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Article 17 Languages and form

Repealed from 1 January 2016

1. The information in the notice referred to in Article 15 shall be provided in the official language or one of the official languages of the home Member State. For that purpose a form shall be used bearing the heading 'Invitation to lodge a claim; time limits to be observed' or, where the law of the home Member State provides for the submission of observations relating to claims, 'Invitation to submit observations relating to a claim; time limits to be observed', in all the official languages of the European Union.

However, where a known creditor is a holder of an insurance claim, the information in the notice referred to in Article 15 shall be provided in the official language or one of the official languages of the Member State in which the creditor has his normal place of residence, domicile or head office.

2. Any creditor who has his normal place of residence, domicile or head office in a Member State other than the home Member State may lodge his claim or submit observations

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