subject to the jurisdiction of a Member State shall be drafted in the language of such State.

 

Article 4

Regulations and other documents of general application shall be drafted in the official languages.

 

Article 5

The Official Journal of the European Union shall be published in the official languages.

 

 

Article 6

The institutions of the Community may stipulate in their rules of procedure which of the languages are to be used in specific cases.

 

Article 7

The languages to be used in the proceedings of the Court of Justice shall be laid down in its rules of procedure.

 

Article 8

If a Member State has more than one official language, the language to be used shall, at the request of such State, be governed by the general rules of its law.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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REGULATION No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

Having regard to Article 217 of the Treaty which provides that the rules governing the languages of the institutions of the Community shall, without prejudice to the provisions contained in the rules of procedure of the Court of Justice, be determined by the Council, acting unanimously;

Whereas each of the four languages in which the Treaty is drafted is recognised as an official language in one or more of the Member States of the Community;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Any reference in retained EU law to the official language of the European Union or one of the institutions of the European Union (or similar expressions) is to be read as a reference to the English language, unless the contrary intention appears .

Article 2 to 8

Deleted.

Version: 01 Jan 2021

This version is out of date

Search Text

EEC Council Regulation No 1

determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community

 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

Having regard to Article 217 of the Treaty which provides that the rules governing the languages of the institutions of the Community shall, without prejudice to the provisions contained in the rules of procedure of the Court of Justice, be determined by the Council, acting unanimously;

Whereas each of the four languages in which the Treaty is drafted is recognised as an official language in one or more of the Member States of the Community;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Any reference in retained EU law to the official language of the European Union or one of the institutions of the European Union (or similar expressions) is to be read as a reference to the English language, unless the contrary intention appears.

 

 

Articles 2 to 8

Deleted