Article 14
Competent authorities and language 1. Member States shall designate the authority or authorities competent to send (transmitting authorities) and receive (receiving authorities) the application. 2. Each Member State shall provide the Commission with the following information: - the names and addresses of the competent receiving or transmitting authorities referred to in paragraph 1, - the geographical areas in which they have jurisdiction, - the means by which they are available to receive applications, and - the languages that may be used for the completion of the application. 3. Member States shall notify the Commission of the official language or languages of the Community institutions other than their own which is or are acceptable to the competent receiving authority for completion of the legal aid applications to be received, in accordance with this Directive. 4. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the information referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 before 30 November 2004. Any subsequent modification of such information shall be notified to the Commission no later than two months before the modification enters into force in that Member State. 5. The information referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.