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COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GeneralSecretariatCOM(80)595 final
Brussels,17thOctober1980
FOROFFICIALUSEONLY
ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS
•WITHPORTUGAL
Commission Communication totheCouncil
ontheEstablishment ofPortuguese language
versionsofCommunitylegislation
COM(80)595final

1. Theaccession ofPortugal t0theCommunities entails thepreparation
ofanauthentic Portuguese version ofCommunity primary legislation (the
original Treaties establishing the EECandthe EAEC andthesubsequent
Treaties amending orsupplementing them ,theTreaty andActconcerning
theaccession ofthe three newMember States ,the Treaty and Act
concerning theaccession ofGreece ,andother decisions inthenature
ofagreements between Member States )andofalltheacts ofCommunity
secondary legislation (acts adopted bytheinstitutions oftheCommunities )
that will beinforce atthetime ofPortugal 'saccession .
Accordingly ,following thepractice established forthesimilar
work carried out inconnection with theprevious enlargements and in
view ofthetechnical nature ofthe work ,the Negotiating Conference
should instruct theCommission toprepare draft Portuguese versions of
thetexts indicated above ,inconjunction with thePortuguese Delegation .
Priority should gotopreparation ofPortuguese versions ofprimary
legislation (theTreaties etc.);these will bechecked byaworking
party oflegal /linguistic experts including arepresentative from the
Portuguese Delegation andwill besubmitted totheConference forformal
approval sothat they canbeannexed totheaccession instruments .
Portuguese versions ofallacts ofCommunity secondary legislation in
force can then beestablished . .
2. Naturally ,theCommission departments concerned will beworking .
under theresponsibility oftheLegal Service (which hasgeneral
responsibility forvetting theform oflegislation ),inconjunction
with DGIX (translation directorate )and inliaison with the Delegation
forEnlargement .Itwill therefore benecessary induecourse torecruit
temporarily twoPortuguese ~speak inglegal /linguistic experts forthe
Legal Service and asmall team ofPortuguese translators and revisers
for the translation directorate .Aswas done under similar circumstances
fortheprevious enlargements ,the Legal Service will setupaninternal
working party tocoordinate the work and thenecessary discussions
with thePortuguese Delegation .
3. Accordingly ,itisproposed that theCommission approve thedraft
communication herewith anddecide that itbepresented tothe Council .

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Inastatement madeatthe7thsessionoftheConference atDeputy
1Level(20February1980)onCommunitysecondarylegislation,the
CommunityDelegation pointedouttheneedtoembarkonthistaskwithout
delayandsaiditwouldshortlyproposetothePortuguese Delegation
themethodsandprocedures tobedefinedbycommonagreementfor
carryingoutthetask.Atthe8thsessionoftheConference atDeputy
level(30April1980).thePortugueseDelegationsaidithadtaken
2noteoftheCommunitypositionandawaitedtheCommunity'sppoposals.
TheCommunity musttherefore nowdefinetheprocedure andmethods
itthinksshouldbeusedtoestablishtheauthentic Portuguese versions
ofCommunitylegislation . !
Accordingly ,followingthepracticeestablished forthesimilar
workcarriedoutinconnection withthepreviousenlargements ,the
CommunityshouldproposetothePortuguese Delegationthatbecauseof
thetechnicalnatureoftheworktheConference shouldinvite.,the.
CommissiontopreparedraftPortugueseversionsofthetextsindicated
above,inconjunction withthePortuguese Delegation .
Priorityshouldgotothepreparation ofPortuguese versionsof
primarylegislation (theTreatiesetc.);thesewillbecheckedbya
workingpartyoflegal/linguistic expertsincluding arepresentative
fromthePortugueseDelegation andwillbesubmittedtotheConference
forformalapprovalsothattheycanbeannexedtotheaccession
instruments .PortugueseversionsofallactsofCommunitysecondary
legislation inforcecanthenbeestablished .
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