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The paper argues that the multilingualism of the EU legal order should be viewed from the point of view of the right of individuals to acquaint themselves with the their rights and duties under EU law in the official language of their Member State. In case of discrepancies of equally authentic versions, individuals should have the possibility to rely on an ‘authentic version’ defence, especially in tax, customs and criminal law relationships.

Multilingualism, Divergent Authentic Versions of a Legal Rule and Legitimate Expectations Of Individuals

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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The paper argues that the multilingualism of the EU legal order should be viewed from the point of view of the right of individuals to acquaint themselves with...

Multilingualism, Divergent Authentic Versions of a Legal Rule and Legitimate Expectations Of Individuals

Published Online: Jul 14, 2016

Page range: 141 - 159

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0021

Keywords
multilingualism, interpretation, legitimate expectations, legal certainty, non-discrimination

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Multilingualism, Divergent Authentic Versions of a Legal Rule and Legitimate Expectations Of Individuals

Published Online: Jul 14, 2016

Page range: 141 - 159

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0021

Keywordsmultilingualism, interpretation, legitimate expectations, legal certainty, non-discrimination

© Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
multilingualism, interpretation, legitimate expectations, legal certainty, non-discrimination