Welsh language
Dear European Parliament,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
- The status of the Welsh language since Brexit
- Details of contracts for Welsh language translation and interpretation since 2015, including provider name and value
- Correspondence with Welsh language contractors regarding Brexit
- The amount of correspondence received in Welsh since 2010
- What reply will be given to correspondence in Welsh since Brexit
Yours faithfully,
Marcus Jones
Our reference: A(2021)69 – acknowledgement of receipt
Dear Mr Jones,
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European Parliament
Directorate-General for the
Presidency
Directorate for Interinstitutional
Affairs and Legislative Coordination
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Dear Mr Jones,
On 5 January, we registered your request for access to documents on the
status and use of the Welsh language, in particular with a view to Brexit.
As a preliminary remark, Parliament draws your attention to the fact that
the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, as defined in its Article 2(3),
extends only to documents held by an institution, whereas it does not
cover the broader concept of information. Information may be distinguished
from a document, in particular, as far as it is defined as a data element
that may appear in one or multiple documents.
With regard to the Welsh language, it must be kept in mind that it is not,
and has not formerly been, among the official languages of the Union as
laid down in Regulation 1/1958, a current consolidated version of which
you may access [1]here. You may also wish to refer to Parliament's code of
conduct for multilingualism, which is available [2]here. This means that
the Welsh language has no special status for the purpose of the work of
the Union institutions, including Parliament. This also means that
Parliament has no specific policy, and gathers no specific documents
concerning the handling of translation, interpretation and correspondence
in Welsh.
On the occasion that Welsh may have been used in the context of the
institutions, including Parliament, it would have been on an ad-hoc basis.
For example, Jill Evans, MEP, used it in Plenary on 29 January 2020 during
the debate on the withdrawal agreement in the context of Brexit. A
recording is available [3]here (skip to ~ 17:35 for Ms Evans
contribution), there was no interpretation.
Kind regards,
[4]cid:image001.png@01D58B31.E2CF1C20 TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for the
Presidency
Directorate for Interinstitutional
Affairs and Legislative Coordination
[5][email address]
[6]www.europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb
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