ANNEX ISTATUTES OF THE BIOBANKING AND BIOMOLECULAR RESOURCES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES EUROPEAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE CONSORTIUM (‘BBMRI-ERIC’)

CHAPTER IVFINAL PROVISIONS

Article 21Linguistic Regime and Working Language

1

All versions of these Statutes in the official languages of the European Union shall be deemed authentic. No linguistic version shall prevail.

2

When language versions are not provided for through the Official Journal of the European Union in case of amendments to these Statutes that do not require a Commission Decision, BBMRI-ERIC shall provide translations into the official languages of its EU Members.

3

The working language of BBMRI-ERIC shall be English.