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determiningthelanguagestobeusedbytheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
(OJ P 17, 6.10.1958, p. 385)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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►A1Act of Accession of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern IrelandL 73 14 27.3.1972
(adapted by Council Decision of 1 January 1973) L 2 1 1.1.1973
►A2Act of Accession of Greece L 291 17 19.11.1979
►A3Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal L 302 23 15.11.1985
►A4Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
►A5Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic ofMalta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the SlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European
Union isfoundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
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REGULATIONNo1
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 providesthat therulesgoverning the languagesof the ins titutionsof the Community
shall, without prejudice to the provisions contained in the rules of
procedure of the Court of Justice, be determined by the Council, actingunanimously;
Whereaseach of the four languagesin which the Treaty isdrafted 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 languagesand the working languagesof the ins titutionsof
the Union shall be Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish,French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian,Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
Article 2
Documents which a Member State or a person subject to the jurisdic-
tion of a Member State sends to institutions of the Community may bedrafted in any one of the official languages selected by the sender. Thereply 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 shallbe drafted in the language of such State.
Article 4
Regulationsand other documentsof general application s hall be drafted
in the twenty official languages.
Article 5
TheOfficial Journal of the European Union shall be published in the
twenty official languages.
Article 6
The institutions of the Community may stipulate in their rules of proce-
dure 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 hasmore than one official language, the language to
be used shall, at the request of such State, be governed by the generalrulesof itslaw.1958R0001 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 005.001 — 2
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ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1958R0001 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 005.001 — 3