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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)22 final .
Brussels ,5February 1979 .
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NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACCESSION OFGREECE
Communication from the Commission tothe Council
concerning
THE PREPARATION OFGREEK-LANGUAGE VERSIONS OF
COMMUNITY LEGAL ACTS
COM(79 )22final .

1,TheaooessionofGreecetotheCommunitiesentailsthepreparation
ofanauthenticGreekversionofCommunityprimarylegislation(the
1originalTreatiesestablishingtheEECandtheEAEC,thesubsequent
Treatiesamendingorsupplementing them,theTreatyandActconcerning
theaccessionofthethreenewMemberStates,andotherdeoisionsin
thenatureofagreementsbetweenMemberStages)andofalltheacts
ofCommunitysecondarylegislation "(actsadoptedbytheinstitutions
oftheCommunities)thatwillbeinforceatthetimeofaccession.
}
TheGroek-languagetextsofprimarylegislation (Treaties,etc*)
shouldbodrawnupsothattheycanboannexedtothieinstruments of
accessionandauthenticated bytheNegotiating Conference whenthe
2instrumentsaresigned•TheGreekversionoftheactsofCommunity
secondarylegislationshouldbedrawnupforpublication (inaspecial
editionoftheOfficialJournalcftheEuropeanCommunities)atthe
latestonthedayonwhichaccessiontakesplace,afterauthanticatipn
bytheinstitutionresponsibleforeachactwiththeagreementofthe
GreekDol.e^ation#
ItiaobviouslyessentialfortheCommunitytoensurethattheGreek
I
toxts -ofCommunitylegislationareincompleteconformity–notonly
fromthelinguisticpointofviewbutespeciallyasregardstheirlegal
effect-withtheversionsintheotherlanguages,sincetheywillbe
authenticunderthesameconditionsastheseotherversionsandtoa
large -extentdirectlyapplicableinGreece.
2.AtthetimeofthepreviousenlargementoftheCommunity,the
ConferenceformallyinstructedtheCommissiontodrawupthetextsof
CommunitylegislationintheDanish,English,IrishandNorwegian
languagesinconjunctionwitheachoftheapplicantStates.The
Commissionsubmittedthe,textsdrawnupinthiswaytotheConference,
whichauthenticated themaftertheyhadbeencheckedbyCouncilworking
partiesoflegal/linguisticexperts.
1InthecaseoftheTreatyestablishingtheECSC,onlytheFrenchtext
isauthentic;theversionsintheotherlanguagesaretranslations.
2,,JoeArticle160ofthe1972AotofAccession*

Onthebasisof"thisprecedentand"becauseofthetechnicalnatureof
thetask,theCommissionshouldbegivensimilarinstructions ,inthe
contextofthenegotiations fortheaccessionofGreece,todrawup
thetextsofCommunitylegislationintheGreeklanguage.
ItwouldseemnecessaryforthispurposetoasktheNegotiating
ConferencetogivetheCommissionformalinstructions toundertakethe
relevantliaisonworkwiththeGreekDelegation,aswasdoneatthe
timeofthepreviousenlargementoftheCommunities.