Glossary European Information Society / Term
EUR-OP is the official publisher of the institutions of the European Union: the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers, the European Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee (ECSC), the Committee of the Regions, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other bodies of the Union. Based in Luxembourg, EUR-OP publishes in more languages than any other publishing house in the world. When first established in 1969, the number of working languages was four. By 1986 this had increased to nine: Spanish, Danish, German, English, Greek, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese. With the accession of three new countries, on 1 January 1995, the number of working languages grew to 11 to include Finnish and Swedish.
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