Other national authorities can chose to accept English if they wish, but to answer your specific question the following countries have English as an official language (according to ATEX Blue guide β other Directives are available π ). There are CURRENTLY 28 EU member States and 24 official EU languages.
Ireland β Irish (Gaelic) and English Malta β Maltese and English United Kingdom β English This note follows the full list: βCertain of the Member States with two or more official languages (Belgium, Finland) accept the use of one language only in areas where only that language is spoken; other Member States with two official languages (Malta and Ireland) accept the sole use of English. Manufacturers are advised to check this with the national authorities concerned.β Andy From: Doug Powell <[email protected]> Sent: 07 March 2019 17:57 To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] Brexit and impact on offical langugages ***NOTICE*** This came from an external source. Use caution when replying, clicking links, or opening attachments. All, With March 29 approaching, I've seen plenty of discussion on the impact of Brexit. However, I've seen virtually nothing on official languages of the EEC. And in particular how this might affect Declarations of Conformity/Incorporation as well as labeling and user documentation. In the past, my advice has always been to start with one of the official languages and if requested by the end user to provide in another language this then becomes mandatory. With implementation of Brexit is English no longer an official language of the community? This seems an interesting question to me because it seems that English / French will remain intact for the IEC in Brussels. I suppose we can continue to watch the O.J. after the withdrawal of Britain. 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