Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2015/2264 of 3 December 2015 extending and phasing out the temporary derogation measures from Regulation No 1 of 15 April 1958 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community and Regulation No 1 of 15 April 1958 determining the languages to be used by the European Atomic Energy Community introduced by Regulation (EC) No 920/2005
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The derogation provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 920/2005 is hereby extended for a period of five years from 1 January 2017. This Article shall not apply to Regulations adopted jointly by the European Parliament and the Council. Furthermore, it shall not apply to the categories of acts listed in the Annex, as from the respective dates specified therein for each category.
The Irish authorities and the Commission, in collaboration with the other Union institutions, shall meet regularly to monitor the recruitment of a sufficient number of Irish language personnel by the Union institutions in order to successfully handle the gradual reduction of the derogation indicated in the Annex, and to monitor the capacity and use of external service providers in order to cater for the Irish language requirements of the Union institutions. No later than October 2019, the Commission shall report to the Council of progress by the Union institutions towards implementation of the gradual reduction of the derogation indicated in the Annex. After considering this implementation report, the Council may decide, in accordance with Article 342 of the Treaty, to revise the dates as set out in the Annex.
No later than June 2021, the Commission shall report to the Council on whether the Union institutions have sufficient available capacity, relative to the other official languages, to apply Regulation No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community ( 3 ) , and Regulation No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Atomic Energy Community ( 4 ) , without a derogation as of 1 January 2022, on the basis of the factors referred to in Article 2.
In the absence of a Council Regulation stating otherwise, the derogation provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 920/2005 shall cease to apply as from 1 January 2022.
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 920/2005 is deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 January 2017.
ANNEX Timetable for the gradual reduction of the derogation Acts Dates Directives adopted by the European Parliament and the Council No later than 1 January 2017 Decisions adopted by the European Parliament and the Council No later than 1 January 2018 Directives adopted by the Council which are addressed to all Member States No later than 1 January 2020 Regulations adopted by the Council No later than 1 January 2020 Decisions adopted by the Council which do not specify to whom they are addressed No later than 1 January 2020 Regulations adopted by the Commission No later than 1 January 2021 Directives adopted by the Commission which are addressed to all Member States No later than 1 January 2021 Decisions adopted by the Commission which do not specify to whom they are addressed No later than 1 January 2021
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