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83
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The Europass curriculum vitae format (http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae [...]
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For an electronic version of a document with qualified electronic signature, it is sufficient if there [...]
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21/08/2020
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82
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The tenderer must provide evidence in respect of each person with managerial responsibilities regarding [...]
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Diploma(s) refers to academic degrees obtained in the context of higher education and may also include [...]
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21/08/2020
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81
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Is the signed Europass CV format (http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae) sufficient [...]
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As it is stated on p. 26 of the tender specifications, to fulfill Criterion T2 "the tenderer must provide [...]
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21/08/2020
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80
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In the answer to question 75 you refer to the contract points I.9.2 and II.9.2. where it's stated that [...]
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Draft Technical regulations and other documents as listed under section 1.4.2.2 of the tender specifications [...]
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21/08/2020
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79
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Related to the previous question on specifying the language combinations for which a relay language will [...]
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The use of a relay language is not perceived as something negative. The evaluation of the tender in respect [...]
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21/08/2020
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78
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On page 29-30 you state that the language combinations for which a relay will be used must be specified [...]
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Yes, however, please note that the language combinations for which you intend to use relay languages [...]
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18/08/2020
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77
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Could you please confirm Annex 2 is to be filled in by the Legal Representative only, not by every single [...]
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Yes, as described under section 3.1 of the tender specifications, the declaration must be signed by an [...]
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17/08/2020
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76
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Tenderers, including subcontractors whose individual share of the contract, known at the time of submission [...]
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Tenderers and sub-contractors do not need to submit specific evidence to prove legal and regulatory capacity [...]
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14/08/2020
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75
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Is all data to be stored in the EU?
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The data shall only be held in data centres located within the territory of the European Union and the [...]
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13/08/2020
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74
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When does the current contract finish with the current incumbent?
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The current contract ends on 28 February 2021.
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13/08/2020
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73
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What type of Management Information are you expecting; what type of KPIs and frequency of reports do [...]
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With regards to KPI's please refer to section 1.4.3 (Deliverables) of the tender specifications. Further [...]
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13/08/2020
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72
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Is there a possibility to receive a description of the current workflow ref transferring/receiving files [...]
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The contractor manages translation requests via access to internal TRIS, which allows for downloading [...]
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13/08/2020
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71
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How does Poetry determine good/bad quality?
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Please see answer to question 70.
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13/08/2020
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70
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Can you describe the review process and specific parameters Poetry measures quality by?
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Poetry does not measure quality. Quality assessment is performed by specialized Commission staff according [...]
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13/08/2020
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69
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Could you please describe how TRIS is being accessed at the moment (with supplier restrictions)?
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Internal TRIS (also called 'restricted TRIS') is accessed via web-browser. The contracting authority [...]
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13/08/2020
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68
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Do you have public facing, open, API for potential future incumbent to connect to?
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A new version of TRIS is currently in development and may have certain open API (application programming [...]
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13/08/2020
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67
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Dear Team, We wanted to kindly ask you to clarify regarding question 22 as it is not the same as question [...]
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We take note of your views. Please kindly note that this part of the tendering process is reserved for [...]
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12/08/2020
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66
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p. 38 of Specifications – in the table there is mentioned that power of attorney must be submitted by [...]
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Yes, we confirm that the power of attorney is needed only by members of the group. Please disregard the [...]
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12/08/2020
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65
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1.4.3.2 mentions a Page count tool. Does this tool take translation memory leverage into account?
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The Page count tool only counts pages. The Page count tool does not take into account translation memory [...]
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07/08/2020
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64
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We are a small company and have been approached to act as subcontractor (limitedly to a small number [...]
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We confirm that this is possible.
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07/08/2020
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63
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Do we need to provide the actual diploma(s) of the managerial staff or shall we just list/indicate them [...]
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The tenderer must provide evidence of the diploma(s) held by managerial staff.
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07/08/2020
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62
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Could you please confirm that only hand-signed originals of Tenderer's declaration on honour and submission [...]
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Please note that all declarations on honour and the submission report signed by hand must be scanned [...]
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07/08/2020
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61
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Suppliers have to price setup, overhead, etc. into the page price. Therefore, the overall contract value [...]
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Tenderers are free to propose their own prices and rates, as long as the overall price does not exceed [...]
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07/08/2020
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60
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Could you please explain what evidence (information or document) we should provide for the "Contractual [...]
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The contractual link is proof of a person's professional association to the tenderer. It can be any type [...]
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07/08/2020
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59
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3.4 Award „The explanations ... shall not be longer than 20 pages.“ How is a page defined? Is it physical [...]
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Physical A4 pages or 1,500 character pages are both acceptable references. Graphics that are used to [...]
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07/08/2020
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58
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Thank you for answering my previous question. Unfortunately I cannot find the mentioned Document Library [...]
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The document library tab for the questions is found on the same web-page as the respective question. [...]
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07/08/2020
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13
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Dear sirs, could we have editable versions of the different annexes to be presented? thanks
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Please see answer to Question 56 and its respective document library.
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04/08/2020
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57
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Criterion T1: Participating as a consortium or joint tender means that the companies that compose the [...]
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Please see answer to question 18.
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04/08/2020
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56
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In both annexes 6 and 8 there is a mention of Excel templates for prices and capacity that should be [...]
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We have now uploaded it to the document library related to this question. Please note that the same excel [...]
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04/08/2020
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55
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For the content translated by the EU and to be revised, assuming that English/German/French will always [...]
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Yes, when available. Please note that the revision of translations provided by entities other than the [...]
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04/08/2020
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54
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Regarding Annex 4, if we understand well, the purpose is to list the subcontractors in order to identify [...]
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Please see answer to question 16.
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04/08/2020
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53
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For the content translated by the EU and to be revised, will the EU ever used a pivot language, and if [...]
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If a pivot language version should exist, which is uncommon, it can also be provided to the Contractor [...]
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04/08/2020
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52
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For content translated by the EU and to be revised, what will be handed off for these jobs - original [...]
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In most cases, the translated target version is provided to the Contractor for what is described in the [...]
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04/08/2020
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51
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For the various Quality checks described on page 15, how does the Commission comminicate the feedbacks [...]
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The quality check is performed internally by the Commission. The procedure is carried out by a Commission [...]
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04/08/2020
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50
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On page 14 of the specifications, you state that the Commission will make available the requests for [...]
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Yes, automated email alerts inform the Contractor of relevant developments on TRIS that require their [...]
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04/08/2020
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49
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In 1.4.2.2 d) Final Texts it says that in 2018 there were 14,041 source pages to be translated. Are these [...]
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The 14,041 pages represent the amount of pages to be translated from their source language, into their [...]
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04/08/2020
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48
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In 3.4 Award criteria it says „The explanations concerning the quality of the tender shall not be longer [...]
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Please note that the answers to the questions concerning the quality of the tender shall not exceed 20 [...]
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04/08/2020
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47
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Could you please provide editable version of the declaration of honour. Please also note that the declaration [...]
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Please see answer to question 17. We have uploaded an editable version of the declaration of honour to [...]
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04/08/2020
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46
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On pages 15 and 16, “When the quality of the translation into a particular EU language is considered [...]
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In most cases, the Commission asks the Contractor to re-deliver the corrected versions. The Commission [...]
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04/08/2020
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45
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Can you please indicate your position vis-à-vis the use of MT-PE?
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Considering the large volumes of texts to be translated, processing parts of the translation workflow [...]
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04/08/2020
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44
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Can you please confirm that all final texts are to be translated into all official EU languages?
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In section of 1.4.2.2.d of the tender specifications it is stated that "Final texts are generally to [...]
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03/08/2020
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43
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Can you please confirm that the Freelance translators and reviewers working with us do not have to be [...]
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Yes, we can confirm that freelance translators and reviewers do not need to be physically present at [...]
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03/08/2020
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42
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Can you please confirm that such price reduction is applicable to the translation of that particular [...]
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Yes, the reduction applies only to the individual concerned translation and not to all language combinations [...]
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03/08/2020
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41
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Dear Sirs, Could you pleased be so kind and aswer to our questions submitted on the 14th jJuly? As you [...]
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Please see answer to question 18.
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03/08/2020
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40
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Dear Sirs, Could you please be so kind and reply to our questions submitted on the 14/07/2020? we need [...]
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Please see answer to question 18.
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03/08/2020
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39
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When you say: For impact assessments: - texts until 35 pages are to be translated into English, French [...]
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Please see answer to question 38.
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03/08/2020
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38
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When you say: For draft technical regulations: - texts exceeding 35 pages are to be translated into English [...]
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It is not common and would be very rare that additional language translations would be requested when [...]
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03/08/2020
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37
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For Impact Assessments, we only have the total source and target number of items and pages. Would you [...]
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Please see answer to question 35.
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03/08/2020
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36
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For Messages, we see the number of messages/pages per source and target languages. Would you be able [...]
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Please see answer to question 35.
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03/08/2020
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35
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For Draft Technical Regulations, we see the number of drafts/pages per source and target languages. Would [...]
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At this stage it is not possible to gather such statistics on such short notice. The statistics portrayed [...]
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03/08/2020
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