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Commission Report (2002): Czech Republic   
3.2. Translation of the acquis into the national languagesApplicant countries are required to translate the various legal texts constituting the acquis into their national languages by the time of their accession. Primary and secondary legislation alone represents a considerable volume of texts, roughly estimated at 60 000 -- 70 000 pages of the Official Journal. In the framework of the translation of the acquis, the Court of Justice has defined a set of key judgements to be translated as a priority (representing about 15 000 pages). To help the candidate countries in this process, assistance is being provided under the Phare programme. With the help of TAIEX, a dedicated database has been set up to act as a repository of all translated acts and as a tool through which candidate countries forward their translations to the Commission and the Council. The legal revisers of the Commission and the Council vet the submitted texts, they meet regularly and liaise with representatives of the centralised Translation co-ordination Units in each country.The overall responsibility for the translation of the acquis in the Czech Republic lies within the Office of the Government, namely, with the Department for Compatibility with EC Law (CODEC). Within CODEC, a specialised co-ordination and Revision Centre (CRC) has been assigned to organise all translation work. A new translation agency was contracted in September 2000 and the contract is entirely paid for by the Czech State budget. The CRC revises all translated documents from both legal and linguistic points of view, and consults line ministries to confirm all specialised terminology. The CRC also maintains the central database of translations, which is accessible to all ministries. The performance of the Czech Republic in this area has considerably improved. The number of pages registered in the Commission database in September 2002 stands at 39 200 revised pages. According to Czech sources, all primary legislation and about 70 000 pages of secondary legislation have been translated. Sustained further efforts are required in this area. Due attention must also be paid to the training of conference interpreters Next: 3.3. General evaluation Up: 3. Ability to assume the Previous: Chapter 29: Financial and budgetary |
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