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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10339
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French law on lawyer translators' activities restrictive and disproportionate

Brussels, 17/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The activities of expert lawyer translators in courts are not connected with the exercise of official authority, as these experts provide only an impartial translation and make no pronouncement on the substance of the cases. These activities constitute provision of services in the sense of the Treaty since, typically, they are provided for remuneration.

The duties of court expert translators, as discharged by experts enrolled on a register such as the...

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