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May 10, 2002

EuroPacific Growth Fund
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California  90071

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

 At your request we have examined your Registration Statement on Form N-1A and
the related Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 filed by you with the Securities
and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an indefinite number of shares of
beneficial interest, without par value, of the following Classes:  R-1, R-2,
R-3, R-4 and R-5 (collectively, the "CLASS R SHARES").  We are familiar with
the proceedings you have taken in connection with the authorization, issuance
and sale of the Class R Shares.

 Our opinion below is limited to the federal law of the United States of
America and the business trust law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  We
are not licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and we
have based our opinion solely on our review of Chapter 182 of the Massachusetts
General Laws and the case law interpreting such Chapter as reported in the
Annotated Laws of Massachusetts (Aspen Law & Business, supp. 1999).  We have
not undertaken a review of other Massachusetts law or of any administrative or
court decisions in connection with rendering this opinion.  We disclaim any
opinion as to any law other than as described above, and we disclaim any
opinion as to any statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, order or other
promulgation of any regional or local governmental authority.

 We note that, pursuant to certain decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shareholders of a Massachusetts business
trust may, in certain circumstances, be assessed or held personally liable as
partners for the obligations or liabilities of the trust.  However, we also
note that Section 5.1 of your Restatement of Declaration of Trust provides that
no shareholder shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever in
connection with trust property or the acts, omissions, obligations or affairs
of the trust, and further provides that the trust shall indemnify and hold
harmless each shareholder from and against all claims and liabilities to which
such shareholder may become subject by reason of his being or having been a
shareholder, and shall reimburse such shareholder for all legal and other
expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with any such claim or
liability.

 Based upon our examination and upon our knowledge of your activities, it is
our opinion that the Class R Shares, upon issuance and sale in the manner
described in the Registration Statement, will constitute validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable shares of beneficial interest.

 We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP