Note that the U.S.A. does not have an “official” language, but English is predominant and is used for most government and other documents. Occasionally, someone will get a burr and propose that we adopt English as our “official” language and stop catering to non-English-language folks.
Because we have a lot of Spanish-speaking citizens, a lot of written material includes Spanish. We have two Spanish nation-wide broadcast TV networks. Best regards, Rich From: Andrew Wood <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 2:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Brexit and impact on official languages 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 – other Directives are available 😉 ). There are CURRENTLY 28 EU member States and 24 official EU languages. Ireland – Irish (Gaelic) and English Malta – Maltese and English United Kingdom – English This note follows the full list: “Certain 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.” Andy - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
